Environment committee  Quite sadly, the gap keeps narrowing and the energy bills—for those of us who have family in Europe—are quite high right now. It's not only the war in Russia. It's also climate events and, in general, the possibility of other events that we in Canada cannot control, globally spe

Environment committee  Canada has many advantages. I had no intention of being a party-pooper in this statement. I don't know if this panel knows that Canada is the country that has led the development of the electrolyzer industry. It started at the beginning of the 20th century with a company called

Environment committee  I'll follow up on it.

Environment committee  This is a question that comes up over and over. We're looking at, for example, five gigawatts out of the Newfoundland offshore wind capacity. The Province of Newfoundland has just allowed the production of five gigawatts of offshore wind. That's going to be new, and that would be

Environment committee  I would agree that, if we're talking about the round-trip efficiency of a system, it is not the highest round-trip efficiency; however, when you think about the whole picture, efficiency is one of the components. This is an industry that's scaling up now, so you will argue that

Environment committee  That's a good question, and there are good points with a few items here. Andrew Forrest, at the same time, is very bullish on his capacity to bring in the order of megatons of hydrogen to the EU, and I'll get to the number. I've read an article that he wrote—

Environment committee  I would have to give you that. What I wanted to mention is that a lot of what you're saying about government helping to de-risk is, for example, contract for difference, which is the initiative that Germany has come up with. The idea is that the government helps de-risk the diff

Environment committee  I am going to start with expertise. That's a very important topic. Canada has a very highly qualified workforce. Canada has been a leader—I can elaborate on that—since the early 20th century in hydrogen. There is quite a lot of knowledge in Canada. There are very high-level univ

Environment committee  Thank you very much for the question. It's a two-part question, so if you see that I don't answer one portion, please let me know. First, on the policy side, there isn't one single industrial policy that will achieve all of the objectives that we as a country have, for example.

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. It is a good question. I have read before that Canada has agreed at a national level that it would have to double or triple its capacity, as a rule of thumb. This is not only for hydrogen, but in general for electrification. Hydrogen actually provide

Environment committee  That's a very good question. You're very right. Hydro provides a tremendously stable potential for electricity generation, but it takes a long time. This is why we need to think short-, medium- and long-term. It's the same as nuclear, for example. There are lots of conversation

Environment committee  Good afternoon. My name is Ivette Vera-Perez. I am the president and CEO of the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, CHFCA, with over 160 members at all stages of the hydrogen supply chain. Our members export clean technologies to over 42 countries that account for 65% o