Hydrogen Village & Integrated Community Networks

Featured Work

Jan 31

Hydrogen Village was an end user-driven program aimed at accelerating the development of sustainable markets for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. It was not a single place but a program for developing applications for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell technologies throughout the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). A single “bricks and mortar” village has the danger of becoming a “science project” rather than part of the community. On the other hand deployments spread thinly throughout the community do not create sufficient visibility. The GTA Hydrogen Village created “clusters of activity” in diverse locations throughout the GTA tied together under one umbrella organization. This maximized opportunities for outreach and awareness while at the same time placing projects in people’s day-to-day lives – where they live, work, and play.

Created in 2005, it was a collaborative public-private partnership of more than 35 companies with the purpose to promote early market development opportunities for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

Projects

Initial hydrogen deployment projects with: Exhibition Place Station, Exhibition Place Gators, Forklifts, Bell UPS, ISP Backup power, SOFC at UTM residences, Purolator delivery van and station
Hydrogen Float for Exhibition Place – UOIT, ATW, OCE
Liquid Hydrogen Vehicles and Fuelling Station – BMW, HyFI
H2 ICE shuttle buses and H2 refuelling station – Toronto, Ford, HyFI
19 FC Forklifts all delivered to GM Oshawa
Enbridge 2.2 MW generating facility