The CHA celebrates World Hydrogen Day in Ottawa
OTTAWA – The Canadian Hydrogen Association (CHA) is pleased to have celebrated the 11th Annual World Hydrogen Day in Ottawa yesterday.
World Hydrogen Day is observed annually on October 8 (10.08) in recognition of the atomic weight of hydrogen: 1.008, with a goal of increasing awareness of the benefits afforded by hydrogen and hydrogen technologies.
Yesterday, the CHA and more than 30 of its member organizations hosted the sector’s Hydrogen Day on the Hill in Ottawa and met with federal government officials to discuss policies, partnerships and investments needed to grow Canada’s hydrogen economy:
• The Honourable Pat Duncan, Senate of Canada
• Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich—Gulf Islands, British Columbia
• Wade Grant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and MP for Vancouver Quadra, British Columbia
• Matthias Lüttenberg, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) – Michael Vandergrift, Deputy Minister; Eric Sancartier, Senior Director, Natural Gas and Hydrogen Division; Maygan McGuire, Deputy Director, Engineering – Hydrogen and Biofuels, Fuels Sector; Kathees Anandavel, Senior Policy Advisor; and John Stronach, Senior Advisor, Hydrogen
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada – Kendall Hembroff, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Sector
• Transport Canada – Transports Canada – Dr. Aaron Hoskin, Deputy Director, Transportation Decarbonization and Charles Haines, Executive Director, Decarbonization of Air, Rail and Marine Transport
• The Transition Accelerator/ L’Accélérateur de transition – Moe Kabbara, President
• National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada – Jennifer Littlejohns, Director, Program Director, Advanced Clean Energy.
The CHA would like to thank sponsors Atura Power, Canadian Power-to-X Partners, Powertech Labs Inc., Siemens Energy Canada and StormFisher Hydrogen for making this Hill Day possible through their leadership and support.
The CHA looks forward to continued dialogue and collaboration with the Government of Canada whose engagement is critical to advancing Canada’s hydrogen economy and the nation’s goal to become a clean energy superpower.
