Milestones

2024

Celebrated our 20th anniversary in July

Launched HTEC Vehicle Leasing Corporation and announced plans to deploy 100 heavy-duty fuel cell electric trucks as part of the H2 Gateway program

Announced H2 Gateway and CIB’s funding of the North Vancouver Clean Liquid Hydrogen Facility

Colin Armstrong, President and CEO, awarded Hydrogen Leader of the Year (CHC)

2023

Opened a hydrogen refueling station in Kelowna

Launched the BCH2 Pilot Truck Project in partnership with the BC Government

Hosted a ground-breaking ceremony for its low-carbon hydrogen production facility in Burnaby

Announced Canada’s first hydrogen ports project (pilot)

2022

Announced agreement with ERCO Worldwide to purchase land and co-locate a 15 TPD clean hydrogen plant in North Vancouver

Acquired Zen Clean Energy Solutions

2021

Announced as one of the Foresight50, Canada’s most investable cleantech ventures

Received an award for Business Excellence in Innovation from the NV Chamber of Commerce

Announced a collaboration with Mitsui Canada to develop an electrolytic hydrogen production project in BC

Finalized $217 million transaction with Chart Industries and I Squared 

2020

Opened a third BC station, in North Vancouver, at a 7-Eleven/Esso service station

Opened fourth BC station in Victoria (with 7-Eleven)

Signed a commercial MOU and secured $20 Million investment from Chart Industries

2019

Announced partnership with 7-Eleven Canada to build stations in BC

Won a 2020 Canada’s Clean50 Top Project Award

Opened second BC station, in Burnaby, at a Shell service station

Secured funding from NRCan and TEQ to build retail hydrogen stations in Quebec City and the Montreal area

2018

Opened HTEC’s and Canada’s first retail hydrogen station in Vancouver at a Shell service station

Signed Letter of Intent with Harnois Energy to build a station network in Quebec

Engineered, procured, and constructed fully containerized, rapid-install fueling station for Toyota in Quebec City – delivered in 10 months and the first station to open in Quebec

2016

Secured contracts from the Federal and Provincial Governments, LGM, Toyota, and Hyundai to build the first 700-bar public fueling station in Canada

2015

Secured grant from the California Energy Commission for our first 700-bar public fueling station in Woodside, California

2009-2013

Partnered with Air Liquide and others to build and operate the world’s largest hydrogen fueling station for Whistler Transit

2005-2009

Built and operated the first by-product hydrogen purification and compression plant to support BC Hydrogen Highway projects