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**Canada-Wind/hydrogen energy project pitched to feds**
Publication date: 23-April-2004 Source: The Guardian
Imagine a farm tractor gliding over a red dirt field or a fishing boat hauling in the first load of lobsters. Now imagine both under full load without spewing out the usual plume of black and blue exhaust smoke. It’s a concept the provincial government is pitching to Ottawa these days in an attempt to be on the cutting edge of a new energy resource. Premier Pat Binns said the province is promoting the idea before the federal government to develop wind/hydrogen technology combinations that could one day be as commonplace as the gas pump. “We have a proposal in front of Ottawa right now regarding a wind/hydrogen combination,’’ Binns said in his annual address to the Rotary Club here Wednesday. “We want to look at hydrogen applications for small- scale operations such as farm tractors, fishing boats and even pickup trucks and to demonstrate their feasibility.” The premier said the hydrogen economy is just around the corner and Prince Edward Island could be the logical place to develop and demonstrate small scale applications in hydrogen as well as wind energy. “We plan to expand wind energy here and P.E.I. is one of the best wind regimes in the world. All the wind energy experiments so far have been very successful and we hope to expand on that.” ~

Imagine a farm tractor gliding over a red dirt field or a fishing boat hauling in the first load of lobsters.

Now imagine both under full load without spewing out the usual plume of black and blue exhaust smoke.

It’s a concept the provincial government is pitching to Ottawa these days in an attempt to be on the cutting edge of a new energy resource.

Premier Pat Binns said the province is promoting the idea before the federal government to develop wind/hydrogen technology combinations that could one day be as commonplace as the gas pump.

“We have a proposal in front of Ottawa right now regarding a wind/hydrogen combination,’’ Binns said in his annual address to the Rotary Club here Wednesday.

“We want to look at hydrogen applications for small- scale operations such as farm tractors, fishing boats and even pickup trucks and to demonstrate their feasibility.”

The premier said the hydrogen economy is just around the corner and Prince Edward Island could be the logical place to develop and demonstrate small scale applications in hydrogen as well as wind energy.

“We plan to expand wind energy here and P.E.I. is one of the best wind regimes in the world. All the wind energy experiments so far have been very successful and we hope to expand on that.”