Iceland boasts world’s first hydrogen fuel station

SIKU CIRCUMPOLAR NEWS SERVICE

Iceland opened the world’s first hydrogen fuel station last week to provide clean energy instead of polluting fossil fuels for three specially outfitted buses.

The station, run by the Royal Dutch Shell oil company, will power three buses in Reykjavik under a US$7-million project that is partly funded by the European Union.

Iceland would like to find a way for other vehicles, such as cars and boats, to also use hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen fuel emits only water as waste, but it’s expensive and challenging to store and distribute.