It's another first for Surrey as the city unveiled Canada's one and only municipal hydrogen fuelling station Thursday.
Mayor Dianne Watts and city council showed off the system Wednesday morning at the city's operations works yard. They were joined by representatives of the Canadian Hydrogen Fuel Cell Association and Powertech.
The fuelling station is part of the city's Green Energy Fleet plan that will see as many as 21 alternate-fuel vehicles added to the fleet over the next nine months. They will include vehicles powered by hydrogen, electricity and compressed natural gas.
Fuel cells generates electricity through an internal chemical reaction. The electricity is used to drive the vehicle and the only byproduct of the reaction is water.
The city plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent by 2020.