A British Columbia pulp mill that’s been in operation for more than 50 years will test a way to replace carbon-emitting natural gas with clean-burning ‘green’ hydrogen made from water.

The novel approach is expected to reduce the Kruger Kamloops Pulp Mill’s greenhouse gas emissions by 7,000 tonnes a year – the equivalent of removing 1,200 to 1,500 vehicles from the roads, according to Zachary Steele, chief executive of New York-based Elemental Clean Fuels, the developer behind the green hydrogen project.