Elrick said, “Hydrogen has changed entirely. It used to be the unicorn in the room, but I feel now it is a completely different ballgame.

“We know climate change and the urgency that we know now sees around that is really pushing the hydrogen momentum and the fuel cells and everything around that.

“The ultimate aim here is if we’re going to get the benefits of hydrogen and fuel cells. We’re going to have to make this a sustainable market. Without that, this all falls apart the minute we stopped the subsidies and so knowing some folks are getting closer to that feeling that momentum in this room and around the globe is amazing. At the same time, we have a lot of challenges in front of us.”

Despite some questions remaining not entirely answered, Elrick remained positive that the industry is making some of the gains necessary, with cross company collaboration.

Elrick told the summit, “This is not the time to be fighting each other. It’s the time to build the market and then worry about market share.

“Having that common vision or those common approaches is really critical, because we’ve got to advance the technology.

“We need to bring the hydrogen economy to people and bring them here, so that there we’re all building it together.”