VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 5 (UPI) -- The Canadian government announced a $13.6 million investment in fuel cells.

The National Research Council's Vancouver-based fuel cell and hydrogen industry and officially opened the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Gateway, a technology demonstration and exhibit showcasing Canada's world-leading fuel cell and hydrogen industry.

Jim Prentice, industry minister and minister responsible for NRC, and Gary Lunn, minister of natural resources, reconfirmed the government's support for the NRC and its partners with their investment.

NRC has been working to catalyze science and technology-based partnerships in Vancouver's fuel cell and hydrogen technologies cluster.

The announcement is part of a larger $118 million government investment in six NRC technology cluster initiatives -- Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies in Vancouver; Nanotechnology in Edmonton; Plants for Health and Wellness in Saskatoon; Biomedical Technologies in Winnipeg; Photonics in Ottawa; and Aluminium Transformation in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.