Committees and Working Groups
FCHEA Committees and Working Groups
FCHEA and its members lead activities through Working Groups, Committees, and sub-group task forces. In these groups, members interact with colleagues and key stakeholders on policy, regulatory, technical, and outreach issues and coordinate efforts on behalf of the association and benefit to the entire industry.
FCHEA staff work closely with each working group to support activities and ensures legislative and regulatory success.
FCHEA Committees
FCHEA organizes two committees to coordinate with members across the hydrogen and fuel cell industry, the Government Affairs Committee and the Communications and Marketing Committee.
The Government Affairs Committee engages and educates U.S. federal and state decision makers and opinion leaders to advocate for federal and state hydrogen and fuel cell funding, policy initiatives, incentives, and regulations.
The Communications and Marketing Committee is focused on expanding awareness of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies to a range of audiences - media, key stakeholders, and potential partners.
FCHEA Working Groups
FCHEA operates five market sector Working Groups, each covering a major area of the hydrogen and fuel cell industry. The first two groups address hydrogen production and distribution and there are three groups covering usage of hydrogen across power generation, transportation, and commercial applications.
Production: Reflecting the diversity of clean hydrogen production pathways, both from traditional and renewable feedstocks.
Distribution: Hydrogen distribution, compression, and storage.
Power: Confluence of hydrogen, fuel cells, and power markets both as a production vector and end-use market.
Transportation: All applications of hydrogen and fuel cell transportation across land, sea, and air.
Commercial: Intersection of hydrogen and emerging markets for commercial processes like steel and cement production, use of hydrogen as a chemical feedstock such as ammonia, hydrogen for heating, and others.
Working Group Role
Each of these Working Groups is focused on not only the technical codes and standards needs for each industry segment but also provides a forum for discussion of the range of other challenges and opportunities that these sectors face, including policy needs and stakeholder outreach development. Once issues are identified, they may be raised for further action either within the working group or for action by the Government Affairs Committee or Communications and Marketing Committee.
If you are interested in participating in FCHEA’s working groups, please fill out this form to get more information on joining FCHEA.
National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Codes and Standards Coordinating Committee
FCHEA also serves as Chair and Secretary for the National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Codes and Standards Coordinating Committee (NHFCCSCC). This committee meets monthly under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy as a forum for representatives of codes standards development organizations to provide status updates and coordinate on issues related to fuel cells and hydrogen.