Hydrogen Posture Plan

The Hydrogen Posture Plan is a national sectoral plan of the United States of America. Its main objective is to lay the foundation for a coordinated response, including collaboration with the DOT, to the President’s plan for accelerating implementation of hydrogen infrastructure and fuel cell technologies.
The central mission of the Hydrogen Program is to research, develop, and validate hydrogen production, delivery, storage and fuel cell technologies. Development of hydrogen energy from diverse domestic resources will ensure that the United States has an abundant, reliable, and affordable supply of clean energy to maintain the nation’s prosperity throughout the 21st century. The Hydrogen Program supports RD&D of hydrogen fuel cell technologies in parallel with technologies for hydrogen production and delivery infrastructure. The current focus is on addressing key technical challenges (for fuel cells and hydrogen production, delivery, and storage) and institutional barriers (such as hydrogen codes and standards to maximize safety, and training and public awareness). The Program is currently conducting basic and applied research, technology development and learning demonstrations, underlying safety research, systems analysis, and public outreach and education activities. These activities include cost-shared, public-private partnerships to address the high-risk, critical technology barriers preventing widespread use of hydrogen as an energy carrier. Public and private partners include automotive and power equipment manufacturers, energy and chemical companies, electric and natural gas utilities, building designers, standards development organizations, other Federal agencies, state government agencies, universities, national laboratories and other national and international stakeholder organizations. The Hydrogen Program encourages the formation of collaborative partnerships to conduct RD&D and other activities that support Program goals. Figure 7 shows the types of entities that carry out activities under the Hydrogen Program and the non-Federal cost share required.