National Hydrogen Energy Roadmap

The National Hydrogen Energy Roadmap is a national sectoral roadmap of the United States of America. This Roadmap outlines key issues and challenges in hydrogen energy development and suggests paths that government and industry can take to expand use of hydrogen-based energy.
The fundamental purpose of this Roadmap is to define a common set of objectives and activities agreed upon by government, industry, universities, National Laboratories, environmental organizations, and other interested parties. Focusing resources on this common agenda will facilitate evaluation of a hydrogen economy and potentially stimulate investment in the development of a hydrogen energy system.
Development of hydrogen energy technologies represents a potential long-term energy solution with enormous benefits for America. A coordinated and focused effort is necessary to bring public and private resources to bear on evaluating the costs and benefits of the transition to a hydrogen economy. Next steps will include the development of detailed research and development plans for each of the technology areas. A significant commitment of resources—funding, people, and facilities—will be needed to accomplish this.