Hydrogen

Hydrogen is one of America’s and Virginia’s clean energy choices. It is flexible, safe, domestically produced and used in many sectors of the economy and throughout the Commonwealth. The Virginia Assembly in 2005 expressed the following vision for the future of Virginia’s energy sector:

Virginia will take a leading position as a producer and user of hydrogen within a larger Hydrogen Economy, and Virginia will proactively support the growth of the Hydrogen Economy.

Through partnership with Virginia Clean Cities, the Virginia Commonwealth Hydrogen Roundtable was formed and charged with the following objective:

The Roundtable is to develop recommendations that identify actions, by state and local governmental agencies, individuals, and businesses, necessary and appropriate to achieve this vision of Virginia as a leading producer and user of hydrogen.

The Roundtable completed and submitted Building a Hydrogen Economy in Virginia-Suggested Strategies in the fall of 2006. There are on-going activities aimed at implementing these strategies.

The Division of Energy is currently collaborating with the VA Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and GM on a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle project.

Links

• Roundtable Report
• Fuel Cell South
• U.S. Department of Energy’s " A National Vision of America’s Transition to a HydrogenEconomy – To 2030 and Beyond"
• How A Fuel Cell Works
• Increase your H2IQ - Find easy-to-understand information about hydrogen (H2) and fuel cell technologies by checking out various fact sheets, fuel cell animation, and other introductory resources.

Resources:
Hydrogen Program – A DOE-funded project working in conjunction with various partnerships to research and evaluate hydrogen technology.

State Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Policy and Demonstration Database – A database that catalogues initiatives, policy and partnerships in the fuel cell and hydrogen arena.

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