Fuel Cell Technologies Office - Safety, Codes, and Standards Overview and Status

Codes & Standards Objectives:

• Support and facilitate development and promulgation of essential codes and standards to enable widespread deployment and market entry of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and completion of all essential domestic and international regulations, codes and standards (RCS)
• Conduct R&D to provide critical data and information needed to define requirements in developing codes and standards.

Hydrogen Safety Objectives:

• Ensure that best safety practices underlie research, technology development, and market deployment activities supported through DOE-funded projects.
• Develop and enable widespread sharing of safety-related information resources and lessons learned with first responders, authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), and other key stakeholders.