The U.S. Fuel Cell Council and the National Hydrogen Association merged last week to create the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association, hoping to bolster hydrogen’s role in America’s clean energy portfolio.
Connecticut has a developed fuel cell industry in the state with companies such as FuelCell Energy and Proton Energy Systems. Fuel cells are the most efficient ways to convert hydrogen into electricity.
“Bringing the two organizations together to form the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association will give us the critical mass necessary to help shape the clean energy agenda,” said Ruth Cox, president and executive director of the new organization, in a statement. “Study after study has shown that fuel cells and hydrogen are essential to meeting our environmental, economic, energy and national security goals.”
As a result of the merger, the National Hydrogen Association’s annual conference, scheduled for Feb. 13-16 in Washington, D.C., is renamed the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy 2011 Conference and Expo. The conference is called “Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Pathway to Our Clean Energy Economy.”
