Hydrogen Council

With the growing conversation around the scaling of the hydrogen economy within the energy infrastructure, IECEx and other global organizations will have an important role to play in carefully navigating the challenges of clean hydrogen production in the future. 

In the spirit of collaboration the IEC, IECEx and the Hydrogen Council are working together supporting this emerging technology with international conformity assessment to feed the demand drivers of standards development.

Key points about the Hydrogen Council

Non-profit purpose. Activities of the Hydrogen Council

The non-profit purpose of the Association shall be to function as a platform between its Members, with the objective of furthering the uptake of hydrogen technology through, among other things:
(a) Aligning a vision and strategy for the sector on the deployment of hydrogen and agreeing on key topics to be supported at the global level;
(b) Data-sharing on key issues, current and future opportunities, and bottlenecks in the area of hydrogen solutions deployment provided the data is not confidential, sensitive or anti-competitive;
(c) Working with and providing recommendations to key stakeholders such as policy makers, businesses in the hydrogen sector, international agencies and civil society;
(d) Showcasing hydrogen technology and its benefits and promoting environmental and technological advances in the industry; and
(e) Seeking collaboration, cooperation and understanding of hydrogen technology from governments, industry and society-stakeholders.

Activities:

To that effect and subject always to Article 5, the Association may undertake, alone or in collaboration with third parties, all activities related, directly or indirectly, to its purpose. It may, in particular, develop the following (non-exhaustively listed) activities for the general or specific account of its Members and/or third parties:
(a) Carry-out advocacy, among others at the policy-making, standard-setting and legislative levels, targeting key decision makers and influencers such as national governments, European institutions, international organisations and agencies, and other public authorities to promote the key role of hydrogen in the energy transition and position hydrogen as a pillar of national and international energy policies;
(b) Build, animate and coordinate global advocacy mapping and planning;
(c) Develop communication toolkits in support of advocacy such as materials, events, media content;
(d) Develop data to support advocacy efforts, monitor sectoral progress and identify strategic gaps;
(e) Reach out to civil society and the business community in order to drastically increase awareness of the role of hydrogen and to involve more stakeholders in the hydrogen “ecosystem”;
(f) Showcase tangible results of the progress of hydrogen technologies and deployments on a global scale for more effective advocacy and media outreach;
(g) Develop and implement an internal framework to monitor the progress of hydrogen technologies and deployments on a global scale, with the support of concerned regional associations;
(h) Identify the key obstacles to the fast market deployment of hydrogen technologies and elaborate strategic actions to overcome them;
(i) Identify areas where enhanced collaboration among Members would be most effective to accelerate growth of the hydrogen market;
(j) Develop and implement a shared “Hydrogen Council Vision” of an effective hydrogen market development pathway across sectors (mobility, industry, power, including renewables storage, residential), for example through joint studies;
(k) Establish, accredit, maintain, operate, cooperate, and maintain close contacts with initiatives and/or organisations having a purpose similar to those of the Association; and
(l) Conclude any service agreement, partnership agreement or contract of any kind with any Member(s) and/or third parties, as may be needed or useful to achieve the Association’s purpose.
In addition, the Association may support and have interests in any other activities or legal entities which are similar or related to those defined above. The Association shall perform and develop its activities either in Belgium or abroad and may become a member of, or set up, other non-profit entities with purposes related to those of the Association.
The Association may engage in any activities aiming at attaining the purpose set out above, including the provision of services to its Members. It cannot, however, carry out activities with a profit motive.