Associations provide industry coordination and outreach in North America

✍ Scribed by Steve Barrett

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 115 KB
• Volume: 2010
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1464-2859
• DOI: 10.1016/s1464-2859(10)70265-0

✦ Synopsis

The US Fuel Cell Council was founded in 1998 by Bob Rose, as the business association of the fuel cell industry. The USFCC conducts a wide variety of technical, safety, educational and policy activities consistent with its mission of commercializing fuel cells for all applications. Rose served as executive director until last year, when he stepped down and Ruth Cox took over the helm.

'Cost reductions and performance and durability improvements have opened several early markets for fuel cell products, and competitive systems are in development for many other markets,' says Ruth Cox. 'Success means good, high-paying jobs and energy and environmental security benefits, in the US and wherever markets open for fuel cells.'

The USFCC has more than 60 corporate, government and NGO members, with executive members including the likes of 3M, Air Products,