What Can I Do to Help

Commercialize Fuel Cells?

Encourage the President to support fuel cells as part of our energy future - President Barack Obama has supported fuel cells and hydrogen in the past - compilation of news clips and quotes - but needs to continue that support now that he is in office. Contact him here or here.

Notify Your Elected Officials - Lawmakers control the funding and policy legislation that support fuel cell and hydrogen research, development and commercialization.  You can find out more about the current issues facing Congress, and communicate directly to your elected officials, via the US Fuel Cell Council’s Take Action Center.

CapWiz Media Guide - find contacts at your local paper for a quick letter to the editor or an invitation for a demonstration or press event.

Find out what is going on in your area - check out our database of U.S. policy and demonstrations to see what initiatives and installations are in your state. If there isn't much activity, see what other states are doing and encourage your local and federal lawmakers to follow suit. See the technology first hand by visiting a hydrogen fueling station or fuel cell installation (like NY's Central Park police station) or schedule a visit to a company involved in the industry located near you. There are loads of fuel cell and energy conferences around the world - see if any are in your area, some conferences and exhibitions are free to attend or have ride and drives and public events.

Buy one - Fuelcellstore.com has a lot of available fuel cells and components to purchase. We have a list of educational fuel cell kits in our Career and Education Center. The US Fuel Cell Council has released a comprehensive list of commercial fuel cell products available for purchase from manufacturers headquartered in the United States, Canada and Europe. If you have a specific project or installation in mind, you could also contact the companies directly.

Read and learn - our Fuel Cell Library has lots of articles, reports and information on fuel cells and hydrogen. We have compiled answers to some of the questions people are asking and statements critics are making. Our conference presentations contain informative charts and graphs. You can subscribe to our free newsletters via the sidebar on the right - we publish a monthly Fuel Cell Technology Update and the Fuel Cell Quarterly. DOE has a great collection of technical papers as well. Take a short course, seminar or workshop to increase and hone your knowledge on fuel cells and hydrogen.

Spread the word - write a letter to the editor of your local paper, especially if you have seen a fuel cell in action. Use www.fuelcells.org to find fact sheets, images, charts to show your friends how fuel cells are being used all over the world in various applications. If you are hosting or attending an event, and want to bring informational materials about fuel cells or hydrogen or need a speaker, drop us a line at info@fuelcells.org. If you are on MySpace, add H2IQ as your friend and tell others to do the same. Use DOE's H2IQ podcasts and radio broadcasts to reach out as well.