Hydrogen Council
The Hydrogen Council is a group of 140 leading energy, transport, industry, and investment companies that seeks to develop the hydrogen economy. It aims to accelerate investment in the development and commercialization of the hydrogen and fuel cell sectors and encourage stakeholders to increase their backing of hydrogen as part of the future energy mix.
Formation
The Hydrogen Council was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 7, 2017. In one of two formal statements made at the Forum, Air Liquide Chairman and CEO Benoît Potier stated that the aim of the initiative was “to explain why hydrogen emerges among the key solutions for the energy transition, in mobility as well as in the power, industrial and residential sectors.”The 13 inaugural members included Air Liquide, Alstom, Anglo American, BMW, Daimler, Engie, Honda, Hyundai, Kawasaki, Linde, Shell, TotalEnergies and Toyota.
Members
In 2024, the Hydrogen Council consists of 140 members separated into three groups: the Steering Group, the Supporting Group, and the Investor Group.Steering Group (52 members)
- Adani
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
- Air Liquide
- Air Products
- Airbus
- Anglo American
- Aramco
- Asahi Kasei
- Baker Hughes
- BMW
- Bosch
- BP
- CF Industries
- Chemours
- China Energy
- Cummins
- Enbridge
- ENEOS Corporation
- ENGIE
- ExxonMobil
- Faurecia
- General Motors
- Great Wall Motor
- Honda
- Hyundai Motor Company
- IHI
- InterContinental Energy
- Iwatani
- Johnson Matthey
- Kawasaki
- Larsen & Toubro
- Linde
- MASDAR
- Mercedes-Benz Group
- Michelin
- Microsoft
- Moeve
- MSC Group
- NextEra Energy
- OCI NV
- OPmobility
- Port of Rotterdam
- SABIC
- Sasol
- Schaeffler Group
- Shell
- Siemens Energy
- Sinopec
- SK
- SoCalGas
- Syensqo
- ThyssenKrupp-Nucera
- Topsoe
- TotalEnergies
- Toyota
- Valterra Platinum
- Yara Clean Ammonia
Supporting Group (68 members)
- 3M
- Advario
- AFC Energy
- Agfa
- Alfa Laval
- Alstom
- Avaada
- Ballard Power Systems
- Bekaert
- Black & Veatch
- Bloom Energy
- Bureau Veritas
- Chart Industries
- Chevron
- Clariant
- Cryogenmash
- Delek US
- Eberspächer
- ElringKlinger
- Enbridge
- Everllence
- Faber Cylinders
- First Element Fuel
- Fortescue
- FuelCell Energy
- Galp
- WL Gore
- Haldor Topsoe
- Hexagon Composites
- Howden
- ILJIN Hysolus
- Indian Oil Corporation
- Itochu
- John Cockerill
- Komatsu
- Liebherr
- Marle
- Mann+Hummel
- Marubeni
- Matrix Service Company
- McDermott
- McPhy
- Mitsubishi Corporation
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mitsui & Co
- Nel Hydrogen
- NGK
- Nikola Motor
- NYK Line
- Parker Hannifin Corporation
- Petronas
- Plug Power
- Port of Rotterdam
- Power Assets Holdings
- Re-Fire Technology
- Reliance Industries Limited
- Sinocat
- SinoHytec
- Sinoma
- Snam
- Southern California Gas
- Southern Company
- Subsea 7
- Sumitomo Corporation
- Technip Energies
- Tokyo Gas
- Toyota Tsusho
- TÜV SÜD
- Umicore
- Westport Fuel Systems
- Woodside Energy
Investor Group (12 members)
- Antin Infrastructure Partners
- Barclays
- BNP Paribas
- Crédit Agricole
- FiveT Hydrogen
- GIC
- Mubadala Investment Company
- Natixis
- Providence Asset Group
- Société Générale
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- Temasek
Governance
Co-Chairs and Co-Secretaries
To date, the co-chair and Co-Secretary positions have been held by Air Liquide and Toyota, Air Liquide, Hyundai, and Air Liquide and Hyundai.Partners
As of November 2019, The Hydrogen Council lists its partners as the Center for Hydrogen Safety, the Clean Energy Ministerial, Energy Observer, View, IEA Hydrogen, Mission Innovation and the World Economic Forum.Reports
The Hydrogen Council has published three reports, in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, that are available on their website.How Hydrogen Empowers the Energy Transition
Published in January 2017, "How Hydrogen Empowers the Energy Transition" explores the seven roles of hydrogen in decarbonizing significant sectors of the economy and considers the policy environment needed to facilitate the deployment of hydrogen technology.Hydrogen Scaling Up: A Sustainable Pathway for the Global Energy Transition
Published in November 2017, "Hydrogen, scaling up" suggests wide-scale deployment of hydrogen for the decarbonization of transport, industry, and buildings and enabling a renewable energy production and distribution system. The scenarios outlined in the report suggest that hydrogen technologies could contribute to meeting 18% of the world's final energy demands, avoiding 6 Gt of emissions, and creating a market with revenues of $2.5 trillion each year while providing 30 million jobs by mid-century. An investment of $280 billion – or annual investments of $20–25 billion until 2030 – would be required to build the hydrogen economy with these benefits.Following the publication of this report, the EU, France, and South Korea published similar analyses, focusing on their specific regions.