U.S. Department of Energy - Hydrogen Program

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC) was established under Section 807 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PDF 12 KB) to provide technical and programmatic advice to the Energy Secretary on DOE's hydrogen research, development, and demonstration efforts. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

The original 25 committee members were appointed in June 2006 after a nomination process. This group included representatives of domestic industry, academia, professional societies, government agencies, financial organizations, and environmental groups, as well as experts in hydrogen safety.

HTAC Meetings

HTAC hosts periodic meetings for its members and other interested parties.

HTAC Reports and Publications

The State of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Commercialization and Technical Development—2008 Annual Report of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee (PDF 1.1 MB)
Talking Points for the New Administration—Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Essential Components of the "New Energy Economy" (PDF 1.3 MB) (December 2008)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee Biennial Report to the Secretary of Energy (PDF 4 MB) (October 2007); The Secretary of Energy's First Biennial Report to Congress Responding to Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC) Findings and Recommendations during Fiscal Year 2007 (PDF 124 KB) (December 2008)

HTAC Membership FY 2009

Name	Bios
Mark Chernoby	(MS Word 35 KB)
Anthony Eggert	(MS Word 29 KB)
David Friedman	(MS Word 29 KB)
Janice Hicks	(MS Word 35 KB)
John Hofmeister	(MS Word 36 KB)
Arthur Katsaros	(MS Word 31 KB)
Maurice Kaya	(MS Word 26 KB)
Alan Lloyd	(MS Word 34 KB)
James Narva	(MS Word 33 KB)
Frank Novachek	(MS Word 34 KB)
Joan Ogden	(MS Word 37 KB)
Michael Ramage	(MS Word 43 KB)
Geraldine Richmond	(MS Word 37 KB)
Robert R. Rose	(MS Word 33 KB)
Philip N. Ross	(MS Word 28 KB)
Kenneth Schultz	(MS Word 30 KB)
Robert Shaw	(MS Word 31 KB)
Kathleen Taylor	(MS Word 31 KB)
Jan van Dokkum	(MS Word 30 KB)
Robert Walker	(MS Word 31 KB)

HTAP Publications

Before the formation of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee, Congress established the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel (HTAP) through the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-566) (MS Word 45 KB). HTAP, which existed from 1991 - 2002, produced the following reports.

HTAP brochure, Realizing a Hydrogen Future (PDF 1.6 MB) (1999)
Report to Congress (PDF 394 KB) (1999)
Survey Report (PDF 92 KB) - findings of HTAP survey of individuals involved or interested in hydrogen (1998)
HTAP International Public Hearing (PDF 29 KB) (1998)
The Green Hydrogen Report - HTAP Progress Report (PDF 126 KB) (1995)