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Policies & Acts

These policies and acts offer insight into the governing principles of the DOE Hydrogen Program. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

  • DOE published its comments on CATO Institute Briefing Paper No. 90,"Hydrogen's Empty Environmental Promise."

  • The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PDF 1.28 MB) directed the Energy Secretary to conduct a research and development program—in consultation with other federal agencies and the private sector—on technologies related to the production, purification, distribution, storage, and use of hydrogen energy, fuel cells, and related infrastructure.

  • The Energy Policy Act of 1992 directed the Energy Secretary to develop and implement a comprehensive research, development, and demonstration program for fuel cells and related transportation system applications.

  • The National Energy Policy (PDF 3.05 MB) envisions a comprehensive long-term strategy that uses leading edge technology to produce an integrated energy, environmental, and economic policy.

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