International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE)

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Context

• The 41st Steering Committee Meeting of the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE), is being hosted by India in New Delhi during March 18 – 22, 2024.

All about IPHE

• The International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) is an inter-governmental cooperative initiative founded in 2003 consisting of 24 countries.
• The IPHE works with the member countries and leaders in the hydrogen fuel and fuel cell industry in order to further develop and implement those technologies.
• The International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy was founded in 2003 to help create cooperation between different governments in developing hydrogen fuel cell technology.
• The IPHE contains two central groups: the Education & Outreach Working Group and the Regulations, Codes, Standards, & Safety Working Group.
• In July 2005, the G8 Summit endorsed the IPHE in its plan of action on climate change, clean energy, and sustainable development and identified it as a means of cooperation to develop clean energy technologies.
• The United States was the chair of the IPHE from 2003 to 2007 and 2018 to 2021.

Member Countries

The IPHE consists of 24 member countries. The United Arab Emirates was the most recent country to join in 2022.

1. Australia
2. Austria
3. Belgium
4. Brazil
5. Canada
6. Chile
7. China
8. Costa Rica
9. European Commission
10. France
11. Germany
12. Iceland
13. India
14. Italy
15. Japan
16. Republic of Korea
17. Netherlands
18. Norway
19. Republic of South Africa
20. Singapore
21. Switzerland
22. United Arab Emirates
23. United Kingdom
24. United States