Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Promotion

The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), with funding from the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), previously established a Connecticut Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Coalition (Coalition). The Coalition worked to enhance economic growth through the development, manufacture, and deployment of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies and associated fueling systems. Representatives from industry, government, academia, labor, and other stakeholders made up the Coalition. CCAT prepared and submitted the Plan for Fuel Cell Economic Development, a strategic plan that addressed the status of the hydrogen/fuel cell industry in the state at that time and concluded that hydrogen and fuel cell technology could meet the state’s pressing energy needs, improve environmental performance, increase economic development, and create new jobs. Reference Connecticut General Statutes 32-9vv through 32-9ww)