Hydrogen serves as a critical industrial element, supporting petroleum refining, fertilizer and chemical production, and metal processing, while also offering a path to cleaner transport and power systems through fuel cells. Beyond its current uses, hydrogen holds promise as a large-scale energy storage medium, enabling excess renewable electricity to be converted, stored, and used when demand is high.

ANSI is executing a series of standards coordination initiatives covering the full hydrogen value chain—including production, storage, carbon capture, transportation, utilization, and related infrastructure. ANSI will develop a standards landscape, host webinars, and convene a technical workshop to raise awareness of existing hydrogen standardization activities and explore the challenges and opportunities in hydrogen standardization.