Report to Congress: Challenges of Building a Hydrogen Infrastructure

SummaryIn book two of the conference report on Public Law 111-8, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, Con-gress directed the Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Research and Innovative Technology Ad-ministration (RITA) “to provide a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of the enactment of this Act detailing the challenges of installing hydrogen infrastructure. This report should include a comprehensive plan to increase the number of hydrogen fueling stations around the country, focusing on the regions with greatest demand and need. The agency is instructed to coordinate with the Department of Energy to complete this report.”