Hydrogen as an energy carrier, storage medium and element of sector coupling is a fundamental element for the transformation to a defossilized economy. The collaborative project "Standardization roadmap for hydrogen technologies", funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), is actively supporting the hydrogen market ramp-up and helping to establish a corresponding quality infrastructure for hydrogen technologies. 

Standards, together with the legal framework, form the basic framework for the hydrogen market ramp-up and the associated quality infrastructure.

Standards define terminology, interfaces, safety, system and quality requirements, as well as testing and certification principles, thus creating a uniform understanding across disciplinary boundaries and enabling the scaling of this technology. Technical rule making also supports legally secure action and forms the basis for resilient economic investments.

As part of the collaborative project launched in January, a strategic roadmap is being developed together with experts from business, politics, science and civil society for the rapid and targeted expansion and adaptation of technical regulations in the field of hydrogen technologies.

A steering committee consisting of representatives from business, politics, science and civil society also advises the project strategically and makes sure to take further aspects into account, in particular safety and quality aspects as well as environmental and consumer protection