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.
Standards play a key role in supporting the full hydrogen value chain—including production, storage, carbon capture, distribution and transport, utilization, and related infrastructure.
ANSI is developing a standards landscape to increase awareness about published and in-development standards, codes, guidance, and related conformity assessment materials. The landscape will include various metadata about the document status and associated technical pillars. The landscape will be developed through direct contributions from ANSI’s Request for Information and ongoing technical events.
In March 2026, ANSI will host two 3-hour webinars which will include briefings from various standards and codes developers, highlighting their current activities and providing opportunities for dialogue with participants.
In spring 2026, ANSI will host a hybrid workshop in the Washington, DC area focused on pre-standardization research, standards and conformity assessment needs, and potential regulatory framework considerations.
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ANSI invites sponsorships to directly offset ANSI's costs of executing the project and extends its appreciation to the following organizations for their generous sponsorship towards this initiative.
The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) is the leading authority on safety standards for industrial, medical, food, and specialty gases and equipment. Since 1913, CGA has developed nearly 500 globally recognized standards, trusted by ISO, NFPA, the United Nations, and regulatory bodies worldwide. Representing more than 170 member companies who support over 34,000 U.S. jobs and contribute more than $10 billion to the American economy, CGA advances safety, drives innovation, and fosters professional development across the compressed gas industry.
CGA has been developing hydrogen standards for more than 70 years. Three of CGA’s hydrogen standards, G-5, H-3, and H-5 are American National Standards
ASTM International is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of voluntary consensus standards. Today, 13,000 ASTM standards are used around the world to improve product quality, enhance health and safety, strengthen market access and trade, and build consumer confidence. ASTM plays a significant role in advancing hydrogen technologies through standards development, technical committee leadership, and industry engagement. ASTM’s D03.14 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells work spans gaseous hydrogen fuel quality (e.g., D7941 ), sampling and analysis methods (e.g., D7892 ), and material evaluation standards (e.g., D7651 ) used across production, storage, delivery, and fuel cell applications.
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