The Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership (H2FCP) released its 2025 Annual Report (members-only access), highlighting a year of meaningful market progress, organizational growth, and renewed momentum for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles across North America.
On the infrastructure front, California's hydrogen refueling network stabilized at 51 operating retail stations, with average availability climbing to approximately 90% by year-end. Two new stations opened in Moreno Valley and Vacaville, and a multi-year disruption to gaseous hydrogen supply was fully resolved by mid-year, restoring service to stations across Southern California.
H2FCP also advanced critical tools to support the growing market. The organization launched an upgraded Station Operational Status System (SOSS) on Drupal 10, providing members with real-time availability data, regional filtering, hydrogen-source tracking, and individual-station performance metrics. A new State of the Network Dashboard gave members visibility into fueling network health.
On the policy front, H2FCP engaged directly with agencies on hydrogen infrastructure funding, the ZEV Forward process, and the development of California's Hydrogen Market Development Strategy. The organization also contributed to the development of market launch and scaling targets, including 5,000 heavy-duty trucks and 50 stations as a near-term milestone, and 500,000 light- and medium-duty vehicles supported by 1,000 stations for long-term scale. They also released a new ebook, Hydrogen Powered Trucks 2025, which explores the technical aspects of hydrogen-powered trucks, hydrogen fueling, the state of commercial rollout, and ways fleets might begin to deploy hydrogen trucks.
Five new members joined the Partnership in 2025, and H2FCP formalized MOUs with the Renewable Hydrogen Association and First Public Hydrogen. The organization also completed a landmark transition: H2FCP became a fully independent national nonprofit, ending its legacy staffing arrangement and establishing a new organizational foundation to serve hydrogen mobility markets coast to coast.
With a revamped website, new communications infrastructure, and an expanding national presence, H2FCP enters 2026 as a stronger, more capable organization, ready to accelerate the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle market.
