Hydrogen and fuel cell education in Europe: from when? And where? To here! And now!

Abstract Hydrogen and fuel cells are not yet part of what average European school children learn in school. Available textbooks rarely include references to the role of hydrogen technologies in the development of a secure and sustainable energy future. In the present paper, main activities in the field of hydrogen and fuel cell education in Europe are reviewed. An action program is outlined with the aim to facilitate an accelerated uptake of the awareness of first customers and first workforce of the role of hydrogen and fuel cells in future energy and transport systems.