Washington, 9 May 2007. Twenty-six organizations dedicated to the commercialization of fuel cell technologies will display cutting-edge power systems during the 2007 Congressional Fuel Cell Expo on May 15, 2007, in the Cannon Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Companies will present solutions for a variety of portable, stationary, micro, and automotive applications.

The expo will feature two fuel cell vehicles available for a "Ride and Drive" from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The vehicles will be located on New Jersey Ave. SE between C and D Streets.

The event is co-sponsored by the four founding members of the House Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus: Congressmen Al Wynn (D-MD), John Larson (D-CT), Bob Inglis (R-SC), and Charles Dent (R-PA). Addressing the crowd will be Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN), and Congressman Lee Terry (R-NE).

The expo is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.

The expo is organized by the U.S. Fuel Cell Council, the trade association of the fuel-cell industry.

Exhibitors include: Ballard Power Systems, Breakthrough Technologies Institute/Fuel Cells 2000, Chevron, Columbian Chemicals, Delphi, Distributed Energy Systems, DuPont Fuel Cells, Entegris, FuelCell Energy, General Motors, Gore Fuel Cell Technologies, Graftech, Hydrogenics, IdaTech, Methanol Institute, MTI MicroFuel Cells, Nuvera Fuel Cells, Office of Naval Research, Plug Power, Siemens Power Generation, Toyota, Trulite, U.S. Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory, University of South Carolina, UTC Power, and Versa Power Systems.

For more information, visit www.usfcc.com.