Due to their environmental and efficiency characteristics fuel cells are promising technological solutions for many energy related applications (stationary power generation, vehicle propulsion, portable equipment).

0. Introduction: the economic dynamics of fuel cell technologies.- 0.1. Specific characteristics of fuel cell technologies.- 0.2. The heterogeneity of the stakeholders.- 0.3. Two main roles of networks in shaping the evolution of emerging technologies.- 0.4. The confrontation of many networks.- 0.5. The central and complex role of public policy.- 0.6. Outline of the book.- 0.7. Conclusive remarks.- 0.8. References.- I Fuel cell technologies: diffusion perspectives and governance of an emerging innovation.- 1. A state-of-the-art of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies: diffusion perspectives and barriers.- 2. The future of fuel cells in a long term inter-technology competition framework.- 3. Rationales for co-operation between firms and States within an emerging radical innovation.- 4. Potential economic impacts of fuel cell technologies.- II Fuel cell vehicles: an international comparison of public-private programmes.- 5. The Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles and the US DoE Transportation Fuel Cells Programme.- 6. Fuel cells in Canada: from entrepreneurship to innovation clustering.- 7. The Japanese R&D system in the field of fuel cell vehicles.- 8. Fuel cell R&D within the European Framework Programmes.- Contributing Authors.

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