Anglo American has become one of the steering members of the Hydrogen Council - a global company-led initiative seeking to harness the potential application of hydrogen in the global low-carbon energy transition, including in fuel cell technologies. The company’s South Africa-based subsidiary, Anglo American Platinum, is exploring and testing applications for hydrogen and methanol fuel cell technologies. In partnership with Ballard Power Systems, the Department of Energy and Eskom, Anglo American Platinum started in 2014 a 12-month trial of methanol fuel cell prototype to provide electricity to 34 households in the Naledi Trust community in the Free State province of South Africa.