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DOE Launches Hydrogen Fueling Station Program
The U.S. Dept. of Energy has announced its first project under the government-business initiative dubbed H2USA that was formed last year to speed the commercial adoption of fuel-cell-powered vehicles.
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The U.S. Dept. of Energy has announced its first project under the government-business initiative dubbed H2USA that was formed last year to speed the commercial adoption of fuel-cell-powered vehicles.
The project is H2FIRST, short for Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology. It aims to ensure a "positive fueling experience" when carmakers begin limited retail sales of fuel-cell vehicles in 2014 and 2015.
H2FIRST includes researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Center for Infrastructure Research and Innovation in California and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Energy Systems Integration Facility in Colorado.
The labs aim to advance the reliability and availability of hydrogen fueling stations while reducing their costs and construction time. Sandia will develop and test innovative infrastructure technologies, according to DOE. Renewable Energy Lab will develop better ways to link distributed energy systems and integrate renewable energy technologies into the electric grid.
DOE says the initiative is expected to eventually include automakers, representatives from the energy and industrial gas sectors, system component manufacturers and state and regional government agencies.