Energy Department Awards $7 Million to Advance Hydrogen Storage Systems

The Energy Department on May 19 announced $7 million in awards for 6 plans to develop lightweight, compact, and lower cost advanced hydrogen storage systems that will enable longer driving ranges and help make fuel cell systems competitive for different platforms and sizes of vehicles. These advances in hydrogen storage will be critical to the widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

For example, Sandia National Labs of Livermore, California, will gain $1.2 million to systematically screen low-cost alternative materials for use in hydrogen storage systems, and Lawrence Livermore National Lab of Livermore, California, will gain $1.2 million to develop a reversible, high-capacity storage material that can bond to and release hydrogen in a vehicle, reducing the amount of hydrogen that needs to be pumped in the tank. See the Energy Department's news release and the Energy Department's Hydrogen and Fuel Cells webpage.

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