Energy Department Offers $2 Million to Develop Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies

The Energy Department on May 21 announced up to $2 million to develop the domestic supply chain for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and study the competitiveness of U.S. hydrogen and fuel cell system and component manufacturing. As a part of the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, this backing opportunity supports the Department's broader effort to boost U.S. competitiveness in the manufacturing sector.

The backing offer will support plans that focus on scaling up the production of today's hydrogen and fuel cell components and systems to commercial scale. Currently, these components and systems are being built using laboratory-scale fabrication technologies, but developing a robust supply chain to support mass production of these systems can enable the market for these technologies to grow.

To support these priorities, the Energy Department is issuing a backing opportunity to carry out outreach activities to facilitate the development and expansion of the domestic supply chain of components and systems necessary for the manufacturing and scale-up of hydrogen and fuel cell systems in the United States. The opportunity will also fund a competitive analysis of global hydrogen and fuel cell manufacturing aimed at quantifying trade patterns and identifying key drivers of U.S. competitiveness. See the Energy Department news release and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells webpage.

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