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An Albuquerque Journal article on the role of hydrogen fuel cells for powering trucks, by Rod Borup, the co-director of the M2FCT Consortium and Los Alamos National Laboratory’s program manager for hydrogen and fuel cells. Read the article in the Albuquerque Journal
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program is hosting its first Hydrogen Shot Summit on August 31 and September 1, 2021.
The two-day summit will bring together stakeholders from industry, research, academia, and government to identify pathways to meet DOE’s Hydrogen Shot of $1 per 1 kilogram in 1 decade. The summit will also feature breakout sessions covering multiple hydrogen production pathways and other topics, including:
- Electrolysis
- Thermal conversion with carbon capture and storage
- Advanced pathways
- Deployment and financing.
The Hydrogen Shot Summit will be a virtual event. More information, including an agenda and registration details, will be available soon.
Learn more about DOE’s Hydrogen Shot.
This Focus Issue in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society covered topics related to durability issues in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell & Water Electrolyzer.
You can explore the special issue and the publications by the M2FCT researchers on the membrane, catalyst, and electrode durability as well as their interrogation to understand and mitigate degradations issues to improve the durability of fuel cells.
Congratulations to Rajesh Ahluwalia and Xiaohua Wang of ANL for receiving the 2021 Annual Merit Review (AMR) Award for their work on cost analysis of fuel cell technologies.
The awards were announced at the 2021 AMR virtual event of the Department of Energy Hydrogen Program.
This award recognizes Brian James, Jennie Huya-Kouadio, and Cassidy Houchins of Strategic Analysis, Inc., and Rajesh Ahluwalia and Xiaohua Wang of Argonne National Laboratory for their cost analysis of fuel cell technologies. Their analysis of fuel cell electric vehicle cost, adjusted to account for durability, and their cost analysis of fuel cells for long-haul fuel cell trucks provide valuable information that helps to direct future R&D efforts.
M2FCT consortium announced a Funding opportunity that seeks to increase academic and national laboratory involvement with M2FCT researchers and bring them into the consortium as PIs.
Check the announcement page for additional information.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program held its virtual 2021 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting (AMR) on June 7-11, 2021.
At the DOE Hydrogen Program AMR, hydrogen and fuel cell projects funded by DOE are presented, and projects and programs are reviewed for their merit.
The presentations and reports can be viewed on the DOE AMR website.
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Energy Earthshots Initiative aims to accelerate breakthroughs of more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions within the decade.
The first Energy Earthshot, launched June 7, 2021—Hydrogen Shot—seeks to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% to $1 per 1 kilogram in 1 decade ("1 1 1")
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Shot Summit convened thousands of stakeholders online to introduce the Hydrogen Shot, solicit dialogue, and rally the global community on the urgency of tackling the climate crisis through concrete actions and innovation. The Hydrogen Shot Summit was held virtually August 31 and September 1, 2021.
To realize the fuel-cell durability goals for heavy-duty applications more effectively and to accelerate the research output, M2FCT has formed a working group on the discussion and development of Accelerated Stress Testing (AST) of fuel cells and their components. Please check our ASTWG outreach page for more information on the objectives and our partners.
Million-Mile Fuel Cell Truck Consortium and their research on developing the state of hydrogen fuel-cell technology for heavy-duty vehicle applications have been highlighted in an article by Oak Ridge National Lab.