M2FCT News
Scientific American Article on Fuel Cell Trucks discusses the advantages of fuel cell trucks. Hydrogen fuel weighs less than electric batteries, making it an attractive option for long-haul vehicles. M2FCT researcher Adam Weber (LBNL) was also quoted in the article.
In commemoration of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) officially launched the Million Mile Fuel Cell Truck (M2FCT) consortium to advance fuel cell truck R&D.
M2FCT will have Los Alamos and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories as co-leads. It will focus on fuel cell durability, performance, and cost to better position fuel cell trucks as a viable option in the long-haul trucking market.
The M2FCT team outlined the current and future prospects and challenges of hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles, including trucks, buses, trains, and marine applications, in a recent Nature Energy study
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 first Hydrogen Shot Summit took place Aug. 31–Sept. 1, 2021.
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.
DOE shared results from the recent Request for Information and solicited feedback on pathways to achieving the Hydrogen Shot's "1 1 1" goal of $1 for 1 kg of clean hydrogen in 1 decade.
Breakout sessions on various clean hydrogen production pathways as well as deployment and financing helped identify key challenges and potential strategies to address them.
