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Fuel Cells Technologies Office

Channing Ahn, IPA (Caltech)

U.S. Department of Energy

Fuel Cell Technologies Office10/28/2014

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DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells ProgramIntegrated and structured effort to address all the key challenges and obstacles facing

widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cells in a wide range of applications

2020 Targets by Application

*For Natural Gas**For Biogas

H2 Storage Cost (700-bar tank)

Fuel Cell Cost and Durability

H2Cost (delivered and dispensed at pump)

$40/kW

5,000 hrs 80,000 hrs

$1,000/kW*$1,500/kW**

<$4/gge

$10/kWh

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Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Budget

1Hydrogen Fuel R&D includes Hydrogen Production & Delivery R&D and Hydrogen Storage R&D 2,3 See back-up

Key Targets

Fuel Cells: Automotive:

$40/kW, 5000 hrs. by

2020, ultimate $30/kW

Stationary: $1,000/kW

(natural gas), $1,500/kW

(biogas), 80,000 hrs.

Hydrogen cost: <$4/gge by 2020

Funding ($ in thousands)FY 2014 FY 2015

Key Activity Request Approp. Request House Mark Senate Mark

Fuel Cell R&D 37,500 32,422 33,000 33,000 33,000

Hydrogen Fuel R&D1 38,500 34,467 36,283 36,283 36,300

Manufacturing R&D 4,000 2,879 3,000 3,000 3,000

Systems Analysis 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000

Technology Validation 6,000 6,000 6,000 11,000 6,000

Safety, Codes and Standards 7,000 6,909 7,000 7,000 7,000

Market Transformation 3,000 2,841 3,000 5,017 3,000

NREL Site-wide Facilities Support 1,000 1,000 1,700 1,700 1,700

SBIR/STTR ----------- 3,410 ------------ ------------ TBD

Total $100,000 $92,928 $92,983 $100,000 $93,000

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Sandia P&D, S, SC&SPacific Northwest P&D, S, FC, SC&S, AOak Ridge P&D, S, FC, A, SC&SLawrence Berkeley FC, A

DOE Hydrogen

& Fuel Cells Program

Federal Agencies Industry Partnerships & Stakeholder Assn’s.

• Tech Teams (U.S. DRIVE)• Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association

(FCHEA)• Hydrogen Utility Group• ~ 65 projects with 50 companies• H2USA

Universities~ 50 projects with 40 universities

State & Regional Partnerships

• California Fuel Cell Partnership• California Stationary Fuel Cell Collaborative• SC H2 & Fuel Cell Alliance• Upper Midwest Hydrogen Initiative• Ohio Fuel Coalition• Connecticut Center for Advanced

Technology

• DOC• DOD• DOE• DOT

• EPA• GSA• DOI• DHS

P&D = Production & Delivery; S = Storage; FC = Fuel Cells; A = Analysis; SC&S = Safety, Codes & Standards; TV = Technology Validation, MN = Manufacturing

International• IEA Implementing agreements –

25 countries• International Partnership for

Hydrogen & Fuel Cells in the Economy – 17 countries & EC

− Interagency coordination through staff-level Interagency Working Group (meets monthly)

− Assistant Secretary-level Interagency Task Force mandated by EPACT 2005.

• NASA• NSF• USDA• USPS

National LaboratoriesNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

P&D, S, FC, A, SC&S, TV, MNArgonne A, FC, P&D, SC&SLos Alamos S, FC, SC&S Other Federal Labs: Jet Propulsion Lab, National Institute of Standards & Technology,

National Energy Technology Lab (NETL)

Lawrence Livermore P&D, S, SC&SSavannah River S, P&DBrookhaven S, FCIdaho National Lab P&D

External Input• Annual Merit Review & Peer Evaluation• H2 & Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee• National Academies, GAO, etc.

Collaborations

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Thank YouChanning.ahn@ee.doe.gov

New energy data initiative to share the latest energy information and data. Please visit:

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Analysis by ANL, NRL and EERE shows that FCVs fueled by Hydrogen from NG can reduce petroleum use by nearly 100%

Well-to-Wheels Petroleum Energy Use for 2035 Mid-Size Car(BTUs per mile )

Well-to-Wheels Petroleum Energy Use

Low/medium/high: sensitivity to uncertainties associated with projected fuel economy of vehicles and selected attributes of fuels pathways, e.g., electricity credit for biofuels, electric generation mix, etc.Source:

Program Record 13005