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There is death. There are taxes. And there is the US Department of Energy (DOE) periodically funding millions of dollars worth of grants towards advancing hydrogen fuel-cell technology. This time, the DOE says it will write checks for $20 million, and the goal is pretty specific: bringing the production and distribution costs of hydrogen to less than the equivalent of $4 a gallon.

The largest of these most recent grants went to the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, HI, which is getting $3 million to develop photoelectrodes for direct solar water splitting. Ponder that concept for a moment. Sandia National Laboratories of Livermore, CA, and University of Colorado, Boulder, will each receive about $2 million for products related to using solar energy to help produce hydrogen. And Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Virginia's Wiretough Cylinders LLC will each get $2 million to develop technology related to hydrogen storage.

The DOE continues to periodically roll out funding to advance hydrogen fuel-cell technology as a viable transportation option for light- and medium-duty vehicles. Last August, the DOE agreed to fund $4.5 million for two projects focused on advanced fuel cell membranes. Last June, the DOE released $9 million worth of grants for advancing fuel-cell technology for medium-duty vehicles. Check out the DOE's most recent press release below.Continue reading DOE spending $20 million to get hydrogen costs down to $4/gallon

DOE spending $20 million to get hydrogen costs down to $4/gallon originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 08:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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Stupid. Why not use the money to fund solar power, which is used directly by EV's, instead of all the conversion losses, dangers and complications of using hydrogen to store energy?