In addition, the Energy Department released today the final report from a
technology validation project that collected data from more than 180 fuel cell
electric vehicles. Over six years, these vehicles made more than 500,000 trips
and traveled 3.6 million miles, completing more than 33,000 fill-ups at hydrogen
fueling stations across the country. The project found that these vehicles
achieved more than twice the efficiency of today’s gasoline vehicles with
refueling times of five minutes for four kilograms of hydrogen.
As part of a two-year initiative, the Energy Department will make $2.4 million
available in fiscal year 2012 with a 50% cost share being provided by the award
winners. The projects selected for negotiation of award include:
California Air Resources Board (Sacramento, California) This project will
analyze an operating hydrogen refueling station that uses natural gas to produce
hydrogen. This station has an on-site storage capacity of over 180 kg of
hydrogen and is capable of delivering over 60 kg of back-to-back fill-ups in
less than one hour. (DOE Award: $150,000)
California State University and Los Angeles Auxiliary Services, Inc. (Los
Angeles, California) This project will collect data from hydrogen refueling
architecture deployed at California State University - Los Angeles. This station
will be publicly accessible 24 hours per day and will fuel up to 20 hydrogen
powered vehicles daily. (DOE Award: $400,000)
Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) This project will analyze
operational, transactional, safety, and reliability data from five hydrogen
fueling stations. The project will deploy its hydrogen compressor technology at
these stations, which will be accessible to the public for fueling commercial
vehicles, government-owned vehicles, and consumer fuel cell electric vehicles.
(DOE Award: $400,000)
Proton Energy Systems (Wallingford, Connecticut) Proton Energy Systems will
conduct two projects. The first will provide operational data from two existing
stations that integrate hydrogen generation, compression, storage, and
dispensing. The stations generate fuel cell-grade hydrogen from water through
on-site, solar-powered electrolysis. The research team will collect data on
station operation, maintenance, repair, and energy consumption. (DOE Award:
$400,000)
Additionally, Proton Energy Systems will lead a second project to deploy an
advanced high-pressure electrolyzer at an existing hydrogen fueling station and
nearly double the dispensing capacity of its storage tanks. (DOE Award: $1
million)
France Paris
Malta, Valletta,
Yemen, Sana,
Albury, Australia,
Norwalk California USA
Egypt, Cairo: city limits,
Guyana, Georgetown
Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Cambodia, Phnom Penh,
Luxembourg, Luxembourg,