Demonstration Projects
The Energy Department is authorized to fund demonstration projects that involve using hydrogen and related products at existing facilities or installations such as office buildings, military bases, vehicle fleet centers, transit bus authorities, or units of the National Park System, with special emphasis on use in national parks, remote island areas, and on Indian tribal land. Demonstration projects should focus on vehicle, portable, and stationary fuel cell and hydrogen-based energy technologies in light- and heavy-duty vehicles, fleet vehicles, industrial and farm vehicles, and commercial and residential electric power generation. The program is authorized to fund prototype, pilot fleet, and infrastructure for regional hydrogen supply corridors along the U.S. interstate highway system. Demonstrations may also explore the use of several hydrogen-related fuels. In addition, funding is authorized for system design concepts for advanced composite vehicles, and for local distributed energy systems. The local distributed energy systems are to incorporate renewable hydrogen products, off-grid electricity production, and fleet applications in industrial or commercial services, using stationary, portable, micro, and mobile fuel cells in high-density commercial or residential building complexes or agricultural communities. Cost sharing may be required for these programs. Authorized at $1.3 billion.
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