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Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman announced Tuesday
that the Department of Energy will provide $119 million in funding for hydrogen fuel cell research. Speaking at the
Washington Auto Show, Bodman also unveiled the DOE’s “Roadmap on Manufacturing R&D for the Hydrogen
Economy,” a white paper that lays out the R&D needed in manufacturing, storage and production of fuel cell
technologies.
The announcement is part of President Bush’s $1.2 billion Hydrogen Fuel Initiative announced
back in 2003, with a goal of making hydrogen fuel cell vehicles practical and cost-effective for large numbers of
Americans by 2020.
This week’s initiative aims at improving the performance and lowering the cost of key
fuel cell technologies by 2010. More details here.