Hydrogen Infrastructure and Storage—U.S. DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office Perspectives

Today there is rapidly increasing interest in utilizing hydrogen to provide clean, reliable power across a number of sectors, including transportation, power generation, energy storage, industrial applications, and chemical production. For many end uses, traditional methods of hydrogen storage and delivery—high pressure gaseous or liquefied hydrogen—will likely not be suitable for large-scale deployment. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) therefore remains interested in alternative methods of storage and delivery using materials-based technologies. This presentation will provide an overview of current hydrogen storage and delivery activities funded by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), with a focus on materials-based R&D. This will include current and future activities by the Hydrogen Materials – Advanced Research Consortium (HyMARC), a national laboratory-led consortium carrying out much of HFTO’s materials-based efforts.