Are there any significant hydrogen projects in development in the U.S.? Where? What is the timeline?

The U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects lists the following research and development projects, in three distinct areas, for hydrogen:

Hydrogen Production R&D:

• Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Multi-Year RD&D Plan—Production Chapter (http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/mypp/pdfs/production.pdf)
• Office of Fossil Energy Hydrogen from Coal RD&D Plan (http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/hydrogen_clean_fuels/refshelf/pubs/External_h3_from_Coal_RDD_Plan_September_13.pdf)
• Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology Nuclear Hydrogen R&D Plan (http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/nuclear_energy_h3_plan.pdf)

Hydrogen Delivery R&D:

• Multi-Year Research, Development, and Demonstration Plan (http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/mypp/pdfs/delivery.pdf)

Hydrogen Storage R&D:

• New Hydrogen Storage Engineering Center of Excellence (http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/news_doe_selects.html)

In addition to current R&D discussed in other sections of this portal, the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Learning Demonstration project is ongoing.

DOE National Hydrogen Learning Demonstration

In April 2004, the Department of Energy selected teams to participate in "learning demonstrations" that include testing, demonstrating, and validating hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and infrastructure, as well as vehicle-infrastructure interfaces, for complete system solutions. These demonstrations will assess the Hydrogen Program's progress toward meeting the goal of achieving a technology readiness milestone by 2015. The following table includes the four teams selected by DOE:

Lead	Partner	Additional Team Members	Description
Chevron	Corporation Hyundai-Kia Motor Company	UTC Fuel Cells	Chevron Corporation is building hydrogen fueling stations in northern and southern California and in Michigan; Hyundai-Kia Motor Company is working in partnership with Chevron to test vehicles with fuel cells manufactured by united technologies Corporation.
Daimler Corporation	BP America	Ballard, DTE Energy, NextEnergy	This team is testing vehicles with Ballard Power System’s fuel cells; the vehicles will refuel at hydrogen stations built by project partner BP in northern and southern California and in Michigan.
Ford Motor Company	BP America	Ballard, NextEnergy, California Department of General Services, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Progress Energy, City of Taylor, MI; City of Ann Arbor, MI	This team is testing vehicles with Ballard fuel cells; the vehicles will refuel at hydrogen stations built by project partner BP in northern California and Michigan, as well as Florida.
General Motors Corporation	Shell	Viewpoint Systems, Inc., Quantum Technologies, Inc., NextEnergy, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, State of Maryland	General Motors is testing vehicles with its own fuel cell technology in partnership with Shell Hydrogen, LLC, which is building hydrogen fueling stations in several locations: New York, Detroit, California, and Washington, D.C.

Table data source: DOE[1],[2]

Relevant News:

• http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/news.html