Fuel Cell Today - Informing the fuel cell industry. Fuel Cell Today provides market based intelligence on the fuel cell industry, including surveys, news, images and investment information.

If you can see this message, you're not using one of our supported browsers. We support modern versions of Internet Explorer (version 6+), Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Safari.

If you're using a screen reader or text browser, or have CSS disabled please ignore this message

If you think we've made a mistake and you are using a modern, standards-compliant browser, please click here to access the styled version of the site.

Terms & Conditions of Use of the Fuel Cell Today Website

By use of the information in this survey you acknowledge and agree that all copyright, database right, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content supplied shall remain at all times vested in us or our data providers and other licensors. You are permitted to use this material only as expressly authorised by us.

Furthermore you agree not to (and agree not to assist or facilitate any third party to) copy, reproduce, transmit, publish, display (including by cacheing, framing or similar means), distribute, commercially exploit or create derivative works of such material and content.

Please indicate your primary interest in downloading this survey:

  • Academic
  • Business Development
  • Market Research
  • Policy Development
  • Other

Please note we never pass on your contact details to third parties. If you wish to be excluded from FCT's marketing database, please click here.

Please enter your name to continue download

Continue Cancel
19 Mar 2010 Register / Login F F F
16 Oct 2009

USFCC Provides Update on US Funding

Bud DeFlaviis, Director of Government Affairs at the USFCC has provided the following to Fuel Cell Today as an update on the renewal of fuel cell and hydrogen funding in the US -

 

"Today the energy and water bill negotiated by House and Senate conferees was cleared by the Senate by a vote of 80-17.  The bill, passed by the House two weeks ago, funds the Department of Energy’s fuel cell and hydrogen programs.  The spending measure that funds the department for Fiscal Year 2010 is expected to be signed by the President shortly.

 

The bill approved by Congress is a significant win for fuel cells overall. The Obama administration requested $68 million for the EERE program. Under the final Congressional compromise, funding for fuel cells and hydrogen will receive $174 million, or $106 million higher than the Obama administration’s request.

 

Funding for Fossil Energy’s (FE) SECA program was decreased, unfortunately, from the House and Senate recommendations to $50 million for FY 2010.  Congress provided $10 million to for coal to hydrogen work, an increase from the request of $6 million; nuclear hydrogen funds were not funded.  This was consistent with the administration request.

 

Legislative language directs the Department to use the EERE funds to: “further program goals with new contracts and continue funding 190 contracts the Department placed at risk in fiscal year 2010 by requesting zero funding for this program. Additionally, fuel cell technology can continue to be pursued under the Hydrogen Technologies Program in fiscal year 2010 as it has been in the past.”

 

A number of earmarks were added, and some additional research will be funded via the Office of Science.

 

The USFCC led the grassroots and coalition-building effort to restore the funds, working collaboratively with a wide range of organizations and individuals.  This ambitious legislative effort has paid off handsomely overall.  But a great deal of work remains if the Obama Administration is to embrace fuel cells as part of their national energy strategy.  We have already begun that work."

 

For further information on the USFCC and its work please visit www.usfcc.com .

 

Source: USFCC

RELATED ARTICLES

Related Organisations

View News Contents Page Print this Page