The October 2017 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) newsletter includes stories in these categories:

• In the News
• Funding Opportunities and Requests for Information
• Webinars and Workshops
• Studies, Reports, and Publications.

To commemorate National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, Energy Secretary Rick Perry drove one of the world's first commercial fuel cell electric vehicles at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Now commercially available, fuel cell vehicles are a part of America's transportation portfolio, bringing the country a wider range of clean transportation options. Read the announcement including a video of the drive.

National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day was celebrated on October 8 to represent the atomic weight of hydrogen (1.008) and brought together industry, academia, national labs, government, and other stakeholders to bring awareness to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. See the announcement for more details.

On October 6, FCTO and Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) announced a collaboration on hydrogen and fuel cell safety research and development (R&D) data sharing to accelerate progress in hydrogen technology with mutual goals of energy security, resilience, and economic growth. DOE and NEDO will collaborate to collect and share data regarding early-stage R&D and safety of hydrogen and fuel cells, including data from hydrogen fueling stations and fundamental hydrogen research safety. The United States and Japan will work to apply that data for guiding future research and enabling the safe deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen infrastructure technologies. In addition, FCTO and NEDO plan to hold a joint workshop on hydrogen in the coming months.

In honor of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, FCTO and the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) announced plans to collaborate on jointly funded projects to advance progress in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. Read the full announcement for more information.

FCTO and the Federal Energy Management Program are developing a hydrogen training resource focused on fuel cell electric vehicle technology and how it can be utilized for federal fleets. Fueling infrastructure options and safety considerations are also included in the training. This release is part of a collaboration intended to provide agencies and organizations with the information, tools, and assistance needed to assist in the deployment of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

DOE's FCTO and Germany's National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NOW) announced a collaboration focused on hydrogen safety R&D. DOE and NOW are planning a collaborative activity on hydrogen safety R&D topics that may include refueling station equipment, tunnel safety, and other areas of shared interest for technology deployment. This collaboration aims to advance hydrogen safety worldwide to better ensure the safe rollout of infrastructure and sharing of best practices and lessons learned.

In support of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, FCTO launched the Increase your H2IQ Training Resource as an easy way to share the knowledge of hydrogen and fuel cells with a general audience. View the slides or additional educational resources on the H2IQ site.

In support of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, DOE released a blog highlighting five facts about hydrogen and fuel cells. The blog includes videos of a fuel cell car and hydrogen fueling station. Read a recent blog including videos of a hydrogen car and fueling station.

As part of the October activities commemorating National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day (10.08) and Hispanic Heritage month, FCTO and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum partnered this year to showcase one of the world's first commercial fuel cell cars and to share information about Latino scientists and professionals contributing to the hydrogen and fuel cells field. The event took place on Saturday, October 14, and nearly 500 people from all over the world, including Holland, Germany, Japan, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Chile, came to see the display and learn more about the benefits of hydrogen and fuel cells and their potential to revolutionize the way we think about energy. See the announcement including photos from the event.

In Denver, Colorado, FCTO displayed one of the world’s first commercial fuel cell electric cars for the two-week duration of the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon. Thousands of people from all over the world flocked to see the solar village and to discuss the renewable technologies integrated into the houses, as well as to have the opportunity to see the fuel cell car. While on display, the vehicle garnered attention from hundreds of adults and children curious about the many benefits of fuel cell cars, including a range of more than 300 miles, refueling time of under 5 minutes, and low emissions. To learn more, visit our multimedia page at Increase Your H2IQ.

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DOE has issued its FY2018 Phase I Release 1 Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0001770) for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Programs. Qualified small businesses with strong research capabilities in science or engineering in any of the research areas sought in the announcement are encouraged to apply. Letters of intent must be submitted by October 30, 2017, 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and grant applications to both SBIR and STTR programs must be successfully submitted by December 4, 2017, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). See the FOA for more information.

Updates and future RFI and funding opportunity announcements will be posted on FCTO's funding opportunities website.

FCTO is holding an H2@ Scale session on November 7 and Acting Assistant Secretary Daniel Simmons will be providing a keynote on November 9 at the Fuel Cell Seminar in Long Beach, California. The H2@ Scale session will comprise a panel discussion on the role of hydrogen in grid resiliency and energy storage, the outlook for large-scale hydrogen infrastructure, and alignment of infrastructure with hydrogen fueling stations. Panelists will include representatives from NRG, the Electric Power Research Institute, Southern Company, Praxair, Air Liquide, Linde, FirstElement Fuel, Proton OnSite, and many others. FCTO also plans to discuss results from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's 2017 H2@ Scale Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Call. To attend the session, please register for the Fuel Cell Seminar. For more information on the H2@ Scale concept, please see proceedings from previous events, including workshops in Texas and Colorado.

FCTO and Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) will present a live webinar titled "Hydrogen Fuel Cell Supply Chain Expansion through the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Nexus Directory" on Tuesday, November 7, from 12 to 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). VCC coordinators will provide an overview of the national business website allowing individuals to rapidly find hydrogen and fuel cell supply chain specific businesses. Additionally, VCC coordinators will discuss the methods of expanding content and adding businesses or products to the directory. There will be a live Q&A session at the end of the presentation. Register for the webinar.

Visit our website to see webinar archives or workshop presentations.

DOE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program has posted the 2017 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Report. Each year at the Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting (AMR), projects funded by DOE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program are reviewed for their merit. The report summarizes the comments of expert peer reviewers at the 2017 AMR, which was held June 5–9, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

On October 13, DOE released the Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report. Findings of this year's report position stationary power, backup power, and material handling equipment as some of the largest markets and transportation and energy storage as emerging sectors for hydrogen and fuel cells with approximately 62,000 fuel cells and 500 MW in fuel cell power shipped worldwide in 2016, representing more than double the capacity of shipments in megawatts compared to 2014. The largest growth in capacity—nearly triple—occurred in the transportation sector, and that growth can be attributed to the introduction and expansion of fuel cell light-duty vehicles from Japan and Korea to new regions around the world, including in the United States. Industry revenues in the emerging fuel cell industry topped $1.6 billion in 2016 alone.

The Pathways to Commercial Success Report was published in October 2017 and updates the results of an effort to identify and document the commercial and emerging (projected to be commercialized within the next 3 to 5 years) hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and products that resulted from U.S. Department of Energy support through the Fuel Cell Technologies Office in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Read the full report.

Visit our website to access technical information about hydrogen and fuel cells. This information is provided in documents such as technical and project reports, conference proceedings and journal articles, technical presentations, and links to other websites.