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    Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Fact of the Month

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    Below are Fact of the Month posts from the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office.

    Previous Facts

    March 2019There Are More Than 6,500 Fuel Cell Vehicles On the Road in the U.S.
    February 2019A Process to Produce Hydrogen from Water Using Sunlight Reaches 16.2% Efficiency, on Its Way to Meeting DOE Target
    January 2019Five Fuel Cell Buses in the United States Have Exceeded the DOE/DOT Target of 25,000 Hours and More Are Getting Close
    December 2018A Change in Hydrogen Pipeline Standards Can Reduce Material Costs by up to 30%
    November 2018There Are Now More Than 20,000 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklifts in Use Across the United States
    October 2018More Than 30 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses Running in the United States and Around 35 More Coming Soon
    August 2018Global Electrolyzer Sales Reach 100 MW per Year
    July 2018650 MW of Fuel Cell Power Shipped Worldwide
    May 201810 Million Metric Tons of Hydrogen Produced Annually in the United States
    April 2018Fuel Cell Cost Decreased by 60% since 2006
    March 2018More than 235 MWs of Fuel Cell Stationary Power in the United States
    February 2018Life-Cycle Water Consumption of Fuel Cell Vehicles Can Be Cut in Half Compared to that of Conventional Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles
    January 2018There Are 39 Publicly Available Hydrogen Fueling Stations in the United States
    November 2017Cumulative U.S. Sales of Fuel Cell Vehicles Totaled 2,748 from June 2014 through September 2017
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