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Department of Energy Funding for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Programs
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DOE’s hydrogen programs include grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements awarded to investigators at universities, industry, and national laboratories, encompassing more than 400 projects. These include R&D focused on the hardware for a hydrogen economy and improving its technology, where R&D is intended to reduce cost and improve performance of the fuel cell and other parts of the hydrogen value chain.
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