Hydrogen Program Goals

Further information describing the goals, organization, planning, and R D of the U.S. Hydrogen Program can be obtained at the following websites ... 

Two public goals—environmental quality, especially the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and energy security—provide the policy foundation for the hydrogen programs of the DOE (DOE, 2003a). The first of these goals... 

The dual policy goals described above intersect in the transportation sector, which has become the focus of much of the DOE hydrogen program (DOE, 2003a). Present-day transportation in the United States relies almost exclusively on petroleum and contributes an amount of carbon to the atmosphere nearly equal to that from coal used in electric power production (see Figure 2-7). Thus, in principle, the... 

Recommendation 8-4. Because there are a number of similarities between the integrated gasification combined cycle process and the coal-to-hydrogen process, the committee endorses the continuation of both programs in tandem at budget levels that are determined to be adequate to meet the programs goals. 

In spring 2004 the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) established a hydrogen task force within the ministry with the goal to foster the hydrogen/fuel cell topic within the Austrian RTD landscape. It is expected that in 2005, a joint call between A3 and EdZ programs will further strengthen the Austrian RTD activities. 

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