Full Title: Department of Energy Hydrogen Program Plan
Author(s): U.S. Department of Energy
Publisher(s): U.S. Department of Energy
Publication Date: December 3, 2024
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Description (excerpt):
The Department of Energy Hydrogen Program Plan (the Plan) outlines the strategic high-level focus areas of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Program (the Program). The term “Hydrogen Program” refers not to any single office within DOE, but rather to the cohesive and coordinated effort of multiple offices that conduct research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) activities on hydrogen technologies.
This edition of the Hydrogen Program Plan reflects DOE’s focus on conducting coordinated RDD&D activities to enable the adoption of hydrogen technologies across multiple applications and sectors. It reflects important changes since 2020, including updated supporting data and analysis, a description of the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs, information about the ambitious DOE-wide goals known as the Hydrogen Shot, and examples of DOE-wide efforts to establish a strong workforce and community engagement in the transition to a hydrogen economy. This Plan describes how offices across DOE collaborate to execute the U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap, which sets forth an all-of-government approach to clean hydrogen.
Through this overarching document, the reader will gain information on the key RDD&D needs to enable the large-scale use of hydrogen and related technologies—such as fuel cells and turbines—in the economy, and how DOE’s various offices are addressing those needs. The Hydrogen Program will continue to periodically revise the Plan, along with all program office RDD&D plans, to reflect technological progress, programmatic changes, policy decisions, and updates based on stakeholder input and reviews.