Tina Smith: “The Congress and the DOE have partnered with the U.S. fuel cell industry, beginning with the space program and…”

“The Congress and the DOE have partnered with the U.S. fuel cell industry, beginning with the space program and continuing today, to develop and demonstrate fuel cells. Early commercial fuel processors that generate the hydrogen for fuel cells are being marketed tested by our industrial partners, as are P-E-M fuel cell powerplants. They need to be improved and demonstrated in niche markets. Then their costs will reduce substantially. As this scenario plays out, as it has so many times with the introduction of revolutionary new technology supported by the Federal Government, the very large residential and automotive markets will adopt fuel cells. It is then that America will achieve a significant level of independence from overseas sources.”