Breakthrough Technologies Institute - Fuel Cells 2000

Hydrogen fueling station: A Shell service station in N.E. Washington, D.C. has
become the first retail facility in the eastern United States to offer hydrogen as a vehicle
fuel. The facility will support a General Motors fleet of six HydroGen3 fuel cell vehicles
used by the U.S. Postal Service and will be one of three stations in a DC-to-New York
hydrogen corridor. The project is supported by the DC Energy Office.
1. PLANS/STRATEGIES
FLORIDA
H2 Florida
www.dep.state.fl.us/energy/fla_energy/hydrogen.htm
H2 Florida, a statewide program to accelerate the commercialization of hydrogen
technologies, was launched in July 2003. The program partners the state with industry,
local governments and universities.
Hydrogen Energy Technologies Act
www.dep.state.fl.us/energy/fla_energy/files/vision.pdf
Florida is developing the Hydrogen Energy Technologies Act to facilitate incubation of
emerging technologies and increase government procurement of hydrogen technologies.
Provisions of the Act will include:
• Targeted matching grants to attract corporate investment in demonstration
projects;
• Financial incentives for hydrogen technology companies, including temporary
sales tax exemptions on related equipment purchases and corporate tax
credits for expenditures;
• Uniform standards to accelerate infrastructure siting;
• Establishment of academic-corporate consortia for targeted R&D;
• Geographically-focused infrastructure development, which will include
hydrogen vehicles and fueling infrastructure (Orlando metropolitan Area in
2005-2006 and Tampa metropolitan Area in 2006-2007) and demonstration
of stationary fuel cells statewide;
• Creation of “market pull” through state and local government procurement;
and
• Cost-recovery incentives to utilities for establishment hydrogen electricity
generation and power storage for use as emergency back-up power.
Allotted funding in 2005 was $6 million. In 2006 funding is $15 million, consisting of
$12.9 million to test and demonstrate hydrogen technology and $2.1 million in new tax
incentives. By early 2005, hydrogen technology companies had already received $3
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