DOE to Receive Funds for Fuel Cell Programs.(United States Department of Energy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Electric Vehicle Online Today, October, 2000

The Department of Energy (DOE) will receive more than $100 million for fuel cell related program in the new fiscal year. This represents $10 million more than President Clinton had originally requested. The funds are contained in an Interior Appropriation bill recently signed by Clinton.

"We hope this marks a watershed for fuel cell funding," said Breakthrough Technologies Institute executive director Robert Rose. "This is the first time in recent memory that Congress fully funded the [DOE]'s fuel cell research budget. The program additions are all the more evidence that the promise of fuel cells is finally being recognized."

The Senate and the House agreed that $52.7 million will go toward stationary fuel cells. In addition, Congress approved...

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