Initially, the chicken and the egg debacle would make this technology difficult to get rolling. Without the infrastructure of fueling stations in place, how is this industry going to flourish? With significant government funding toward fueling stations and increased funding for R&D, a decade or so down the road, we could start to see cost-competitive Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles. Driving the price down will take mass production of the cars and some technological enhancements to the process like a cheaper way of harvesting hydrogen. With the current status of the US’s HFCV policy, it is unlikely that any significant implementation developments will happen, but state programs like California’s are just beginning to start catching on. South Carolina built a fueling station in its capital of Columbia. Also, businesses can take the reins. For example, Connecticut’s SunHydro implemented a hydrogen fueling station in the town of Wallingford, CT.

It will be interesting to see where this technology goes in the coming years, but one thing is for sure, it has nowhere to go but up.

Author: Drew Beyer

Editor: Justin Pié