National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Research

Hydrogen Technology Validation

Technology validation is defined as confirmation that component and system technical targets have been met under realistic operating conditions. NREL's technology validation team is working to validate hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and refueling infrastructure as part of DOE's hydrogen technology validation activity.

Technology validation projects involve gathering extensive data from the systems and components under real-world conditions, analyzing this detailed data, and then comparing results to technical targets. While the raw data is protected by NREL, analysis results are aggregated into public results called composite data products. These public results show the status and progress of the technology, but don't identify individual companies.

Three major hydrogen technology validation efforts are underway at NREL:

• Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle and Infrastructure Learning Demonstration
  Access the latest analysis results, papers, and presentations from NREL's work on DOE's Controlled Hydrogen Fleet and Infrastructure Demonstration and Validation Project.

• Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Evaluations
  Access detailed reports and analysis results from all of NREL's fuel cell vehicle bus evaluations.

• Early Fuel Cell Market Demonstrations