Fuel Cell Technology Status Analysis
Get Involved
Fuel cell developers interested in collaborating with NLR on fuel cell technology status analysis should send an email to NLR's Technology Validation Team at [email protected].
NLR's analysis of fuel cell technology provides objective and credible information about new fuel cell technologies with a focus on performance, durability, and price.
As demand for fuel cells grows, U.S. manufacturers are developing these technologies for a variety of applications. NLR helps the development community understand the current status of fuel cell technologies, identify areas for improvement, and set realistic price expectations for small-volume production.
Participating fuel cell developers securely share pricing information about their fuel cell products and/or raw fuel cell test data—related to operations, maintenance, and safety—with NLR via the National Fuel Cell Technology Evaluation Center (NFCTEC). NLR engineers perform uniform durability analyses on the detailed data and then report on their findings, providing proprietary data analysis results to individual developers and aggregated results to the public.
Composite Data Products
View CDPs that focus on fuel cell technology status.
Publications
The following publications provide more information about NLR's fuel cell technology status analysis efforts.
State-of-the-Art Fuel Cell Voltage Durability and Cost Status: 2018 Composite Data Products, Genevieve Saur, Jennifer Kurtz, Huyen Dinh, Chris Ainscough, and Shaun Onorato (May 2018)
Fuel Cell Technology Status: Degradation: 2017 Annual Merit Review, Jennifer Kurtz, Huyen Dinh, Genevieve Saur, and Chris Ainscough, Presented at the 2017 DOE Annual Merit Review Meeting (June 2017)
State-of-the-Art Fuel Cell Voltage Durability Status: 2017 Composite Data Products, Jennifer Kurtz, Huyen Dinh, Chris Ainscough, and Genevieve Saur (May 2017)
Fuel Cell Technology Status Analysis Project: Partnership Opportunities, NLR Fact Sheet (March 2017)
Fuel Cell Technology Status—Degradation: 2016 Annual Merit Review, Jennifer Kurtz, Huyen Dinh, Genevieve Saur, and Chris Ainscough, Presented at the 2016 DOE Annual Merit Review Meeting (June 2016)
State-of-the-Art Fuel Cell Voltage Durability Status: 2016 Composite Data Products, Jennifer Kurtz, Huyen Dinh, Chris Ainscough, and Genevieve Saur (May 2016)
Fuel Cell Technology Status—Degradation: 2015 Annual Merit Review, Jennifer Kurtz, Huyen Dinh, Chris Ainscough, and Genevieve Saur, Presented at the 2015 DOE Annual Merit Review Meeting (June 2015)
State-of-the-Art Fuel Cell Voltage Durability Status: 2015 Composite Data Products, Jennifer Kurtz, Huyen Dinh, Chris Ainscough, and Genevieve Saur (May 2015)
Fuel Cell Technology Status: Cost and Price Status: 2014 Annual Merit Review, Jennifer Kurtz and Huyen Dinh, Presented at the 2014 DOE Annual Merit Review Meeting (June 2014)
National Fuel Cell Technology Evaluation Center (NFCTEC), Jennifer Kurtz and Sam Sprik, Fuel Cell Technologies Office Webinar (March 2014)
Fuel Cell Technology Status—Voltage Degradation: 2013 Annual Merit Review, Jennifer Kurtz, Huyen Dinh, Sam Sprik, Genevieve Saur, Chris Ainscough, and Mike Peters, Presented at the 2013 DOE Annual Merit Review Meeting (May 2013)
State-of-the-Art Fuel Cell Voltage Durability Status: Spring 2013 Composite Data Products, Jennifer Kurtz, Sam Sprik, Genevieve Saur, Michael Peters, Matthew Post, and Chris Ainscough (May 2013)
National Fuel Cell Technology Evaluation Center, NLR Fact Sheet (August 2012)
State-of-the-Art Fuel Cell Voltage Durability Status, 2012 Composite Data Products, Jennifer Kurtz, Sam Sprik, and Genevieve Saur (April 2012)
Contacts
If you are interested in working with NLR's National Fuel Cell Technology Evaluation Center, please contact NLR's Technology Validation Team at [email protected].
For more information about NLR's fuel cell technology status analysis, contact Jennifer Kurtz.
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Last Updated Dec. 7, 2025