Economic Impact of Fuel Cell Deployment in Forklifts and for Backup Power under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Technical Report · Wed Jun 19 04:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1084186· OSTI ID:1084186

Mintz, M. ^[1]; Mertes, C. ^[1]; Stewart, E. ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Recovery Act or ARRA), the United States Department of Energy (DOE) funded several projects to deploy polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells in forklift and backup power applications. DOE invested $$\$$$$9.7 million to deploy fuel cells in forklifts and an additional $$\$$$$11.8 million was contributed through industry cost shares, for a total investment of $$\$$$$21.5 million in forklift projects. DOE invested $$\$$$$18.5 million to deploy fuel cells in backup power projects and an additional $$\$$$$30.8 million was contributed through industry cost shares, for a total investment of $$\$$$$49.3 million in backup power projects.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation and Fuels. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1084186
• Report Number(s): ANL--13/09
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH