{"id":4938,"date":"2019-10-09T08:21:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T12:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugpower.local\/?p=4938"},"modified":"2019-10-09T08:21:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T12:21:02","slug":"plug-power-testifies-before-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/plug-power-testifies-before-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Plug Power testifies before Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Hydrogen Fuel Cell week, and to celebrate, we\u2019re highlighting the work that Plug Power is doing to promote America\u2019s leadership in the fuel cell market. Recently, our VP of Hydrogen Tim Cortes was given the honor of testifying before Congress on the subject. He used the opportunity to outline some of Plug Power\u2019s industry successes, to underscore the vital role of hydrogen in the fight against climate change, and to explain the science behind some of the most exciting advances being made today in fuel cell technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tim<\/a><\/p>\n

Tim spoke at the House Science Subcommittee on Energy\u2019s hearing, <\/span>The Next Mile, Technology Pathways to Accelerate Sustainability within the Transportation Sector<\/span><\/i><\/a>, in September. He had the pleasure of being <\/span>introduced<\/span><\/a> by <\/span>Congressman Paul Tonko<\/span><\/a>, representing New York\u2019s 20th District. Here are some of the highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n

On Plug Power\u2019s industry success<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have unmatched field experience with over 28,000 fuel cells in the field, many in your Congressional districts. We have installed over 80 hydrogen fueling stations in 30 states across the United States\u2026 Hydrogen can help cut global CO2 emissions by as much as 20 percent, with substantial reductions coming from the transportation sector.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

On hydrogen fuel cells cutting global emissions and combating climate change<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe byproducts of fuel cells are electricity, heat, and water\u2014no emissions. It\u2019s not like a combustion engine that\u2019s putting out emissions. If you couple that with fuel from hydrogen that could be generated from hydroelectric, wind, [or] solar, then you have a clear source of hydrogen going into the [fuel cell] and you have [the] generation of electricity powering equipment with no emissions.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

On fuel cell innovations<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cInside the fuel cell, advances are being made to the size, density, power, and performance of the stack. So that’s allowing us to make the stacks and fuel cells much smaller, much lighter, and generate more power. That technology is really going to be crucial in order to help the transportation [industry], in terms of getting additional power for the distances you need to travel.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

On maintaining America\u2019s leadership in the hydrogen fuel cell market<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe DOE does a good job of pure R&D and funding for labs, and the great work they\u2019re doing. Some of the areas that could help with bringing some of these technologies to market . . . ensuring there’s an appropriate amount of funding for advanced demonstrations. At some point you have to take all the hard work and findings from the lab and determine, how do you scale? How do you take it to practice to implement it on a commercial level?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

To check out the full hearing, click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>, and be sure to follow us on <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a> for more Hydrogen Fuel Cell week info! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Hydrogen Fuel Cell week, and to celebrate, we\u2019re highlighting the work that Plug Power is doing to promote America\u2019s leadership in the fuel cell market. Recently, our VP of Hydrogen Tim Cortes was given the honor of testifying before Congress on the subject. He used the opportunity to outline some of Plug Power\u2019s industry ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}