2024 DOE Annual Merit Review Proceedings and Awards

 by Karen Quackenbush, FCHEA

The proceedings for the 2024 Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program Annual Merit Review (AMR) are now available online at https://www.annualmeritreview.energy.gov/. The 2024 DOE AMR was held on May 6 - 9, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia. Presentations and posters on project status are available in the AMR presentation database.

FCHEA would like to highlight the award for Safety Codes and Standards; Systems Development and Integration; and Hydrogen Infrastructure – recipients Shaun Onorato, Taichi Kuroki, and Jamie Kee, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Krishna Reddi, Argonne National Laboratory, and Lauren Mattar, NextEnergy.

To see all of the awards, please visit https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/library/annual-review/2024-annual-merit-review-awards.

2025 Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Seminar Registration to Attend, Sponsor, and Exhibit Now Open

By Connor Dolan, FCHEA

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Seminar is once again returning to Long Beach, California in January 14 - 16, 2025. The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Seminar is the most established and impactful conference and exposition for the hydrogen sector in North America, providing critical insights and connections for nearly fifty years.

The Seminar is the only conference that brings together technology, business, policy, and the best of the hydrogen and fuel cell industry. It combines high-level plenary and keynote talks, technical and commercial breakout sessions covering the top hydrogen and fuel cell applications and research areas, a bustling exhibition hall, three networking receptions, technical posters, a half-day workshop, and much more!

Registration details for attending, sponsoring, and speaking are now available at http://www.fuelcellseminar.com.

Upcoming CGA Webinars on Hydrogen Safety & Storage, Small Scale Hydrogen Production Plants

By Karen Quackenbush, FCHEA

CGA has announced that it is partnering with the Mid Atlantic Hydrogen Hub (MACH2) to provide two hydrogen safety webinars later this year. These webinars are free for CGA members and available at small-cost to non-members. Details are provided below.

Webinar – Essential Hydrogen Safety & Storage

Webinar – Operation of Small Scale Hydrogen Production Plants

ASME Hosting 2025 Hydrogen Risk and Reliability Analysis Conference (HyRRAC) 2025

By Connor Dolan, FCHEA

On February 3-5, 2025, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) will be hosting a conference bringing together hydrogen risk research experts to share findings and research progress on risk and reliability of large-scale hydrogen storage plants and systems.

Presentation tracks include:

  • Dispersion, Fire, and Explosion Studies

  • Education And Workforce Development

  • Failure Analysis And Incident Investigation

  • Maintenance, Operations, Testing, And Lifecycle Analysis

  • Permitting, Codes and Standards

  • Prognostics and Health Management

  • Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)

  • Reliability Analysis

  • Stakeholder And Community Engagement

  • Systems Safety Analysis And Risk-Informed Design And Siting

More details are available online at https://event.asme.org/HyRRAC.

DOE and European Commission Hosting Hydrogen Emissions and Environmental Impact Workshop

By Connor Dolan, FCHEA

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office, in collaboration with the European Commission, is organizing the Hydrogen Emissions and Environmental Impacts Workshop on September 16-17, 2024, on the campus of the University of California in Irvine, California. Participants in the workshop will share the latest advances in climate science, modeling, and detection, mitigation, and measurement technologies, while also identifying remaining R&D gaps in these areas. The workshop will be in-person and invite-only.