Hydrogen fuel-cell advocates are working on developing solutions for transportation that doesn’t play well with batteries—long-distance trucking, container shipping, and even aircraft.
New Mexico has applied to become one of four hydrogen hubs in the United States and share in $8 billion in federal funding through the Investment and Jobs Act.Several companies located or looking to build in the state are specializing in different areas of fuel cell technology, including companies producing hydrogen storage tanks and containers, specialty fuel-cell catalysts, and equipment for smaller, distributed uses. Advocates for hydrogen fuel-cell cars and trucks have had to take the long view. In 1999, when what was then DaimlerChrysler had already spent $1 billion on the technology, and announced a goal of 100,000 fuel-cell cars on the road by 2006, company hydrogen guru Ferdinand Panik
This State Is Bucking to Become a Hydrogen Power Player
