South Carolina Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Facts

Did you know?

• South Carolina is home to the first National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells at the University of South Carolina (http://www.che.sc.edu/centers/PEMFC/index.html)

• Savannah River National Laboratory has been selected as the DOE Hydrogen Storage Engineering Center of Excellence for the U.S. SRNL boasts one of the largest concentrations of hydrogen scientists in the country (http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/news_doe_selects.html)

• South Carolina is a leading automotive center of excellence with assets such as the Clemson University
  International Center for Automotive Research, BMW North America, American La France, Daimler, Force Protection, and Honda of South Carolina (http://www.centralsc.org/shared/docs/0/automotive_opps_2008.pdf)

• South Carolina is developing a next generation technology training program in hydrogen & fuel cells at
  the technical college level with Midlands Technical College and Aiken Technical College fuel cell programs

• South Carolina has invested more than $50M in research and commercialization funding to build an
  innovation pipeline in hydrogen & fuel cells

• The Greater Columbia Fuel Cell Challenge has funded more than 20 hydrogen & fuel cell demonstration
  and commercialization projects with a combined value in excess of $5.5M since its inception in 2006
  (www.fuelcellchallenge.com)

• Bridgestone Firestone in South Carolina boasts a fl eet of more than 40 fuel cell powered forklifts as a
  permanent addition to their operations (http://www.bridgestone-fi restone.com)

• South Carolina is represented by a major installation from every branch of the U.S. military with over
  100,000 members of the armed forces serving in South Carolina. Installations include: Fort Jackson, Shaw Air Force Base, Charleston Air Force Base, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, U.S. Naval Weapons Station, McEntire Air National Guard Station and many others.

• Columbia, SC is building a vision for a downtown fuel cell district where industry, university, research,
  commercialization and infrastructure come together around hydrogen & fuel cell technology
  (http://www.fuelcellchallenge.com/district.aspx)

• The University of South Carolina has become one of the leading fuel cell research institutions in the U.S.
  through its Future Fuels™ program (http://futurefuels.sc.edu/)

• Aiken, South Carolina is emerging as a leader in hydrogen research leader and is home to the Applied
  Research Center ARC: Hydrogen (www.archydrogen.com)

• South Carolina has built a hydrogen infrastructure with two fueling stations in the state that opened
  in 2009.