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Fuel Cells in 2017 Are Where Solar Was in 2002 - a somewhat interesting read for a slow holiday week.

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/fuel-cells-in-2017-are-where-solar-was-in-2002?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greentechmedia%2Fnews+%28Greentech+Media%3A+News%29#gs.sHulVKM[


"Significant cost reductions seem plausible, given that the key components in fuel cells tend to be low-volume specialty materials. In the case of the PEM technology used by both Toyota and Plug Power, the platinum catalyst and carbon fiber gas diffusion media are unique to the sector. At current volumes, overhead costs per unit for suppliers’ fuel cell divisions remain significant. As production increases, these costs can be spread across more product volume, bringing costs down independent of process and technology improvements -- which, of course, continue."

"PEM fuel cell technology is the first technology to begin to scale, with reason to believe solar industry-level learning rates could apply for several more years. The novelty of the materials used in other fuel cell technologies suggests that these too could achieve aggressive learning rates, if they find sustained growth."