Fuel cell commercialization: hydrogen infrastructure economic and technical barriers

Fuel cells have the potential to provide a significant shift in global politics as the United States shift to a hydrogen-fueled economy and alter its dependency on foreign petroleum. Fuel cells, however, despite their potential to provide US energy security and providing a key technology against global warming, must overcome several economic and technical barriers, one of which is the development of a hydrogen fuel infrastructure. This paper provides a basic overview of these barriers and summarizes the necessary challenges.