The U.S. Energy Department will award funds to over two dozen projects aimed at tackling key technical challenges and to boost efficiency and lower costs of the technology, according to the agency’s Aug. 14 press release. With lower costs, hydrogen power holds the promise for use in energy storage, fueling large turbines at power plants, supporting flexibility of the grid, enabling the baseload operation of nuclear plants, as well as increasing renewable power generation. Currently hydrogen is used in industrial applications, serving as a feedstock in petroleum refining, fertilizer production, and steel manufacturing.