The United States Department of Energy has numerous programs designed to bring about "a prosperous future where energy is clean, abundant, reliable, and affordable." These programs include Biomass, Building Technologies, Federal Energy Management, Geothermal Technologies, Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies, Industrial Technologies, Solar Energy Technologies
Fuel cells are simple devices, containing no moving parts and only four functional component elements: cathode, electrolyte, anode and interconnect. Fuel cells are actually being used more widely than many people think.
Fuel cells are electrochemical devices similar to batteries that directly convert chemical energy of a fuel into electrical energy and heat. They are
