Renewable Fuel Cells for the Fuel Cell Economy Center of Economic Excellence

Inception:
2005

About the CoEE:

The Renewable Fuel Cells for the Fuel Cell Economy CoEE is a part of the larger Future Fuels™ Initiative, which is expanding USC’s expertise in fuel cells and alternative energy. The CoEE is developing catalysts that allow alternative fuels to be produced from renewable sources, which will be extremely important as the transportation sector moves away from dependence on imported oil and carbon-based fuel. The CoEE also coordinates state and local research projects to attract additional capital investment in fuel-cell-related industry to South Carolina.

USC has the nation’s only National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells (CFC). Through the CFC, USC is collaborating with the Korea Institute of Energy Research, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy in Germany, and 20 national industrial partners, including BASF and Exxon.

Along with other components of the Future Fuels™ Initiative, this CoEE will be housed in the Horizon Center, a $55 million public and private facility at USC Innovista.

Funding level:
$3 million

CoEE endowed chair: