Demonstration
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(a) In generalIn carrying out the programs under this section, the Secretary shall fund a limited number of demonstration projects, consistent with this subchapter and a determination of the maturity, cost-effectiveness, and environmental impacts of technologies supporting each project. In selecting projects under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable and in the public interest, select projects that—
(1)
involve using hydrogen and related products at existing facilities or installations, such as existing office buildings, military bases, vehicle fleet centers, transit bus authorities, or units of the National Park System;
(2)
depend on reliable power from hydrogen to carry out essential activities;
(3)
lead to the replication of hydrogen technologies and draw such technologies into the marketplace;
(4)
include vehicle, portable, and stationary demonstrations of fuel cell and hydrogen-based energy technologies;
(5)
address the interdependency of demand for hydrogen fuel cell applications and hydrogen fuel infrastructure;