Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009290

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), will fund a $17,547,861 project to design, install, and demonstrate a 250 kW solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) system. The project aims to advance the SOEC technology from TRL 4 to TRL 6 by integrating it with an existing 1.6 million ton per year direct reduction of iron (DRI)...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $3,141,250, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to demonstrate low-temperature hydrogen production from proton-conducting solid oxide electrolysis cell (P-SOEC) technology with enhanced activity, efficiency, and durability. The award supports a multi-year project with the University of Oklahoma to advance P-SOEC materials,...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to Georgia Tech Research Corp. The goal of this 20-month project is to discover new electrolyte, electrode, and catalyst materials for low-cost, highly efficient, and durable proton conducting solid oxide electrolysis cells (P-SOECs) to enable cost-effective hydrogen production. Key...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,011,242 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines. The overarching objectives are to: advance the technology readiness level (TRL) of protonic ceramic solid oxide electrolysis cells (P-SOECs) from 3 to 5, develop new materials and cell architectures, demonstrate the advantages of P-SOECs compared to other...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $34,274,698 in funding to Oxeon Energy LLC for the project "SOEC MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AUTOMATION FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT AT LOW COST." The project aims to address Oxeon's manufacturing process gaps to automate and increase the overall throughput of electrolyzer manufacturing...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), will fund the design and construction of a hybrid microwave-assisted heating process (HMAP) for the calcination and sintering of solid-oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) materials and cells. The $9,279,968 award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will result...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) provides $5,248,642.00 to Trustees of Boston University to fabricate and electrochemically evaluate button cells and 100 cm2 cells that meet or exceed DOE performance targets. The key objectives are to: 1) develop next-generation oxygen electrodes with high performance and minimal degradation using rare-earth nickelate...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $6,699,894 Cooperative Agreement to Hight-Tech, Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The project objective is to apply Ultrafast High-Temperature Sintering (UHS) to rapidly sinter Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cells (SOECs), which could reduce or eliminate bottlenecks associated with long heating steps in the conventional manufacturing process. The project aims to develop a...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,451 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Precision Combustion, Inc. to develop reversible solid oxide fuel cell (R-SOFC) systems for efficient power generation and hydrogen production. The key objectives are to: (i) experimentally validate metal corrosion models at R-SOFC operating conditions, (ii) develop novel metal substrates with new alloy compositions to mitigate degradation, and (iii) implement alloy metallurgy, surface coatings, and/or...

The Department of Energy awarded a $110,000,000 Project Grant to Solid Power Operating, Inc. under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to expand the continuous production of sulfide-based solid electrolyte materials for advanced all-solid-state batteries. The project aims to simultaneously increase electrolyte production and significantly reduce electrolyte costs, while prioritizing employee welfare, community engagement,...