This $4,902,057 federal 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) aims to demonstrate the accelerated discovery, design, and laser convergent manufacturing of low-temperature (< 650°C) oxygen-conducting solid oxide electrolyzer cells (LT-O-SOEC) with a minimum active area > 15 cm2. The goal is to achieve or exceed performance targets of ≥ 1.2A/cm2 at 1.3...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,400,000, was granted 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) to Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The goal 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 low-cost hydrogen production. Key objectives...
This $5,248,642 Cooperative Agreement award, granted 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), is focused on fabricating and electrochemically evaluating solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) button cells and 100 cm2 cells. The primary objectives are to: 1) develop next-generation oxygen electrodes with high performance and minimal degradation, 2) implement oxygen and fuel...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,141,250 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the University of Oklahoma. The objective is to demonstrate low-temperature hydrogen production from proton conducting solid oxide electrolysis cell (P-SOEC) technology with enhanced activity, efficiency, and durability through research in materials development, interface engineering, manufacturing...
This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $3,011,242, was 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). The overarching objectives are to advance the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of proton-conducting solid oxide electrolysis cells (p-SOECs) from 3 to 5, considering new materials and cell architectures, demonstrate the advantages of p-SOECs compared to...
This $6,602,155 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), will enable Power To Hydrogen LLC to demonstrate its advanced liquid alkaline-based electrolyzer cell design at commercial scale (250-kW stacks). The project aims to develop a domestic supplier base capable of gigawatt-scale manufacturing techniques for key electrolyzer components,...
This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $4,589,582, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The objective of this project is to develop scalable, large-format, proton-conducting solid oxide electrolyte cells (P-SOECs) to generate hydrogen at an electrolyzing current density of 1 A/cm2 at 1.3 V/cell and 550°C, with a high Faradaic efficiency...
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...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $59,125,000 to Nextech Materials, Ltd. (doing business as Nexceris) to commercialize its high-temperature electrolysis stack technology. The primary goals are to: 1) establish pilot-scale solid oxide cell manufacturing capabilities, 2) automate stack manufacturing, and 3) expand stack testing...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), provides $99,739,322 to Electric Hydrogen Co to develop and pilot an automated, plate-by-plate manufacturing process for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer stacks. The project aims to advance the manufacturing readiness level (MRL) from 4/5 to 8/9 over the 3-year award period,...