The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $99,550,000 Cooperative Agreement to Proton Energy Systems Inc. (doing business as Proton Onsite) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this award is to build the world's first fully automated pilot Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer production line with a capacity of 500 MW per year. The specific objectives include: 1) establishing a repeatable...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $5,437,559 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Cabot Corp, a for-profit manufacturer based in Boston, Massachusetts. The objective of this project is to develop a scalable and innovative manufacturing process to produce carbon catalyst supports for the oxygen reduction cathode in medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicle proton exchange membrane fuel cells...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $7,495,491 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to 3M Company to develop ultra-low iridium loading and ultra-durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) powder catalysts for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers. The project aims to demonstrate electrocatalyst efficiency and durability that meet or exceed DOE targets, with the...
This $34,294,459 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) supports the development of a multilayer membrane-electrode-subgasket-PTL (MESPA) assembly for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis stacks. The project, led by Cummins Electrified Power NA Inc., aims to create a modular and easily assembled PEM electrolysis stack design to...
This $10,950,000 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) aims to accelerate the domestic manufacturing of Pajarito Powder's durable engineered catalyst support (ECS) materials and platinum-based catalysts (Pt/ECS and PtX/ECS). The project will scale up production from 30 g/day to 4 kg/day to support DOE's target of 20,000 fuel cell...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,883 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Treadstone Technologies, Inc., a for-profit company specializing in advanced materials and coating technologies for clean energy applications. The funding supports the development of precious-metal-free coatings for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer bipolar plates, which are critical components in renewable hydrogen production...
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,...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,059,162 Cooperative Agreement to PPG Industries Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The project aims to demonstrate PPG's platinum group metal (PGM)-free coating process as a viable means of producing porous transport layer (PTL) materials with high electrical conductivity, high corrosion resistance, and significant stack cost reductions for renewable energy...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $4,999,173 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Robert Bosch LLC. The project aims to develop a non-PFSA-based membrane for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) that meets performance and durability requirements for medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles. It will also demonstrate scalable roll-to-roll manufacturing of the membrane...
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,...