Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011331

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,...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,570,309 cooperative agreement to Carnegie Mellon University on May 2, 2022 with a projected completion date of July 31, 2025. The award will support development of ionomer-free electrodes for ultrahigh power density proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Specifically, the university aims to create a mixed conducting cathode support that eliminates the separate ionomer phase currently used in...

This $7,130,264 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 further develop Avium, LLC's catalyst technology to achieve a current density of 2 A/cm2 at a voltage of 1.7 V on a 100 cm2 liquid alkaline (LA) electrolyzer. The project has three parallel tasks: (1) optimizing catalyst growth onto electrodes and LA separator for...

This $4,673,728 Cooperative Agreement, awarded 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 co-design catalyst, ionomer, and interface for electrolyte-free operation of durable and high-performance alkaline exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs). The project leverages a basic-science understanding of oxygen evolution reaction catalysts and their dynamics,...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,577,398 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The objective of this project is to combine state-of-the-art alkaline polymer electrolyzer components with advanced manufacturing methods and cell operating conditions to meet the program's goals of achieving 2.0 A/cm2 operation at reduced cost. Georgia Tech...

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...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $5,350,219 Cooperative Agreement to Plug Power Inc. on September 1, 2024 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The project aims to design a hydrocarbon proton exchange membrane (PEM) that can mitigate high hydrogen gas crossover issues in electrolyzer applications, with the goal of using thinner membranes to improve PEM electrolyzer efficiency and reduce/eliminate...

P H Matter LLC will receive $500,000 from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to design an electrolysis stack prototype capable of withstanding ultra-high pressures under the agency's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA #81.135). The 24-month project grant aims to advance electrolysis technologies for producing hydrogen and oxygen at higher pressures safely using vessel-aided electrochemical compression methods. The prototype...

This Cooperative Agreement award from 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 $13,471,759 to The Chemours Co FC LLC to engineer and demonstrate a mechanically tough, chemically stable, high-performance proton exchange membrane (PEM) utilizing Nafion perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) polymer. The project aims to develop membrane manufacturing capabilities at...

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,...