This 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 $3,011,242 to advance the technology readiness level (TRL) of proton-conducting solid oxide electrolysis cells (P-SOECs) from 3 to 5. The key objectives are to consider new materials and cell architectures, demonstrate advantages over other electrolysis approaches, develop scalable...
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...
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...
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 $6,699,894 to Hight-Tech, Inc. to develop a rapid, low-cost, continuous ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS) process for manufacturing solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs). The project aims to advance the technology readiness level (TRL) from 3 to 6, overcoming bottlenecks...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided 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 fund research, development, and demonstration activities to improve the efficiency, increase the durability, and reduce the cost of producing clean hydrogen using electrolyzers to less than $2 per kilogram by 2026. The award, valued at $4,519,382, also aims to advance new manufacturing...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,600,196 Cooperative Agreement to Chemtronergy LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business in Salt Lake City, Utah, to develop an advanced metal-supported solid oxide electrolysis cell (MS-SOEC) technology for cost-effective hydrogen production. This grant is funded under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), which supports research, development,...
This 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) 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 technical target is to achieve ≥ 1.2 A/cm2 at 1.3 V/cell with ≤ 3...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $17,547,861.00 and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, aims to advance the technology readiness of solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) systems from TRL 4 to TRL 6. The project will design, install, and demonstrate the operation of a 250 kW SOEC system that can perform steam and co-electrolysis and integrate with an existing...
This 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 $5,000,000 in funding to West Virginia University Research Corporation to design and validate an innovative system prototype for producing green hydrogen. The project focuses on integrating high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis (HTSE) with solar concentrator-thermal energy storage (TES)...
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 support Power To Hydrogen LLC in demonstrating its advanced liquid alkaline-based electrolyzer cell design at a commercial-applicable 250-kW stack scale. The project aims to develop a U.S. supplier base capable of gigawatt-scale manufacturing techniques for key electrolyzer...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $3,141,250 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the University of Oklahoma (UO) to demonstrate low-temperature hydrogen production from proton conducting solid oxide electrolysis cell (P-SOEC) technology.
Key objectives include developing enhanced P-SOEC materials, manufacturing processes, and degradation mitigation strategies to improve activity, efficiency, and durability. UO will collaborate with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Utah (UU) on related sub-awards for surface chemistry analysis and mechanical testing. Additionally, Chemtronergy LLC will assist UO in fabricating and characterizing P-SOEC cells and stacks for scale-up and demonstration. The award period is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.