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...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $30M Cooperative Agreement to Robert Bosch LLC under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The award, effective January 15, 2025 through May 31, 2026, is for industrializing the manufacturing of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) and fuel cell stacks to support the North American market. Key objectives include improving performance, reducing costs, and accelerating the...
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...
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 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $10 million Cooperative Agreement to Robert Bosch LLC under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to industrialize high-volume bipolar plate processes for the North American market. The award, which began on January 15, 2025, aims to advance the commercial viability of fuel cell technologies by developing scalable manufacturing processes for critical fuel cell components. As a...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $21,980,116 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Avcarb, LLC, operating as Avcarb Material Solutions, a for-profit limited liability company located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The goal of this award is to establish a domestic, vertically integrated wet-laid nonwoven production capability to produce at least 650,000 square meters of carbon...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $12,499,583 Cooperative Agreement to ACS Industries Inc. under CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development. The funding will support the development of an all-in-one anode pack manufacturing pilot line with three key components: 1) single-step diffusion bonding of the porous transport layer, flow field, and bipolar plate; 2) single-pass in-line physical vapor deposition coating system; and 3)...
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $62,314,675 Cooperative Agreement to Ballard US Inc. on October 1, 2024 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. The overall project objective is to establish a world-leading 20,000 stack manufacturing facility in the U.S. with disruptive manufacturing technology that advances the capability to reduce costs and aligns with the DOE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology...
The Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $23,943,446.00, 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 overall project objective is to construct a new U.S. manufacturing facility and validate a high-volume manufacturing line for flexible graphite bipolar plates (BPP), targeting a manufacturing capacity of 8M BPP per year or 20,000 stacks per year...
This $9,015,658 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) is focused on optimizing the production throughput, capacity, and commercial competitiveness of non-platinum catalysts for P H Matter LLC, a small disadvantaged business based in Columbus, Ohio. The key objectives are to: 1) Increase catalyst production throughput by 5x to 5 kg/day,...