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, 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 Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $4,519,382 and issued by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), provides funding under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) for research, development, and demonstration 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 also supports advancing new...
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...
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, 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,...
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 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development) provides $9,279,968 to West Virginia University Research Corporation to design and build a hybrid microwave-assisted heating process (HMAP) for the calcination and sintering of solid-oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) materials and cells. The project will span from lab demonstration of small samples to commercial size (up to...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, will develop and validate a 100-kW flexible combined heat and power (CHP) system capable of operating on a range of low-carbon fuels, including 100% hydrogen, hydrogen-pipeline-natural-gas blends, and biogas. The $5,625,000 award, with a performance period from Aug 1, 2024 to Jan 31, 2026, will...