Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032032

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), will fund a $17,547,861 project to design, install, and demonstrate a 250 kW solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) system. The project aims to advance the SOEC technology from TRL 4 to TRL 6 by integrating it with an existing 1.6 million ton per year direct reduction of iron (DRI)...

Special Power Sources LLC received a $199,978 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a tubular, proton-conducting, ceramic reversible fuel cell for high-performance energy storage. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of a reversible solid oxide fuel cell with tubular geometry and proton-conducting ceramic components to provide efficient energy storage capabilities....

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,451 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Precision Combustion, Inc. to develop reversible solid oxide fuel cell (R-SOFC) systems for efficient power generation and hydrogen production. The key objectives are to: (i) experimentally validate metal corrosion models at R-SOFC operating conditions, (ii) develop novel metal substrates with new alloy compositions to mitigate degradation, and (iii) implement alloy metallurgy, surface coatings, and/or...

The Southwest Research Institute received a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to complete a conceptual design and optimization study of a commercial-scale Liquid Air Combined Cycle system integrated with a natural gas combustion turbine. The study will be carried out in collaboration with sub-awardee Pintail Power LLC. The award supports the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management's Fossil Energy Research...

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 of $3,141,250, funded 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 demonstrate low-temperature hydrogen production from proton-conducting solid oxide electrolysis cell (P-SOEC) technology with enhanced activity, efficiency, and durability. The award supports a multi-year project with the University of Oklahoma to advance P-SOEC materials,...

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...

The University of California Irvine was awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) for a one-year Phase I feasibility study project titled "Hydrogen Based Energy Storage System for Integration with Dispatchable Power Generator." The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management seeks to advance technologies that minimize environmental impacts of fossil fuels and...

Carbon Solutions LLC received a $199,906.04 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop pumped-storage hydropower using abandoned underground mines as an innovative energy storage technology for fossil-integrated systems. The project aims to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of utilizing abandoned underground mines to store and generate electricity through pumped-storage hydropower. By leveraging existing underground...

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), will demonstrate a 250-kW advanced liquid alkaline-based electrolyzer cell design by Power To Hydrogen LLC, a small disadvantaged business. The $6,602,155 project aims to develop a U.S. supplier base capable of gigawatt-scale manufacturing for key electrolyzer components, including bipolar...