Project Grant DESC0021544

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $99,550,000 Cooperative Agreement to Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Proton Onsite) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The purpose of this award is to build the world's first fully automated pilot production line for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, with a production capacity of 500 MW/year and a repeatable design for future manufacturing expansion. The...

Oceanit Laboratories Inc. received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop the Hydrogen-Recovery Using an AI-ARC-Plasma Learning Operational System (HALO) for Oilfield Waste Transformation to Value Added Products. The project aims to utilize an artificial intelligence-assisted atmospheric radio frequency cold plasma system to transform oilfield waste into marketable byproducts. This work directly supports the mission of the...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to Redshift Energy, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The funding supports the development of a plasma technology for the dissociation of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to produce carbon-free hydrogen and recover sulfur. Key innovations include: 1) a high-speed vortex flow design to achieve high energy efficiency, 2) a gas-dynamic and chemical-kinetic...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $99,739,322 Cooperative Agreement to Electric Hydrogen Co. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this 3-year project is to develop and pilot a fully automated, rigid substrate electrolyzer manufacturing process that advances the current Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) from 4/5 to 8/9. The key objectives are to scale electrolyzer manufacturing...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $3,577,398 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Georgia Tech Research Corp. 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 2.0 A/cm2 operation at 1.8 V or lower. Georgia Tech Research Corp...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to Reegen Inc. for $275,000 will support the development of a clean, biological system for extracting and purifying rare earth elements (REEs) from various waste and end-of-life sources. The project aims to reduce the negative environmental impacts of REE production and decrease U.S. dependence on imported REEs, which are critical for manufacturing modern electronics and sustainable energy...

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) will demonstrate Power to Hydrogen LLC's (P2H2) advanced liquid alkaline-based electrolyzer cell design at a commercial scale of 250-kW stack modules. The $6,602,155 award will focus on developing a domestic supplier base capable of gigawatt-scale manufacturing techniques for key electrolyzer...

Through a $198,753 Project Grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science's Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), P H Matter LLC is conducting research and development on advanced alkaline electrolysis methods for producing hydrogen from impure water sources. As a small disadvantaged business, P H Matter leverages its expertise in areas like nanomaterials, electrochemistry, and clean energy systems to support the DOE's mission of delivering scientific discoveries and...

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 supported Pt and Pt alloy-based catalysts. The project will scale ECS production from 30 g/day to 2 kg/day and PTx/ECS (where x = Ni or Co) production from...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $467,200.43 Cooperative Agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) to Pani Clean Inc., a woman-owned small business, to pilot-test a photovoltaic-powered electrochemical denitrification system. The project aims to demonstrate a modular, off-grid solar-powered unit that can treat nitrate-contaminated water sources, such as effluents from wastewater plants and public water supply wells, to...