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The USA Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $47.7 million in potential grants for research and development projects on technologies that enable the commercial-scale deployment of clean hydrogen.
The 16 projects selected as potential recipients “aim to lower technology costs, enhance hydrogen infrastructure, and improve the performance of hydrogen fuel cells—supporting DOE’s efforts to reduce costs and enable commercial-scale deployment of clean hydrogen, which is a versatile energy resource that can be produced with zero or near-zero emissions”, the department said in a recent press release.
The DOE has set a target of reducing the cost of low-carbon hydrogen production to $2 per kilogram by 2026 and $1 a kilogram by 2031, as spelled out in its 2022 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Report.
The bulk of the grants has been earmarked for projects on liquid hydrogen fueling or transfer components and systems at $17.7 million. GTI Energy has been shortlisted with $6 million for its work on a mobile sub-cooled liquid hydrogen fueling station. Colorado School of Mines could receive $6 million for its work on solid state-based hydrogen loss recovery during liquid hydrogen transfer. The third potential recipient under this subject, Linde Engineering North America, has been provisionally allotted $5.7 million for its work on a high-rate liquid hydrogen fueling for HD rails.
Projects exploring onboard storage systems for liquid hydrogen have been allocated a total of $11.7 million. Komatsu America has been named for $5 million for its work on a high-capacity onboard storage system for off-road mining and construction vehicles. Raytheon Technologies could get $3.8 million for its work on a composite tank for liquid hydrogen storage in heavy-duty ground transportation. GE Research has been earmarked $2.9 million for its work on a composite liquid hydrogen tank for heavy-duty trucks and hydrogen aircraft.
For works on high-performing and durable membrane electrode assemblies for medium- and heavy-duty applications, the DOE has allotted a combined $11.3 million. General Motors LLC could bag $4 million for its work on selective transport layers for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell and electrolyzer membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs). University of Hawaii at Manoa has been allocated $4 million for its work on high-performing and durable MEAs with novel electrode structures and hydrocarbon proton exchange membranes. Raytheon Technologies could get $3.3 million for its work on a high-performance hydrocarbon MEA.
The DOE has budgeted $6.9 million in total for the development of hydrogen carriers. Johns Hopkins University is working on efficient ammonia decomposition using platinum group metals-free high-entropy alloy catalysts, a project for which it could receive $1 million from the grants. Louisiana State University could also get $1 million to enable formate-based hydrogen storage and generation via multimetallic alloy catalysts. Rice University is developing plasmonic photocatalysis for liquid organic hydrogen carrier-based hydrogen on demand and could get $1 million in funding. The University of Southern California is working on chemical hydrogen storage media with value-added co-products and has been earmarked $1 million. University of Tennessee at Knoxville, which has been allocated $1 million, is developing highly active-hexagonal boron nitride catalysts for the dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers. Washington State University is developing a new liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for hydrogen storage and could receive $1 million. Colorado School of Mines is working on scalable, low-cost hydrogen delivery systems, a project for which it has been selected for a second amount, besides its selection for its work on liquid hydrogen fueling, at $900,000.
“Clean hydrogen is critical to reducing emissions in some of the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors of the American economy”, the DOE said in the announcement. “These sectors include key economic engines that are essential to our economy and quality of life, such as heavy-duty transportation and industrial and chemical processes like steelmaking and fertilizer production”.
“Although hydrogen technologies have come a long way over the last several years, costs and other challenges to at-scale adoption need to be addressed for clean hydrogen to realize its full potential”, the DOE added.
The DOE and the potential recipients will now proceed with negotiations before final awards can be made, the department said.
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