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SUCCESSFUL SYSTEM INTEGRATION SHOULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ENERGY INTENSITY SAVINGS OF ~0.4MWH/TON-DRI OR ~36% RELATIVE THROUGH HEAT INTEGRATION COMPARED TO AN NON-INTEGRATED SYSTEM. THUS, THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE REMOVAL OF CARBON FROM THE SYSTEM AT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN A CYCLONE TO DELIVER H2 AT >1000¿ TO A SHAFT FURNACE, THE RECOVERY OF HEAT FROM THE SHAFT FURNACE, AND THE RECYCLING OF UNREACTED H2. 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THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM ARE: • DE-RISK MT-HVDC TECHNOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF U.S. OFFSHORE WIND INTEGRATION THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE CONTROLS AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES. • VALIDATE THE PROPOSED CONTROLS AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES AGAINST STANDARD FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS (IN COORDINATION WITH TOPIC AREA 1A) WITH A STANDARDIZED LIBRARY OF MODELS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE PROGRAM. • USE A BENCHMARK MT HVDC GRID MODEL DEVELOPED UNDER TOPIC 1A TO INNOVATE, TEST, AND VALIDATE NEW DC TECHNOLOGIES. • BUILD A NEW DISTRIBUTED SIL PLATFORM, MULTISIM, AS A NATIONAL-LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE; SET THE FOUNDATION FOR COST-EFFECTIVE AND FAST VALIDATION OF MULTI-VENDOR INTEROPERABILITY. • COORDINATE WITH TOPIC AREA 1B PROJECT TO FACILITATE THE TESTING/UTILIZATION OF MULTISIM. ESTABLISH A COOPERATION FRAMEWORK AMONG DIFFERENT PARTIES INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT TO BUILD WORLD-LEADING TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES AND LAB INFRASTRUCTURE AIMED TOWARDS FUTURE COMMERCIAL COLLABORATIONS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND","value":2468434,"savings":1914672.24,"link":null,"description":"ENERGY JUSTICE INDICATORS: MEASURING COMMUNITY EFFECTS OF OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (BIDWELL, PI; SMYTHE, TRANDAFIR); BOSTON UNIVERSITY (PEARL-MARTINEZ; SOVACOOL); UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (DAVID; FIRESTONE) THIS PROJECT COLLABORATES WITH FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES TO CO-PRODUCE KEY SOCIAL INDICATORS OF ENERGY JUSTICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. AND TO TRACK THOSE INDICATORS OVER TIME. ENERGY JUSTICE HAS EMERGED AS A PRIORITY IN ACADEMIC, NON-GOVERNMENTAL, AND GOVERNMENTAL COMMUNITIES. IN OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY JUSTICE CONCERNS INCLUDE WHOSE INTERESTS AND VALUES ARE CONSIDERED LEGITIMATE, HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE DURING PLANNING AND OPERATION, AND HOW VARIOUS IMPACTS AND BENEFITS ARE DISTRIBUTED. BECAUSE THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY JUSTICE IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE, WE PROPOSE A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INDICATOR APPROACH TO OPERATIONALIZE ENERGY JUSTICE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND TRACK ITS ACHIEVEMENT OVER TIME. INDICATORS—QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS THAT CAN MEASURE A SPECIFIC PHENOMENON—CAN BE USED TO ASSESS OR TRACK THE SUCCESS OF REACHING SOCIAL GOALS. INDICATORS ARE ESPECIALLY HELPFUL WHERE GOALS ARE ABSTRACT (SUCH AS ENERGY JUSTICE), AS THEY PROVIDE AGREED-UPON AND MEASURABLE CONCEPTS. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AND TRACK INDICATORS IN THREE COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO PORTS SLATED FOR DEPLOYMENT OF TURBINES AND OTHER PROJECT COMPONENTS (NEW BEDFORD, MA; NEW LONDON, CT; AND A THIRD COMMUNITY TO BE DETERMINED). THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE PROJECT WILL ENCOMPASS THE PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT OF JUSTICE INDICATORS FOR OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. AS A FIRST STEP, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL REVIEW RELEVANT LITERATURE AND ASSEMBLE PROFILES ON THE THREE COMMUNITIES. THEN, WITH INPUT FROM A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC), COMPRISING ACADEMIC, INDUSTRY, AND GOVERNMENT EXPERTS, THE TEAM WILL EMBARK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUSTICE INDICATORS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDICATORS WILL BE A PARTICIPATORY PROCESS, INVOLVING MEMBERS OF EACH COMMUNITY. WORKING WITH A COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATION IN EACH COMMUNITY, THE TEAM WILL CONVENE WORKSHOPS TO DISCUSS KEY CONCEPTS AND BUILD THE CAPACITY FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. THEN, QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS WILL BE USED TO GLEAN KEY ISSUES AND POTENTIAL JUSTICE INDICATORS. THE TEAM WILL USE THIS INPUT TO CREATE A SET OF DRAFT INDICATORS, WHICH WILL THEN BE EVALUATED AND REFINED IN COOPERATION WITH THE TAC AND COMMUNITIES. THIS PROCESS WILL RESULT IN A FINAL SET OF JUSTICE INDICATORS FOR OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. THE SECOND PHASE IS FOCUSED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINAL JUSTICE INDICATORS. THIS MEANS THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF LONGITUDINAL QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA. RESULTS OF DATA ANALYSIS (E.G., SUMMARY STATISTICS) WILL BE POSTED ON AN ONLINE DASHBOARD, AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THROUGHOUT THIS MULTI-YEAR PROCESS, COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND TO PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE CENTRAL."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY","value":2499876,"savings":1724805.18,"link":null,"description":"THIS COLLABORATION, LED BY OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU), WILL COLLECT, ANALYZE, AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES ON THE BENEFITS OF OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT (OWD). THE RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON COASTAL LOCATIONS THAT ARE (A) RURAL DEMOGRAPHICALLY; (B) GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED (CA, OR, WA AND ME); AND (C) POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY FLOATING AS OPPOSED TO FIXED-BOTTOM FOUNDATIONS, WHICH ARE AT THE DEMONSTRATION PHASE AND POSE UNIQUE CO-EXISTENCE CHALLENGES. THE PROJECT TEAM SEEKS TO FILL GAPS IN RESEARCH ON COMMUNITY BENEFITS (CB) USING A COMBINATION OF DESKTOP RESEARCH, INTERVIEWS, AND DROP-OFF/PICK-UP (DOPU) SURVEYS TO: (1) DOCUMENT AND CATEGORIZE MECHANISMS FOR PROVIDING CB IN EXISTING OFFSHORE WIND (AND OTHER ENERGY) INSTALLATIONS IN THE US AND ABROAD, AND THE EFFECTS OF CB ARRANGEMENTS ON LOCAL ECONOMIES; (2) RECORD THE NEEDS, INTERESTS, CONCERNS, AND POSITIONS OF TRIBAL NATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS IN SELECTED RURAL COASTAL LOCATIONS REGARDING CB, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON DISADVANTAGED OR UNDER-RESOURCED GROUPS; (3) UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY PREFERENCES AND EXPECTATIONS RELATED TO CB IN SELECTED LOCATIONS AND HOW THESE PREFERENCES AND EXPECTATIONS SHAPE AND ARE SHAPED BY VIEWS ON FLOATING OWD AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES; (4) EXPLORE HOW THE NEEDS, INTERESTS, CONCERNS AND POSITIONS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS MAY CHANGE OVER TIME; AND (5) PROVIDE ACTIONABLE INFORMATION TO DECISION MAKERS, DEVELOPERS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR DEVELOPING AND NEGOTIATING CB."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC","value":2200000,"savings":2002635.54,"link":null,"description":"THE ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (EPRI) WILL CONDUCT A FULL-SCALE EVALUATION OF DIM, FLICKERING, AND STROBOSCOPIC ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT AS A DETERRENT TO PREVENT BAT FATALITIES AT WIND TURBINES. THE PROJECT WILL TACKLE THREE RESEARCH INTERESTS: TARGETED BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH STUDYING DETERRENT STIMULI ON BATS, IN SITU BAT DETERRENT TESTING AT A COMMERCIAL-SCALE WIND ENERGY FACILITY, AND ADVANCEMENTS FOR UV DETERRENTS. RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT BATS BOTH SEE AND MAY BE DETERRED BY UV LIGHTS PROGRAMMED TO FLICKER ASYNCHRONOUSLY THAT PRODUCE AN IRREGULAR QUASI-VISUAL UV NOISE EFFECT (‘UV NOISE’), BUT ROBUST EVALUATION HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE AT AN OPERATIONAL, COMMERCIAL-SCALE WIND ENERGY FACILITY. EPRI WILL EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UV DETERRENTS ON CHANGING BAT BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE ROTOR-SWEPT ZONE USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) FLIGHT TRACKING METHODOLOGY AND ACOUSTIC MONITORING TO TEST HOW BAT SPECIES OF CONCERN REACT AND RESPOND TO STIMULI UNDER THREE UV TREATMENTS: LIGHTS OFF (CONTROL), LIGHTS FLICKERING ASYNCHRONOUSLY (‘UV NOISE’), AND LIGHTS FLICKERING IN SYNCHRONY (‘UV FLASH’). SYNCHRONOUS FLASHING OF UV LIGHT IS A NOVEL DETERRENT STIMULUS THAT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED PREVIOUSLY AS A POTENTIAL DETERRENT. UV FLASHES MAY BE MORE NOTICEABLE AND VISUALLY DISRUPTIVE FOR BATS AT A GREATER DISTANCE THAN UV NOISE. EPRI WILL DEVELOP A CONTROLLER MECHANISM TO APPLY LIGHT TREATMENTS AS PART OF A RANDOMIZED BLOCK DESIGN. EPRI WILL VALIDATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NOVEL DETERRENT STIMULI/SIGNALS AND UNDERSTAND HOW BATS BEHAVE AROUND DETERRENTS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY","value":2289919,"savings":2289919,"link":null,"description":"THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND TEST A COMPOSITE LIQUID HYDROGEN (LH2) TANK WITH A CAPACITY OF 20 KG. THE TANK WILL BE SCALABLE TO LARGER SIZES OF 60-120 KG FOR HEAVY TRUCK APPLICATIONS AND 200-1000 KG FOR AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS, AND THIS SCALED DESIGN WILL BE ABLE TO MEET DOE PERFORMANCE TARGETS WHEN PRODUCED IN VOLUME. THE TARGETED TANK SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROTOTYPE DESIGN AND SCALED DESIGN ARE COMPARED TO THE DOE TARGETS IN TABLE 1. IN BUDGET PERIOD 1, SPANNING MONTHS 1-12 OF THE PROJECT, THE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, AND A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THE LH2 TANK WILL BE DEVELOPED. MATERIALS FOR THE COMPOSITE, RESIN, AND ALUMINUM LINER AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES WILL BE EVALUATED. IN BUDGET PERIOD 2, SPANNING MONTHS 13-24, THE MATERIALS FOR THE COMPOSITE, RESIN AND ALUMINUM LINER WILL BE SELECTED ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING PROCESS. A DETAILED TANK DESIGN WILL BE DEVELOPED, INCLUDING CRYOVESSEL, VACUUM VESSEL, SUSPENSION, AND MOUNTING. ALL THE NECESSARY PORTS AND PIPING CONNECTIONS, FUELING, DEFUELING AND SAFETY MANIFOLDS WILL ALSO BE SPECIFIED AND SOURCED. IN BUDGET PERIOD 3, SPANNING MONTHS 25-36, ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE PROTOTYPE LH2 TANK WILL BE MANUFACTURED. THE TANK WILL BE ASSEMBLED AND WILL BE TESTED WITH ALL NECESSARY PORTS AND PIPING CONNECTIONS UNDER FUELING, DEFUELING, AND DORMANCY CONDITIONS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"RTX CORPORATION","value":3549497,"savings":2866534.62,"link":null,"description":"CONFORMABLE, COMPOSITE TANK FOR LIQUID HYDROGEN STORAGE IN HEAVY-DUTY GROUND TRANSPORTATION THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE A CONFORMABLE, COMPOSITE TANK (CCT) FOR ON-BOARD STORAGE OF LIQUID HYDROGEN (LH2) FOR HEAVY-DUTY GROUND TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS. THE TANK, MADE OF FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES, IS A CONFORMABLE, DOUBLE-WALL DESIGN, COMPRISING A COMPOSITE INNER PRESSURE VESSEL AND AN OUTER SHELL WHICH IS A SANDWICH OF FOAM AND COMPOSITE FACE-SHEETS. THE EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAM WILL INVOLVE LIQUID HYDROGEN SYSTEM DESIGN, LH2 TANK DESIGN AND ANALYSIS, SUBSCALE TEST ARTICLE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND TESTING, AND FULL SCALE PROTOTYPE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND TESTING."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"KOMATSU AMERICA CORP","value":2520955,"savings":2520955,"link":null,"description":"THIS PROJECT WILL RESEARCH AND PROTOTYPE AN ONBOARD HIGH-CAPACITY LIQUID HYDROGEN (LH2) STORAGE SYSTEM, INCLUDING BALANCE-OF-PLANT (BOP) COMPONENTS, FOR ULTRA-CLASS MINING TRUCKS THAT WILL REDUCE THE TIME-BETWEEN-REFUELING OF FUEL CELL POWERED VEHICLES, INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS AGAINST DIESEL-POWERED MACHINES, THUS ACCELERATE THE ADOPTION OF FUEL CELL VEHICLES IN THE MINING INDUSTRY. TYPICALLY, THE MINING INDUSTRY TENDS TO ADOPT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AFTER THEY HAVE MATURED TO A HIGH TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL) AND DEMONSTRATED THEIR CAPABILITIES. FOR AN LH2POWERED MACHINE TO DEMONSTRATE THIS CAPABILITY AGAINST EXISTING DIESEL-POWERED MINING EQUIPMENT FACTORS SUCH AS COST AND PERFORMANCE MUST BE CONSIDERED, OF WHICH FUEL MANAGEMENT PROCESSES ARE KEY ELEMENTS. TO SUCCEED, THIS PROJECT MUST MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL STOPPAGES IMPOSED BY AN LH2 SYSTEM. THEREFORE, TANK CAPACITY MUST BE MAXIMIZED, BOIL OFF LOSSES MINIMIZED, AND DORMANCY MUST BE OPTIMIZED. A LIQUID HYDROGEN STORAGE VESSEL WITH A CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF 200 KG WILL BE DEVELOPED BY A SUPPLIER AND INTEGRATED INTO A KOMATSU 930-E HAUL TRUCK. ALSO, THIS SYSTEM MUST DEMONSTRATE DURABILITY AND SAFETY IN THE HARSH CONDITIONS OF A MINING APPLICATION. TO CONTEND WITH THIS ENVIRONMENT, THE TANK SUPPLIER WILL BE GIVEN VIBRATION AND G-LOADING DATA TO DRIVE THEIR DESIGN AND WILL COLLABORATE WITH KOMATSU ENGINEERS TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF HOSES, TUBES, AND VALVES FROM DEBRIS. THE OVERALL DESIGN MUST ALSO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PERSONNEL WHEN INTERACTING WITH THE BOP SYSTEM"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY","value":6000000,"savings":5953826.66,"link":null,"description":"THE KEY GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO ADVANCE CLEAN HYDROGEN FUELING TECHNOLOGY AND ACCELERATE THE ADOPTION OF HYDROGEN AS A FUEL IN A VARIETY OF MOBILITY APPLICATIONS. THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY IS A SUB-COOLED LIQUID HYDROGEN (SLH2) REFUELING SYSTEM. A SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY WILL SHOWCASE A PATHWAY TO OVERCOMING THE EXISTING BARRIERS TO WIDER ADOPTION OF HYDROGEN-FUELED MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES, AND ADVANCE BUILDING A CLEAN AND EQUITABLE ENERGY ECONOMY WHILE ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE: • DESIGN (BUDGET PERIOD OR BP1), BUILD (BP2), COMMISSION (BP2), AND TEST (BP2) A MOBILE FUELER LEVERAGING THE SUBMERGED PUMP TECHNOLOGY AND TEAM EXPERTISE • DEMONSTRATE (BP3) THE FUELER PERFORMANCE AND FEASIBILITY IN AVAILABLE REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS • DEVELOP (BP1) AND EXECUTE (BP1, BP2, BP3) COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLAN • DISSEMINATE THE PROJECT FINDINGS THROUGH INDUSTRY OUTREACH (BP2, BP3)"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES","value":3206194,"savings":2324617.96,"link":null,"description":"MITIGATING HYDROGEN LOSSES THROUGHOUT ALL STAGES OF TRANSFER OPERATIONS IS CRITICAL TO ENABLING LIQUID HYDROGEN (LH2) AS A HIGH USE AND HIGH-CAPACITY ENERGY STORAGE RESERVOIR, BOTH IN TERMS OF COST AND IN LIMITING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF HYDROGEN AS AN INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS. POINTS THROUGHOUT THE LH2 TRANSFER PATHWAY WHERE LOSSES OCCUR ARE WELL KNOWN AND INCLUDE COOLDOWN OF LINES, FLASHING OF LIQUID HYDROGEN INTO LOW-PRESSURE DEWARS, COOLING OF DEWAR WALLS, TRANSFER FROM A MANUFACTURE SITE TO SUPPLY TRAILER, TRANSFER FROM TRAILER TO THE ON-SITE STORAGE TANK, ON-SITE TANK TO TANK TRANSFERS, TRANSFER FROM STORAGE TANK TO END APPLICATION, AND INTENTIONAL VENTING EVENTS (E.G. TO RELIEVE PRESSURE AFTER TRANSFERS OR AT THE END APPLICATION). DEMONSTRATED SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE LOSSES AT SCALE ARE CURRENTLY LACKING WITH MOST BOIL-OFF HYDROGEN BEING VENTED TO THE ATMOSPHERE OR FLARED. THIS PROJECT’S OBJECTIVE IS TO DESIGN, ENGINEER AND CONSTRUCT A CRITICALLY NEEDED, MATERIALS-BASED SOLUTION FOR THE CAPTURE OF H2 FROM LOSS EVENTS. THIS DESIGN WILL INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT H2 RELEASE TO A RE-LIQUEFICATION UNIT OR DIRECT USE IN POWER GENERATION (E.G. FUEL CELL), WHEREBY NET ENERGY LOSS IS MITIGATED."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"RTX CORPORATION","value":2461837,"savings":1882080.32,"link":null,"description":"HIGH PERFORMANCE HYDROCARBON MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO RAISE THE PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY OF ALL-HYDROCARBON MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES (HC-MEAS) FOR POLYMER-ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL (PEFC) POWERED MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES (M/HDVS). THE PROJECT TEAM WILL FOCUS ON THREE TANGIBLE ELEMENTS: MAKING HYDROCARBON MEMBRANES (HCMS) WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY, FINDING COMBINATIONS OF HYDROCARBON IONOMERS (HCIS), PROCESSING CONDITIONS, AND CATALYSTS (PLATINUM-GROUP METAL (PGM) NANOPARTICLES ON CARBON) THAT YIELD GOOD CATALYST LAYERS (CLS), AND INVESTIGATING HOW REPLACING SOLID PLATES (SPS) WITH POROUS WATER-TRANSPORT PLATES (WTPS) AFFECTS THE VALUE PROPOSITION FOR HC-MEAS. FOCUSING ON THESE THREE AREAS SHOULD ENABLE THE TEAM TO DEMONSTRATE POWER DENSITIES WITH HC-MEAS THAT ARE COMPETITIVE WITH STATE-OF-ART (SOA) PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACIDS MEAS (PFSA-MEAS) AT THE SAME PGM LOADING AT THE END OF 36 MONTHS. THE DURABILITY OF HYDROCARBON MEMBRANES IS WORSE THAN PFSAS. THE TEAM WILL DEPLOY A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES TO CLOSE THIS GAP INCLUDING FLUORINE-FREE REINFORCEMENTS, ORGANIC AND INORGANIC RADICAL SCAVENGERS, AND WTPS. THIS PROJECT SHOULD PROVIDE IMPORTANT NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE APPROACHES. THE PROJECT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO 18-MONTH BUDGET PERIODS, BP1 AND BP2, SEPARATED BY A QUANTITATIVE GO/NO-GO GATE REVIEW. THE HIGH-LEVEL GOAL OF BP1 IS TO DEMONSTRATE A HC-MEA WITH PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY THAT IS COMPETITIVE WITH SOA HC-MEAS IN BOTH WTPS AND SPS, AND TO ARTICULATE A CLEAR PATH TO AN HC-MEA THAT REACHES DOE’S 2030 TARGETS. THE TEAM WILL PURSUE PERFORMANCE TARGETS AT REALISTIC TEMPERATURES, PRESSURES, AND FLOWS. REACHING THE CHALLENGING BP1 AND BP2 GOALS WILL REQUIRE THE TEAM TO DEVELOP HCMS WITH LOW RESISTANCE AND LOW H2 AND O2 PERMEABILITY. CATALYST LAYERS REQUIRE HCIS WITH HIGH CONDUCTIVITY AND H2 AND O2 PERMEABILITY. HCIS AFFORD MORE SYNTHETIC OPTIONS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ACHIEVE LOW GAS PERMEABILITIES IN IONOMERS FOR MEMBRANES AND HIGH GAS PERMEABILITIES IN IONOMERS FOR CATALYST LAYERS THAN CONVENTIONAL PFSAS. IONOMERS THAT SWELL EXCESSIVELY IMPEDE GAS TRANSPORT IN THE MACROPORES BETWEEN AGGLOMERATES. THE TRADE BETWEEN GAS TRANSPORT IN THE MACROPORES AND THROUGH THE IONOMER NEEDS TO BE CAREFULLY BALANCED. HCIS NEED TO BE DISPERSED IN ALCOHOL/WATER MIXTURES TO FACILITATE PROCESSING AND FABRICATION, AND THE TEAM SHALL STUDY HOW SOLVENT COMPOSITION AFFECTS CL STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE. PFSA AND HYDROCARBON IONOMERS COAT CARBON SUPPORTS DIFFERENTLY, AND COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES SHALL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE BEST CARBON/IONOMER COMBINATIONS, AS WELL AS BEST IONOMER-TO-CARBON (I/C) AND PLATINUM-TO-CARBON (PT/C) RATIOS. THE GOAL AT THE END OF THE PROJECT (BP2) IS TO REACH DOE’S TARGETS OF DEMONSTRATING 2.5 KW/GPGM POWER OUTPUT (750 MW/CM2 AT 0.7 V). A STRETCH GOAL IN LINE WITH DOE’S 2030 TARGETS IS TO ACHIEVE THIS PERFORMANCE AFTER RUNNING A HEAVY-DUTY ACCELERATED STRESS TEST (AST) EQUIVALENT TO 25,000 HOURS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII","value":4000000,"savings":3756671.53,"link":null,"description":"HIGH PERFORMING AND DURABLE MEAS WITH NOVEL ELECTRODE STRUCTURES AND HYDROCARBON PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES THE CENTRAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A NON-CONVENTIONAL HIGH PERFORMING, DURABLE AND LOW COST MEA TO EXCEED THE DOE TARGETS ON THE PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY OF PEMFC FOR MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES APPLICATIONS: DEMONSTRATE 2.5 KW G 1PGM POWER OUTPUT (1.07 A CM-2 AND 0.75 W CM-2 AT 0.7 V) AFTER 25,000HR EQUIVALENT HEAVY-DUTY AST. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE TO DEVELOP: 1) A HIGHLY ACTIVE AND PROTON CONDUCTING PTM (M: CO, NI) CATALYST, 2) AN EFFECTIVE IMPURITIES CONVERSION LAYER, 3) A HIGH PERFORMING DURABLE HYDROCARBON MEMBRANE, AS WELL AS 4) A NOVEL ELECTRODE STRUCTURE WITH EFFICIENT DESIGN AND INTEGRATION, WHICH CAN ENHANCE OXYGEN AND PROTON TRANSPORT, IMPROVE CATALYSTS STABILITY, AND ALLOW THE SYSTEMS TO BE OPERATED EFFICIENTLY AND DURABLY UNDER ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND HARSH ENVIRONMENTS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC","value":5493941,"savings":5265893.14,"link":null,"description":"GRIDFAST EXPRESS: ROADMAP AND ACTIONS TO ADDRESS KEY CHALLENGES TO THE UTILITY INTERCONNECTION PROCESS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOCUSED ON STREAMLINING THE UTILITY INTERCONNECTION PROCESS RELATED TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS) FOR BOTH AC LEVEL 2 AND DC FAST CHARGING TECHNOLOGIES AND WITH RESPECT TO OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: PROCESSING UTILITY SERVICE REQUESTS FOR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, RESOURCES FOR FRONT-LINE UTILITY STAFF, RESOURCES FOR PROSPECTIVE SITE HOSTS, EQUITY & ENERGY JUSTICE, AND WORKFORCE & TRAINING. OVERALL GOALS ARE TO ADVANCE APPROACHES AT SCALE TO REDUCE SOFT COSTS, SUPPORT ACCELERATED DEMAND FOR NEW EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PROMOTE INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN THE CLEAN ENERGY JOBS OF THE FUTURE."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"INTERSTATE RENEWABLE ENERGY COUNCIL INC","value":6934670,"savings":5469858.06,"link":null,"description":"A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONWIDE ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING RECOGNITION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CHARGINGSMART) THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE SOFT COSTS (BOTH AC LEVEL 2 AND DC FAST CHARGING) OF NEW EV CHARGING INSTALLATIONS IMPLEMENTED ACROSS THE NATIONAL CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM (CHARGING SMART) TO ASSIST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN SETTING AND ACHIEVING EQUITABLE EV-READINESS GOALS, STREAMLINING REGULATORY PRACTICES, AND FACILITATING THE ADOPTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND CHARGING STATIONS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"PLUG IN AMERICA","value":5000000,"savings":3483852.95,"link":null,"description":"THE OBJECTIVE IS TO REACH APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILLION CONSUMERS, WITH PRACTICAL, BRAND-NEUTRAL INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV)S, CHARGING AND INCENTIVES. THIS TARGET CONSUMER AUDIENCE WILL BE THOSE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE WHO NEED MORE INFO ON EVS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE CHOOSING AN EV. THIS CAMPAIGN IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SOCIALLY AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT MESSAGING THAT MAXIMIZES THE IMPACT ON LIGHT-DUTY PLUG-IN VEHICLE (PEV) MARKET TRANSFORMATION. CONSUMER AUDIENCES WILL BE REACHED THROUGH A RANGE OF DIFFERENT CHANNELS, INCLUDING ORGANIC AND PAID MEDIA PLACEMENTS, EXPERIENTIAL EVENTS, DEALERSHIPS, AND COMMUNITY EV ORGANIZATIONS. PLACEMENTS WILL FOCUS ON DIGITAL MEDIA GEO-TARGETED BY ZIP CODE FOR PRIORITY COMMUNITIES."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK","value":1620000,"savings":1225817.81,"link":null,"description":"ZERO-EMISSION NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES (ZENC) FOR FIRE-DETECTING FIREPROOF ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY ENCLOSURE THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DECARBONIZE POLYMER COMPOSITES BY DEVELOPING A BIODEGRADABLE DECARBONIZED NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITE ZERO-EMISSION NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES (ZENC), ENHANCE EV SAFETY BY DEVELOPING LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT FIRE-PREDICTION AND FIREPROOF FUNCTIONALITIES INTO ZENC, AND TO DEMONSTRATE THE REDUCTION IN CARBON EMISSION BY IMPLEMENTING A TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (TEA), SUPPLY CHAIN, AND LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA)."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY","value":3108333,"savings":2634421.19,"link":null,"description":"ADAPTIVE MOBILITY SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND PATIENTS THROUGH A MULTI-LEVEL CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED TRANSIT SYSTEM (M-CATS) THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP, DEPLOY, AND EVALUATE A MULTI-LEVEL CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED TRANSIT SYSTEM (M-CATS) TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE FIXED-ROUTE AND SCHEDULE-BASED TRANSIT OPERATIONS WITH ADAPTIVE MOBILITY SERVICES, THUS INCREASING RIDERSHIP, REDUCING GHG EMISSIONS, AND ENHANCING EQUITABLE ACCESSIBILITY."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY","value":2852049,"savings":2738468.26,"link":null,"description":"OMNIVORE COMBUSTION SYSTEM"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"COMBUSTION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, INC.","value":2602145,"savings":2403323.98,"link":null,"description":"FUEL-FLEXIBLE REGENERATIVE LOW NOX INDUSTRIAL HYDROGEN BURNER"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"NYC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL","value":1471264,"savings":1471264,"link":null,"description":"BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - GUIDANCE FOR A RESILIENT ELECTRIC NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL BUS SYSTEM THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE THE ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW YORK CITY’S (NYC) VENDOR-OWNED SCHOOL BUS FLEET AND INVESTMENTS BEING MADE TO THE CLEAN SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM BY CONDUCTING COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AROUND RESILIENCE AND RELIABILITY. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS AWARD ARE TO: (1) TO BUILD OUT A CITYWIDE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS RESILIENCE PLAN THAT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO OPTIMIZE ELECTRIFICATION EFFORTS AND ENSURE RESILIENCE AND RELIABILITY OF THE NYC SCHOOL BUS SYSTEM, (2) TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL BUS VENDORS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCORPORATE CLIMATE RESILIENCE MEASURE, AND (3) TO INFORM NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS (NYCPS) IN THEIR ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS ROLL OUT, INCLUDING LONG-TERM PLANNING AND FUTURE CONTRACTING TO MAXIMIZE RESILIENCE ACROSS THE FLEET."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM, HAWAI'I DEPARTMENT OF","value":1000000,"savings":1000000,"link":null,"description":"BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - INTEGRATING RESILIENCE STRATEGIES FOR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES (ZEV) INFRASTRUCTURE THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY LIFELINE KEY CUSTOMERS (CLKC) BY CONDUCTING A THOROUGH ASSESSMENT OF TRANSITIONING TO A 100% ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE (ZEV) FLEET AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS INCLUDES ANALYZING OPERATIONAL NEEDS DURING BOTH NORMAL (''BLUE SKIES'') AND EMERGENCY (''GREY SKIES'') CONDITIONS, EVALUATING FLEET SITES AND CHARGING LOCATIONS, IDENTIFYING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, AND INTEGRATING THESE SOLUTIONS TO BENEFIT BOTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THE OBJECTIVE ALIGNS WITH THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT BY ENSURING EFFICIENT AND RESILIENT ZEV OPERATIONS WHILE LEVERAGING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND ENHANCING COMMUNITY ACCESS TO RESILIENT ENERGY SYSTEMS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"ASSOCIATION OF MONTEREY BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS","value":1500000,"savings":1209110.83,"link":null,"description":"BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - MONTEREY BAY ELECTRIC VEHICLE CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK (MONTEREY BAY EV CAR FRAMEWORK) THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO CREATE A ROADMAP FOR THE MONTEREY BAY AREA TO ASSESS CURRENT CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO ENSURE THE BUILD-OUT OF EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE INCREASES EQUITY AND RESILIENCY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"IT'S ELECTRIC INCORPORATED","value":1475000,"savings":1126533.45,"link":null,"description":"ACCELERATING CURBSIDE ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING IN JUSTICE40 COMMUNITIES THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO EVALUATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF 60 CURBSIDE CHARGERS OR ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) IN JUSTICE40 NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS FOUR U.S. CITIES. THE PROJECT SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT USING A BEHIND-THE-METER CONNECTION TO DEPLOY CURBSIDE EVSE WILL REDUCE THE TIME AND COST ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALLING PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE EVSE IN DENSE URBAN AREAS. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO EVALUATE WHETHER OFFERING A 20% REVENUE-SHARE TO PROPERTY OWNERS IS A COMPELLING INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO ALLOW A BEHIND-THE-METER CONNECTION TO THEIR BUILDING’S ELECTRICAL PANEL."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"CALSTART, INC.","value":1499693,"savings":1483428.29,"link":null,"description":"THE RECIPIENT WILL SUPPORT A REGIONAL EFFORT TO EXPAND PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) MOBILITY PROGRAMS AND NEIGHBORHOOD-SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DISADVANTAGED AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE THREE MOBILITY HUBS AND STUDY THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE AS A BASE FOR EV CARSHARE, COMMUNITY CHARGING, AND ACCESS TO ON-DEMAND SHUTTLE SERVICES."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"GRID ALTERNATIVES","value":1500000,"savings":1028824.53,"link":null,"description":"BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL): LEVERAGING LOW-INCOME ELECTRICITY DISCOUNTS TO UNLOCK EQUITY AT PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AND TEST NEW BUSINESS MODELS FOR DISCOUNTED PUBLIC CHARGING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UTILITY SECTOR SO THAT EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF DWELLING TYPE, CAN HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"FORTH MOBILITY FUND","value":1269995,"savings":1023903.58,"link":null,"description":"BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - PROJECT LACE: LOANS TO ACCESS CLEAN ELECTRIC VEHICLES THE PROJECT WILL CREATE BUSINESS MODELS THAT ENSURE COMMUNITIES REAP THE FULL RANGE OF BENEFITS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER DEPLOYMENT. BY DIRECTLY FOCUSING ON THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, THIS PROJECT WILL ACCELERATE THE ADOPTION OF CLEAN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, HELPING ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP, ANALYZE, AND PROMOTE INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODELS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE FINANCING THAT EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE BARRIERS FACED BY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN JUSTICE40 COMMUNITIES."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE","value":1520750,"savings":1360439.06,"link":null,"description":"BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL): ELECTRIC VEHICLE CARSHARE VIABILITY: ASSESSING BUSINESS MODELS IN US CITIES FOR RESILIENCY, EQUITY AND EV CHARGING INTEGRATION THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE IDENTIFICATION OF PROGRAM COSTS, FUNDERS/SPONSORS, FINANCIAL SAVINGS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND HEALTH BENEFITS THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE OPERATION OF A SUCCESSFUL CARSHARE PROGRAM."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY","value":1213740,"savings":1213740,"link":null,"description":"EXPANSION OF PROJECT MOBILITY WORKFORCE TRAINING. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CREATE CAREER-TRACK PATHWAYS FOR RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RESIDENTS TO OBTAIN DEGREE OR CERTIFICATION-LEVEL EDUCATION AND SKILLS, EQUIPPING THEM TO OBTAIN WELL-PAYING JOBS IN THE ELECTRIFIED TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"EVGO SERVICES LLC","value":1079375,"savings":1062388.51,"link":null,"description":"THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ARE TO DEVELOP LOW-COST TOOLS FOR ENABLING THIRD-PARTY INTEROPERABILITY TESTING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS) AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE SERVICE EQUIPMENT (EVSE) WITH THE ISO-15118 PLUG AND CHARGE STANDARD, AND TO DEVELOP CONFORMANCE TESTING TO DEFINE CURRENT AND FUTURE ITERATIONS OF THE STANDARD FOR WIDESPREAD INTEROPERABILITY AND DEPLOYMENT ACROSS EVS AND EV CHARGING NETWORKS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"UL LLC","value":2997220,"savings":2897167.69,"link":null,"description":"BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) EXPANSION OF UL SOLUTIONS' NORTH AMERICA ADVANCED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING LABORATORY FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL DC FAST CHARGER TESTING CAPABILITY - THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DESIGN AND BUILD A 500KW DC FAST CHARGER TEST LABORATORY TO COVER UL2202 AND UL9741 SAFETY STANDARDS AS WELL AS ENERGY STAR EVSE VERSION 1.1. THE LABORATORY WILL AT A MINIMUM BE SUPPLIED BY A 480VAC 3 PHASE CIRCUIT AND PRODUCE AN OUTPUT OF AT LEAST 1000VDC AND 500A."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS","value":3616000,"savings":3460272.34,"link":null,"description":"THE ACADEMIC CENTER FOR RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF OFFSHORE WIND (ARROW) IS A DEPT. OF ENERGY (DOE) CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN OFFSHORE WIND (OSW) FORMED TO (A) CREATE A DIVERSE, ENDURING AND DOMESTICALLY EDUCATED PROFESSIONAL OSW WORKFORCE, (B) ENSURE RELIABILITY, RESILIENCE, LOW COST AND RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF OSW TO MOST EFFECTIVELY MEET THE NEEDS OF SOCIETY AND (C) ACHIEVE DIVERSITY IN THE OSW WORKFORCE AND EQUITY IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF OSW. THE CENTER EMBARKS UPON DEVELOPMENT OF A BROAD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM (ARROW-EMPOWER) THAT WILL EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF US OSW PROFESSIONALS, ADVANCING THE EDUCATIONS OF MORE THAN 1,000 STUDENTS OVER THE 5-YEAR LIFE OF THE CENTER. ADDITIONALLY, TARGETED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (ARROW-INNOVATE) WILL REDUCE UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATED WITH OSW DEPLOYMENT BY MORE THAN 15% AND CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO LOWER COSTS TO RATEPAYERS AND ACCELERATED OSW DEPLOYMENT. FINALLY, ROBUST COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DIVERSITY EFFORTS (ARROW-ENGAGE) ENSURE DIVERSITY OF THE FUTURE US OSW WORKFORCE, EXCEEDING DIVERSITY TARGETS BY 25% OR MORE, AND AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF OSW BENEFITS. ARROW-ENGAGE ACTIVITIES WILL DELIVER BROAD COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACROSS THREE CATEGORIES, DIVERSITY, ENERGY EQUITY AND AMERICA’S WORKFORCE. COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH WILL ENSURE THAT ALL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE A SEAT-AT-THE-TABLE AS ARROW PROGRESSES, TARGETED RECRUITMENT AND SUPPORT MECHANISMS WILL ENSURE ARROW DIVERSITY, AND INDUSTRIAL OUTREACH WILL GUARANTEE RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE FUTURE WORKFORCE."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"PLUG POWER INC","value":42681706,"savings":41163624.89,"link":null,"description":"THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE TO ESTABLISH MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR PEM ELECTROLYZERS IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 5GW OF PEM ELECTROLYZER STACKS PER YEAR, WHILE ACHIEVING THE COST, PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE TARGETS DESCRIBED IN TABLE 1 BELOW AND DRAWING FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES (DACS) TO DEVELOP THE SKILLED WORKFORCE NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE FACILITY. BASED ON THE DEFINITIONS PROVIDED IN FOA APPENDIX D, THE PROJECT WILL NOT INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION AND/OR REPAIR OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE UNITED STATES."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"VERDAGY INC","value":39633303,"savings":28280875.94,"link":null,"description":"BIL - COILS-TO-CELLS LOW-COST ELECTROLYZER CELL MANUFACTURING & DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN MANUFACTURED STACK COST TO $91/KW THIS PROJECT’S OBJECTIVE IS TO REDUCE MANUFACTURED STACK COSTS TO $91/KW BY ADVANCING THE STATE-OF-THE-ART THROUGH IMPROVED: 1) MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION, 2) PRODUCT DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS FOR COST & PERFORMANCE, AND 3) INTEGRATING A DOMESTIC NICKEL SUPPLY TO A HIGH-VOLUME, AUTOMATED COILS-TO-CELLS MANUFACTURING LINE. STACK ASSEMBLY DESIGN DEMONSTRATING $50/KW THIS PROJECT’S OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AN ADVANCED CELL DESIGN TO REDUCE MANUFACTURED STACK COSTS TO $50/KW THROUGH: 1) ADVANCED CELL ASSEMBLY DESIGN 2) MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLY OPTIMIZATIONS, AND 3) INTEGRATION OF NOVEL NICKEL ALLOY. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY THIS PROJECT’S OBJECTIVE IS TO ESTABLISH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO ADVANCE DEIA THROUGH 1) ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, 2) REDUCING WORKPLACE BARRIERS, AND 3) CRADLE-TO-GRAVE IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"ELECTRIC HYDROGEN CO","value":41186672,"savings":33664599.7,"link":null,"description":"BIL - MANUFACTURING INNOVATIONS FOR SCALING GREEN H2 TO FOSSIL-PARITY PROJECT OBJECTIVES OVERVIEW THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND PILOT AN ELECTROLYZER MANUFACTURING PROCESS [ON A RIGID SUBSTRATE THAT IS FULLY AUTOMATED, USING PLATE BY PLATE], STACK MANUFACTURING PROCESSES THAT ADVANCE THE CURRENT MANUFACTURING READINESS LEVEL (MRL) [4/5 TO AN MRL OF 8/9] BY THE END OF THE 3-YEAR PROJECT. ULTIMATELY, SCALING ELECTROLYZER MANUFACTURING VOLUME TO PRODUCE 100MW PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) ELECTROLYZER PLANTS WHILE REDUCING STACK COST ARE THE PROJECT’S PRIMARY OBJECTIVES. THE PROJECT WILL BE MANAGED IN THREE BUDGET PERIODS (BP) WITH THE FOLLOWING BP OBJECTIVES. •BUDGET PERIOD 1 OBJECTIVES – INTEGRATION OF NEW MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES AND FURTHER OPTIMIZATION OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES TO VALIDATE PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND CONSISTENCY, ESTABLISHING READINESS FOR INTEGRATION INTO THE COMPLETE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM. SELECTION OF [FULL CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES AND FIDUCIALS] FOR SUBCOMPONENT [TRACKING]. ESTABLISHMENT OF [TESTING PROTOCOLS FOR SUBCOMPONENTS] AND [CORRELATION TO FULL-STACK] TESTING. •BUDGET PERIOD 2 OBJECTIVES – INTEGRATION OF SUBCOMPONENT ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING PROCESSES REDUCING [CYCLE TIME] FROM [350 MIN/PLATE (CURRENT) TO 90 MIN/PLATE/TOOL AND 13 MIN/PLATE VIA PARALLEL PROCESSING] WHILE REDUCING STACK COST TO [LESS THAN $270/KW]. •BUDGET PERIOD 3 OBJECTIVES – OPTIMIZE AN [AUTOMATED PLATE-BY-PLATE] MANUFACTURING PROCESS TO REDUCE [CYCLE TIME TO 7 MIN/PLATE], WHILE REDUCING STACK COST TO LESS THAN $100/KW AND ADVANCING THE CURRENT MANUFACTURING READINESS LEVEL TO [MRL 9] BY THE END PROJECT. IMPLEMENT [TEST PROTOCOLS] FOR [RAPID PREDICTION] OF STACK [LONG-TERM DURABILITY, ENERGY-EFFICIENT TESTING], AND [EARLY DETECTION] OF [OFF-SPEC] SUBCOMPONENTS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"CUMMINS ELECTRIFIED POWER NA INC.","value":16326772,"savings":16271902,"link":null,"description":"BIL - MULTILAYER MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE-SUBGASKET-PTL ASSEMBLY (MESPA) FOR FACILE ASSEMBLY OF PEM ELECTROLYSIS STACKS"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"THE CHEMOURS CO FC LLC","value":10000000,"savings":9616731.75,"link":null,"description":"THE STATED PROJECT OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACHIEVED BY THE ENGINEERING AND DEMONSTRATION OF A MECHANICALLY TOUGH, CHEMICALLY STABLE, HIGH-PERFORMANCE MEMBRANE UTILIZING NAFION™ PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID (PFSA) POLYMER MANUFACTURED ON ASSETS ENABLING GIGAWATT SCALE AND PROVEN CONSISTENCY THROUGH REPEATABILITY TRIALS FOR THE COMPOSITE MEMBRANE AND ALL SUBCOMPONENTS. TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE, LOAD- CYCLING SHORT STACK TESTING DATA WILL BE BUTTRESSED BY SPECIFIC MEA TESTING PROTOCOLS AIMED AT ACCELERATING AND UNDERSTANDING CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL FAILURE. IN ADDITION, EX-SITU MECHANICAL PROTOCOLS SIMULATING FAILURE MODES WILL ELUCIDATE INTERACTIONS SUCH AS THOSE BETWEEN IONOMER AND OTHER MEMBRANE SUBCOMPONENTS (SUCH AS REINFORCEMENT) AS WELL AS COMPOSITE MEMBRANE AND OTHER MEA FEATURES (I.E., POROUS TRANSPORT LAYERS (PTLS)). MEMBRANES WILL BE MANUFACTURED WHERE DIRECT INNOVATION IN ESSENTIAL SUBCOMPONENTS AND MEMBRANE PROCESSING WILL BE PAIRED WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH KEY SUPPLIERS (REINFORCEMENT, GAS RECOMBINATION CATALYST (GRC), RADICAL SCAVENGER) TO ITERATE UPON THE BEST COMPOSITE MEMBRANE COMBINATION. IN ADDITION, SINGLE-CELL MEA TESTING CAPABILITY AT ALL RELEVANT PARTNER FACILITIES WILL BE DEPLOYED TO SCREEN MATERIALS AND WILL CONTRIBUTE CHEMICAL DURABILITY TESTING/EVALUATION PROTOCOLS TO THE ACCELERATED STRESS TEST (AST) DEVELOPMENT. MECHANICAL PORTIONS OF THE AST WILL BE CONTRIBUTED THROUGH A CUSTOM-ENGINEERED PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE CYCLING APPARATUS, WHICH WILL BE COMBINED WITH A CHEMICAL AST TO DELIVER A “COMBINED” PROTOCOL EERE_T_540.131 TEMPLATE VERSION 3/8/2022 WORKING DRAFT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY, OR PRIVILEGED INFORMATION EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. 2 ANALOGOUS IN PRINCIPLE TO THOSE USED IN PEM FUEL CELLS. ASTS WILL BE DEVELOPED IN SINGLE CELL TEST STANDS, INTENDED TO CORRELATE WITH OBSERVED STACK FAILURES. SHORT STACK MEA EVALUATION AT ALL STAGES OF THE PROJECT WILL ALSO BE A COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT, INCREASING IN COMPLEXITY (SCALE) AS THE MEMBRANES REACH SPECIFIED MATURITY THRESHOLDS. STACK TESTING WILL COMPRISE REPRESENTATIVE LOAD PROTOCOLS FOR WHAT IS EXPECTED IN APPLICATION, ALONG WITH ASTS APPLIED ONCE SINGLE CELL PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN DEFINED AND PROVEN TO ACCELERATE REAL FAILURE MECHANISMS. A SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING CAPABILITY TO PROJECT MEMBRANE LIFETIME BASED ON LOAD-CYCLING AND ACCELERATED DATA WILL FLOW FROM THE AST DEVELOPED IN THE PROJECT. IN ADDITION TO ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTS, OBSERVED/HYPOTHESIZED FAILURE MODES WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP EX- SITU PROTOCOLS AIMED AT REPLICATING HOW MEMBRANES FAIL OPERANDO, ENABLING RAPID PROTOTYPING TO EXPEDITE SOLUTIONS. WORK WILL ALSO COMPRISE THE SIMULATION OF MEA INTEGRATION ISSUES KNOWN TO CAUSE MEMBRANE DEFORMATION/FAILURE. THESE PROTOCOLS WILL BE REVISED AS NEW MECHANICAL FAILURE DATA IS AVAILABLE."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"MOTT CORPORATION","value":10000000,"savings":9646718.77,"link":null,"description":"THE WORKPLAN IS BROKEN INTO FIVE TASKS AND THREE BUDGET PERIODS COMPRISING FOUR QUARTER-YEAR PERIODS EACH: Q1-Q4, Q5-Q8, AND Q9-Q12. PTL COATING DEVELOPMENT (TASK 1) AND PTL STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (TASK 2) WILL PROCEED IN PARALLEL TO DEVELOP COATINGS AND TO OPTIMIZE STRUCTURE, RESPECTIVELY. THE RESULTS WILL BE MERGED DOWNSTREAM INTO A DURABLE, HIGH PERFORMANCE PTL FREE OF PRECIOUS METALS AND TAILORED TO THE LOW LOADINGS AND THIN MEMBRANES REQUIRED TO REACH THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVE OF $2/KG HYDROGEN. CELL FABRICATION AND TESTING (TASK 3) PROVIDES FEEDBACK TO THE TASK 1 AND 2 TEAMS ON PROGRESS TOWARDS THE TECHNICAL MILESTONES AND DELIVERABLES. CHARACTERIZATION (TASK 4) PROVIDES STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL INSIGHTS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND AND IMPROVE PTL PERFORMANCE AND CCM COMPATIBILITY. COMMUNITY BENEFITS (TASK 5) IS COMPLEMENTARY TO THE BALANCE OF THE TECHNICAL PROGRAM THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND GENERATION OF COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND SYNERGIES IN THE CLEAN ENERGY SECTOR IN CONNECTICUT. AT THE CONCLUSION OF BUDGET PERIOD 1, THE TEAM WILL DEMONSTRATE A SUBSCALE SHORT STACK DURABILITY TEST FEATURING THE MOST PROMISING PTLS. BUDGET PERIOD 2 WILL CONCLUDE WITH DURABILITY TESTING OF THE SCALED-UP PTL TECHNOLOGY IN A COMMERCIAL CELL FORMAT. BUDGET PERIOD 3 AIMS TO MEET DOE DURABILITY TARGETS IN A MW-SCALE SHORT STACK BASED ON THE OPTIMIZED PTL COATING TECHNOLOGY."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"PAJARITO POWDER, LLC","value":9999999,"savings":9251121.44,"link":null,"description":"PAJARITO POWDER (PAJARITO) COMMERCIALLY OFFERS SMALL VOLUME DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF HIGH SURFACE AREA IROX MATERIALS INTO THE ELECTROLYZER MARKET. AS A SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, THIS BATCH PROCESS STILL SUFFERS FROM SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS, WHICH ARE RESTRICTING THE AVAILABILITY OF IROX CATALYSTS FOR WIDE-SCALE VALIDATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT OF PEMWE. TO ADDRESS THESE LIMITATIONS AND TO DERISK COMMERCIAL VIABILITY FOR PEMWE IN LINE WITH DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) COST AND PERFORMANCE TARGETS, THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN PAJARITO DOMESTICALLY PRODUCING OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION (OER) CATALYSTS AT LEVELS REQUIRED TO FURNISH ~ 25% OF THE RAPIDLY GROWING ELECTROLYZER INDUSTRY (WHILE DEMONSTRATING A SCALABLE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR 100%) AND AT A CATALYST PERFORMANCE AND MANUFACTURING COST OF <$65/G IR (NOT INCLUDING THE COST OF IR) TO FACILITATE $2/KG H2."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"ACS INDUSTRIES INC","value":9945961,"savings":9939629.27,"link":null,"description":"ACS SHALL BUILD AN ALL-IN-ONE ANODE PACK MANUFACTURING PILOT LINE INCORPORATING: 1) SINGLE-STEP DIFFUSION BONDING: DEVELOPMENT OF BONDING THE POROUS TRANSPORT LAYER (PTL), FLOW FIELD, AND BIPOLAR PLATE INTO AN ANODE PACK IN A SINGLE DIFFUSION BONDING (DB) STEP. 2) SINGLE-PASS IN-LINE PVD COATING: IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IN-LINE PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD) COATING SYSTEM CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE CHAMBERS APPLYING MULTIPLE COATINGS FOR EACH PACK. THE COATING LINE WILL COAT THE PTL SIDE WITH PLATINUM IN ONE CHAMBER, AND THE SEPARATOR SIDE WITH GOLD IN A FOLLOWING CHAMBER FOR AN OVERALL THROUGHPUT OF < 5 MINUTES PER PACK. 3) MICROEXPANDED PTL: ACS WILL DESIGN, EXPAND, STACK, DIFFUSION BOND, AND PT COAT PTLS USING MICROEXPANDED MESH AND INCORPORATE THE ACS-DESIGNED MICROEXPANDED PTL INTO ANODE PACK FABRICATION. TO ACHIEVE THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES, TASKS ARE SCHEDULED OVER 3 BUDGET PERIODS (BP1, BP2, AND BP3) OF 18 MONTHS, 18 MONTHS, AND 12 MONTHS OVER A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS. IN ADDITION TO TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES, THIS PROJECT INCLUDES COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES TO BENEFIT THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AROUND LINCOLN, RI, THE PRIMARY LOCATION OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES, AND AROUND A US-BASED ACS MANUFACTURING FACILITY."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"IONOMR INNOVATIONS INC","value":6104550,"savings":5897636.02,"link":null,"description":"THE PRIMARY PROGRAM OBJECTIVE IS TO ESTABLISH DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING CAPACITY OF A HIGH PERFORMANCE AND DURABLE ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (AEM) SOLUTION, WITH PERFORMANCE EXCEEDING INCUMBENT LIQUID ALKALINE (LA) TECHNOLOGIES, 1.0 A/CM2, WITH KOH ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATIONS REDUCED TO 1-3 M. ADDITIONALLY, RAMP RATES RIVALLING THOSE OF PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE WATER ELECTROLYSIS (PEMWE) TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE REALIZED, ENABLED BY MEMBRANES WITH GAS PERMEABILITY 1,000X LOWER THAN EXISTING MATERIALS. THE PROJECT WILL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE ANION EXCHANGE POLYMER PRODUCTION OF ROUGHLY 0.4 GW/YEAR AND AEM PRODUCTION RATE OF 1 GW/YR, WITH ECONOMICS & PROCESS DEMONSTRATED FOR 10-GW/YR CAPACITY."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"HIGHT-TECH, INC","value":6699894,"savings":6443802.63,"link":null,"description":"ULTRAFAST HIGH-TEMPERATURE SINTERING (UHS) FOR CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURING OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE OXYGEN CONDUCTING SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS CELLS A. PROJECT OBJECTIVES THIS PROPOSED PROJECT WILL APPLY THE ULTRAFAST HIGH-TEMPERATURE SINTERING (UHS) PROCESS TO RAPIDLY SINTER SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYZER CELLS (SOECS), WHICH COULD REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE BOTTLENECKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LONG HEATING STEPS IN THE CONVENTIONAL PROCESS. THE PROJECT WILL EXPAND OUR ONGOING COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO DEVELOP A RAPID, LOW-COST, CONTINUOUS UHS-SOEC PROCESS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE SINTERING OF LARGE SOECS AND ADVANCE THE TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL) FROM 3 TO TRL 6 FOR FUTURE SCALED MANUFACTURING. WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE H2NEW TEAM TO DEMONSTRATE A THREE-CELL UHS-SOEC SHORT STACK."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE","value":4673728,"savings":3416631.06,"link":null,"description":"THE TEAM WILL CO-DESIGN CATALYST, IONOMER, AND INTERFACE FOR ELECTROLYTE-FREE OPERATION OF DURABLE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE ALKALINE EXCHANGE MEMBRANE WATER ELECTROLYZERS (AEMWES). THE PROJECT IS BUILT ON A BASIC-SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING OF OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION (OER) CATALYSTS AND THEIR DYNAMICS UNDER OPERATION, THE DEGRADATION MODES DOMINATING FAILURE IN AEMWE, AND A SUCCESSFUL IONOMER SYNTHESIS PLATFORM."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"WL GORE & ASSOCIATES INC","value":4779120,"savings":4546392.64,"link":null,"description":"THE OVERALL PROJECT GOAL IS TO ADVANCE GORE’S ULTRA-THIN DIAPHRAGMS FROM TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL) 3 TO TRL 5 IN SERVICE OF TWO PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: 1) TO MEET OR EXCEED DOE’S NEXT-GENERATION LIQUID ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYZER (LAWE) PERFORMANCE TARGETS (2 A/CM2 AT = 1.7 V WITH = 2.1 MV/KH DEGRADATION) BY OPTIMIZING ULTRA-THIN DIAPHRAGMS AND PAIRING THEM WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART ELECTRODES, AND 2) TO DE-RISK THE ULTRA-THIN DIAPHRAGMS FOR SCALE-UP AT GORE TO ESTABLISH A DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN OF ADVANCED LAWE SEPARATORS. EXPECTED OUTCOMES ARE: • PILOT-SCALE ROLLS OF ULTRA-THIN DIAPHRAGMS WITH OPTIMIZED STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION, • DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF DIAPHRAGM PROPERTY-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS, • DATA FROM SINGLE CELLS AND A SMALL STACK DEMONSTRATING THAT DOE TARGETS HAVE BEEN MET, • A TECHNOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NEW DIAPHRAGMS ON LAWE STACK CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS, • COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG INDUSTRY LEADERS TO COMMERCIALIZE NEW LAWE TECHNOLOGY, AND • A MORE DIVERSE AND WELL-TRAINED WORKFORCE, MORE CAPABLE FACILITIES, AND MORE INVOLVED COMMUNITY"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC","value":4900000,"savings":4382049.36,"link":null,"description":"THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO: (I) DEMONSTRATE AN OPTIMAL ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE(AEM) CONFIGURATION AND MODE OF OPERATION THAT WILL ACHIEVE DOE GOALS OF 2.0 A/CM2 OPERATION AT <1.8 V WITH DEGRADATION RATE OF <4 MV/KHR AT A SCALE OF 90 CM2; AND (II) CONDUCT A TECHNO\u0002ECONOMIC ANALYSIS SHOWING HOW THESE RESULTS WILL MEET A HYDROGEN PRODUCTION COST <$2/KGH2. MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY FOR CELL STACK COMPONENTS, SYSTEM OPERATION, AND ASSEMBLING NEW MATERIALS INTO A CELL STACK HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED THROUGH PREVIOUS COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN ORION AND NEL. WE PROPOSE TO EXTEND THESE ACHIEVEMENTS WITHIN THIS PROJECT BY ADDING CHARACTERIZATION CAPABILITY AND MANUFACTURING EXPERTISE TO PRODUCE CONSISTENT AND ROBUST FILMS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY","value":2460076,"savings":2307146.02,"link":null,"description":"THE DOE’S GOAL OF REDUCING THE IRIDIUM (IR) LOADING TO BELOW 0.125 MG IR/CM2 CAN POTENTIALLY BE ACHIEVED BY STABILIZING THE HIGHLY ACTIVE CATALYTIC IR SITES IN ACID-STABLE METAL OXIDES AND INCREASING THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF CATALYST SUPPORTS THROUGH DOPING. MOREOVER, SCALABLE, AND ECONOMICAL INTEGRATION METHODS OF THOSE MATERIALS INTO MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS NEED TO BE DEVELOPED."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"PLUG POWER INC","value":3787483,"savings":3598134.35,"link":null,"description":"THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO DESIGN A HYDROCARBON (HC) PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) THAT CAN MITIGATE THE HIGH H2 GAS CROSSOVER ISSUE IN ELECTROLYZER (ELX) APPLICATIONS AIMING TO USE THINNER MEMBRANES TO IMPROVE THE PEM ELX EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE/ELIMINATE FLUORINE IN PEM. T"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY","value":4998365,"savings":4328199.97,"link":null,"description":"THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE IS TO FABRICATE AND ELECTROCHEMICALLY EVALUATE BUTTON CELLS AND 100 CM2 CELLS THAT MEET AND EXCEED DOE TARGETS (CURRENT DENSITIES IN EXCESS OF 1.2 A/CM2 AT CELL VOLTAGES OF 1.28 V AND OPERATING TEMPERATURE OF 750OC AND DEGRADATION RATE BELOW OF NO MORE THAN 0.5%/KHH) USING AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL: 1) BUILD NEXT GENERATION OXYGEN ELECTRODES WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE AND MINIMAL DEGRADATION FEATURING RARE-EARTH NICKELATE R-P PHASES, 2) IMPLEMENT OXYGEN AND FUEL ELECTRODE INFILTRATION STRATEGIES TO LOWER POLARIZATION RESISTANCE AND SUPPRESS CELL DEGRADATION, 3) IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE BARRIER-LESS CELLS THROUGH A COMBINATION OF ALTERNATE ELECTRODE SCAFFOLDINGS, INFILTRATION, AND MODIFIED PROCESS CONDITIONS 4) REVERSE CELL DEGRADATION BY OPERATING CELL FOR SHORT DURATIONS IN SOFC MODE, 5) APPLY BUTTON CELL ADVANCEMENTS TO 100 CM2 CELLS, AND TEST THEM, 6) BUILD AND TEST A SHORT STACK BASED ON THE 100 CM2 CELLS, AND 7) IMPLEMENT THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT PLANS, 8) PRESENT OUR RESEARCH RESULTS AT ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY AND TMS PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEETINGS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"ECOLECTRO INC","value":3600000,"savings":3137978.61,"link":null,"description":"BIL-ALKALINE STABLE ORGANIC CATIONS INCORPORATED INTO RIGID POLYMER BACKBONES FOR ENHANCED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THIN FILMS"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES","value":3011242,"savings":2470827.33,"link":null,"description":"THE OVERARCHING PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE TO: •ADVANCE THE TRL OF P-SOECS FROM 3 TO 5, CONSIDERING NEW MATERIALS (ELECTROLYTE AND STEAM ELECTRODE) AND CELL ARCHITECTURES, •DEMONSTRATE THE ADVANTAGES OF P-SOECS COMPARED TO OTHER ELECTROLYSIS APPROACHES, •DEVELOP SCALABLE DESIGNS TO ENABLE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT, •ASSESS THE IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT FROM A SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVE."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS","value":36525625,"savings":35932961.11,"link":null,"description":"THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS (AICHE) WILL LEAD A CONSORTIUM THAT INCLUDES INDUSTRY LEADING FUEL CELL/ELECTROLYZER/CATALYST/IONOMER/ANALYSIS INDUSTRY PARTNERS, NATIONAL LABORATORIES, AND UNIVERSITIES. THE EFFORT WILL DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY RELEVANT TO CIRCULAR RECYCLING FOR THE H2 ECONOMY (H2CIRC) TO ADDRESS END-OF-LIFE (EOL) AND CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUEL CELLS AND ELECTROLYZERS (FC/EL) WITH THE GOAL OF SUSTAINABLY RECOVERING AND RECYCLING CATALYSTS, MEMBRANES, IONOMERS, CARBON, AND OTHER COMPONENTS AS DEPICTED IN FIGURE A.1, WITH THE RECOVERY GOALS LISTED IN TABLE A.1. THE RECOVERY OF THESE MATERIALS IS CRITICAL, AND IT MUST BE PERFORMED IN A MANNER THAT LIMITS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (GHG) AND OTHER HARMFUL POLLUTANTS, OTHERWISE THE BENEFITS OF THE H2 ECONOMY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE DEVELOPING THE TECHNOLOGY CRITICAL FOR PEM FC/EL RECYCLABILITY, THE CONSORTIUM WILL INTEGRATE KEY OVERARCHING EFFORTS IN DIVERSITY/INCLUSION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT/TRAINING, TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (TEA), AND LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA), AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE OUTER RING OF FIGURE A.1. H2CIRC BRINGS TOGETHER A STRONG TEAM OF EXPERTS FROM INDUSTRY, NATIONAL LABS, AND ACADEMIA WITH DEEP TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE IN LOW-TEMPERATURE PEM FC/ELS. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 16 MEMBERS, INCLUDING 8 INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS, 4 UNIVERSITIES, 3 NATIONAL LABS, AND ONE NON-PROFIT. THE BREADTH AND EXPERTISE OF THESE PARTNERS ENABLES MEMBERSHIP TO SPAN THE ENTIRE VALUE CHAIN OF PEM FC/ELS, BUSINESS SIZE (INCLUDING SMALL/MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES, SMES), AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS. THE COLLABORATIVE STRENGTHS OF THE TEAM AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRITICAL MATERIAL NEEDS/QUALITIES WILL ALLOW THE H2CIRC CONSORTIUM TO DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIRCULAR RECYCLING TO ADDRESS EOL AND SUPPLY CHALLENGES WITH THE GOAL TO SUSTAINABLY RECOVER AND RECYCLE CATALYSTS, IONOMERS, AND OTHER COMPONENTS FOR SECOND USE OR REMANUFACTURE. ADDITIONALLY, COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM AS IT WILL HELP TO ATTRACT AND DEVELOP/EDUCATE A WORKFORCE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC AS TO ITS IMPORTANCE. THE CONSORTIUM RECOVERY AND REUSE GOALS FOR EACH MEA COMPONENT ARE 95% FOR IR, 99% FOR PT, 75% FOR THE IONOMER, AND 70% FOR CARBON. TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS THE CONSORTIUM WILL PURSUE FOUR INDEPENDENT MEA RECYCLE PATHWAYS THAT WILL MINIMIZE RISK, DEVELOP ROBUST RECYCLING OPTIONS, AND ALLOW THE MEMBERS TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN IP. CRITICALLY, THE RECYCLING PATHWAYS AIM TO DEVELOP A PROCESS THAT MAINTAINS THE HIGH LEVELS OF RECOVERY OF THE METALS, BUT ALSO ALLOWS THE IONOMER TO BE RECYCLED/RE-USED WITH CARBON RECOVERY GOALS BEING TERTIARY. TO BE INDUSTRIALLY RELEVANT, THE METHODS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE RECYCLE STREAM MUST BE SCALABLE SUCH THAT THE SPEED OF RECYCLING CAN OCCUR AT RATES COMMENSURATE WITH MANUFACTURING. TO ACHIEVE THIS RATE, IT IS NECESSARY TO ALSO DEVELOP A DISASSEMBLY PROCESS THAT IS EXPEDIENT, AND CONSEQUENTLY, A ROBOTIC/AUTOMATED DISASSEMBLY APPROACH WILL BE PURSUED THAT WILL BE BROADLY USEFUL ACROSS INDUSTRY. FINALLY, THE CONSORTIUM AIMS TO MINIMIZE GHG EMISSIONS BY INVESTIGATING GREEN PATHWAYS, AND THUS TEA AND LCA WILL BE DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT. THIS EFFORT IS NOT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"BALLARD US INC.","value":29800000,"savings":29463878,"link":null,"description":"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 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S (USDOE) HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY OFFICE (HFTO) 2026 PRODUCTION AND COST TARGETS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"PLUG POWER INC","value":28195948,"savings":26631052.61,"link":null,"description":"THE PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE A PRODUCTION PATHWAY TO MEET THE PROJECTED STACK COST OF $40/KW FOR 100,000 HEAVY DUTY STACKS PER YEAR. TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES, THE TEAM WILL MANUFACTURE A HIGH-PERFORMANCE MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY THAT MEETS THE PROGRAM GOALS OF 2.5 KW/GPGM POWER AT 1.07 A CM-2 AND 0.7 V AFTER 25,000 HOURS OF OPERATION. THE STACKS WILL BE MANUFACTURED ON AN INTEGRATED SINGLE LINE TO MEET THE SPEED OF 20,000 STACKS PER YEAR AT THE TARGET RATES SHOWN IN TABLE 1. THE PRESENT GIGAFACTORY IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING 24/7 WITH THREE 8-HOUR SHIFTS. TO MEET THE FINAL PROGRAM GOALS, 6 STACKS PER HOUR MAY BE CARRIED OUT IN 6 PARALLEL PIECES OF TEST EQUIPMENT. PLUG PRESENTLY OWNS 3 TEST STATIONS THAT CAN BE USED FOR BREAK IN, AND THE RESULTS WILL BE EXTRAPOLATED TO ASSUME THE PURCHASE OF 3 MORE STATIONS AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM. A KEY METRIC FOR THE PROGRAM TASK IS OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS (OEE)"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"NUVERA FUEL CELLS LLC","value":29976242,"savings":29976242,"link":null,"description":"THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE STACK ASSEMBLY LINE CAPABILITIES OF 20,000 STACKS PER YEAR EQUATING TO 6 STACKS PER HOUR PRODUCED WITH SCALABILITY OF THE SYSTEM AND SUPPORTING PROCESSES ACCOUNTED FOR. SCALABILITY DEMONSTRATION WILL BE FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING PROCESSES CAPABLE OF 2,000 STACKS PER YEAR MINIMUM WHILE ESTABLISHING PROCESS PATHWAYS TO HIGH VOLUME SUPPORT."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"IONOMR INNOVATIONS INC","value":4969022,"savings":4800384.82,"link":null,"description":"THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ESTABLISH AND IMPROVE US-BASED MANUFACTURING CAPACITY OF PEMION® NON-PFSA IONOMERS AND MEMBRANES, VALIDATE SCALABILITY, AND INCREASE PRODUCTION VOLUME. THE 2ND GOAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE A FULLY PFSA-FREE CATALYST COATED MEMBRANE (CCM) USING PILOT OR PRODUCTION SCALE EQUIPMENT. THIS CCM AIMS TO MEET THE DOE TARGETS FOR PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY AS OUTLINED IN SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS. TO DO THIS THE TEAM WILL: • ESTABLISH A US-BASED PRODUCTION FACILITY (IONOMR). • OPTIMIZE IONOMER AND MEMBRANE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES TO INCREASE CAPACITY (IONOMR). • FABRICATE A FLUORINE-FREE REINFORCED MEMBRANE (IONOMR AND SUB-RECIPIENTS). • DEVELOP FLUORINE-FREE CATALYST LAYERS AND INCREASE UNDERSTANDING THEREOF (SUB-RECIPIENTS). • FABRICATE HIGH QUALITY, PFSA-FREE CCMS USING SCALABLE METHODS AND EQUIPMENT (SUB-RECIPIENTS). • VALIDATE PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY IN INDUSTRY-RELEVANT SHORT AND FULL STACK FC TESTS (SUB-RECIPIENT). A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF PFSA-FREE CCM FORMULATION-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS WILL ENABLE UTILIZATION OF PEMION® AS BOTH MEMBRANE AND IONOMER IN THE CATALYST LAYERS, DOUBLING ITS UTILITY AND THE BENEFITS OF THE MFG. SCALE UP ACTIVITIES. IONOMR POSSESSES CONSIDERABLE INTERNAL KNOWLEDGE ON SYNTHESIS AND SCALE-UP OF ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS AND WILL COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL INDUSTRY EXPERTS UTILIZING PRE-EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCELERATE THIS GROWTH THROUGH THE VALIDATION AND REPEATABLE MANUFACTURING OF PEMION®. THE ROCHESTER, NY AND BOSTON, MA AREA IS HOME TO INDUSTRY WITH A SKILLED WORKFORCE AND DEEP HISTORY IN MEMBRANE AND POLYMER MANUFACTURING. COLLABORATION WITH THIS INDUSTRY WILL HELP ENABLE THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"BALLARD US INC.","value":10000000,"savings":9877125.81,"link":null,"description":"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), ATTAINING A MANUFACTURING CAPACITY TARGET OF 8M BPP/YEAR OR 20,000 STACKS PER YEAR EQUIVALENT BY THE END OF 2029. FURTHERMORE, BALLARD WILL DEMONSTRATE THE POTENTIAL TO MEET USDOE’S 2030 BPP COST GOAL OF $5/KW, WITH PREDICTED 25,000 HOURS DURABILITY."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"CABOT CORP","value":5437559,"savings":5141087.97,"link":null,"description":"BIL-SCALABLE, INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR NOVEL CARBON SUPPORTS FOR METAL CATALYSTS FOR MDV/HDV PEM FUEL CELLS PROJECT OBJECTIVES: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A SCALABLE AND INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS TO PRODUCE CARBON CATALYST SUPPORTS FOR THE OXYGEN REDUCTION CATHODE, WHICH CAN ENABLE HIGH CATALYST UTILIZATION AND ENHANCED DURABILITY AT LOW COST IN MEDIUM-DUTY VEHICLE/HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (MDV/HDV PEMFCS)."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"PAJARITO POWDER LLC","value":8450000,"savings":7436411.58,"link":null,"description":"THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ACCELERATE THE DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING OF PAJARITO POWDER’S (PAJARITO) DURABLE ENGINEERED CATALYST SUPPORT (ECS) MATERIALS AND SUPPORTED PT (PT/ECS) AND PT ALLOY-BASED CATALYSTS (PTX/ECS WHERE X = NI OR CO) FROM 30 G/DAY TO 4 KG/DAY WITH THE NEEDED DURABILITY, QUALITY, AND RELIABILITY TO FACILITATE THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S (DOE) PRODUCTION TARGET OF 20,000 STACKS PER YEAR. THIS PROJECT WILL ADVANCE THE TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL OF ECS AND PTX/ECS PRODUCTION FROM 4 ¿ 8. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL DELIVER AN IMPROVED PRODUCTION PROCESS THAT ENHANCES SUSTAINABILITY OF AND REDUCES THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF PAJARITO’S MANUFACTURING PROCESS WHILE KEEPING THE RESULTING CATALYSTS COST COMPETITIVE. AT PRODUCTION SCALE, PAJARITO’S SUPPORT AND CATALYST COSTS (NOT INCLUDING PLATINUM GROUP METAL (PGM) COSTS) WILL BE REDUCED BY > 90%, ENABLING GREATER MARKET ADOPTION. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE TO 24 UP-AND-COMING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) STUDENTS. THE TEAM WILL SCALE ECS TO 2 KG/DAY AND PTX/ECS TO 4 KG/DAY AND PRODUCE RELIABLE, DURABLE, CONSISTENT CATALYSTS; INNOVATE ECS AND CATALYST CHARACTERISTICS TO FURTHER ENHANCE PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY; AND IMPROVE MANUFACTURING SUSTAINABILITY AND COST."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"MATERIC LLC","value":9250000,"savings":8944137.8,"link":null,"description":"SPIN INTO POWER’S OVERALL GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH AND SCALE A NEW PRODUCTION SUPPLY CHAIN FOR AMERICAN-MADE ELECTROSPUN GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS (EGDLS) CAPABLE OF MEETING 10% OF THE DOE’S FUEL CELL STACK COMPONENT PRODUCTION TARGETS. THIS PRODUCTION ROUTE WILL DEMONSTRATE FEASIBILITY AND ACT AS A ROADMAP TO MEET THE DOE’S ESTIMATED TOTAL NEEDED VOLUME FOR HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS – 650,000 M2 OF GDL MATERIAL. MATERIC’S EGDLS WILL BE VALIDATED FOR SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION INTO PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFCS) AND ASSESSED FOR POTENTIAL TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. MATERIC WILL ALSO HIRE AND TRAIN 8+ RESIDENTS FROM WEST BALTIMORE (A DOE JUSTICE40 “DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY”) FOR SKILLED POSITIONS IN MATERIALS PRODUCTION AND WILL ENGAGE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IN LONG-TERM PLANNING, TO ENSURE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESSIBILITY (DEIA) CONSIDERATIONS ARE INCORPORATED THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT AND BEYOND (PER OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLAN, CBP)."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"AVCARB, LLC","value":10000000,"savings":9742649.49,"link":null,"description":"THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO ESTABLISH A DOMESTIC, VERTICALLY INTEGRATED WET-LAID NONWOVEN PRODUCTION CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE AT LEAST 650,000 M2 OF CARBON VEIL SUBSTRATES PER YEAR USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF GAS DIFFUSION MEDIA FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION DEVICES. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO DOMESTIC SOURCE FOR THESE WET-LAID NONWOVEN CARBON PAPERS, WHICH IMPACTS THE SECURITY OF SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC PRODUCTION AND INCREASES BOTH THE COST OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING AND THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF THE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION PROCESS DUE TO TRANSPORTATION. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THESE KEY AREAS OF CONCERN BY ESTABLISHING A DOMESTIC PRODUCTION SOURCE FOR THESE WET-LAID NONWOVEN PAPERS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CHARACTERIZING THE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPERS AND INVESTIGATING METHODS TO IMPROVE UNIFORMITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE GAS DIFFUSION LAYER (GDL) PRODUCTS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"MACALESTER COLLEGE","value":1770043,"savings":1442769.87,"link":null,"description":"THE COLLECTED PROJECT: TO ADDRESS FEDERAL CONSORTIUM FOR ADVANCED BATTERIES GOALS BY DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A BATTERY SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY STORAGE EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PLATFORM THAT TARGETS MINNESOTA AND EXTENDS TO OTHER STATES. TO CHANGE BATTERY RECYCLING BEHAVIOR USING THREE PUBLICLY FACING PRONGS THAT ARE SCALABLE AND REPLICABLE: A PERMANENT AND A TRAVELING PUBLIC EXHIBIT, A RECHARGE ACADEMY AND STORYMAP."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"ELECTRONIC RECYCLERS INTERNATIONAL INC.","value":4549008,"savings":4136765.07,"link":null,"description":"BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION (BIL) EXPANDING CONSUMER PARTICIPATION IN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BATTERY RECYCLING PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP A WEB-BASED EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM THAT WILL PROVIDE REGIONAL GUIDANCE FOR BOTH CONSUMERS AND COLLECTORS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING ELECTRONICS, GUIDANCE ON DATA SECURITY, PROPER PACKAGING SAFETY, REGULATORY LABELING, REPORTING, AND FINDING LOCAL SITES TO RECYCLE ELECTRONICS; AND INCREASE PARTICIPATION ON THE PLATFORM THROUGH A NATIONAL MULTILINGUAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN UTILIZING DIGITAL AND VIDEO ADS, UTILITY BILL INSERTS, PHYSICAL BILLBOARDS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"AMP ROBOTICS CORPORATION","value":5930148,"savings":5448456.51,"link":null,"description":"BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) DEMONSTRATING THE TECHNO-ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF AUTOMATED CHARACTERIZATION AND SORTING OF BATTERIES WITHIN E-WASTE THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE AUTOMATED SORTING TECHNIQUES CAPABLE OF A GREATER THAN 25 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT IN TOTAL DOLLARS PER TON TO PREPROCESS BATTERIES BY CHEMISTRY. THE TEAM WILL ACHIEVE THIS BY CREATING A SORTING PROTOTYPE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AN AUTOMATION PLATFORM."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"EXPOST TECHNOLOGY, INC.","value":7200000,"savings":6340714.99,"link":null,"description":"BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION (BIL) - SHREDDING AND ELECTROLYTE REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BATTERY TRANSPORTATION AND RECYCLING. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMICS OF RECYCLING CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BATTERIES SUFFICIENTLY TO GENERATE A GREATER MARKET DEMAND FOR RECYCLING THESE BATTERIES. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THE RECIPIENT WILL DEVELOP AN ADVANCED MACHINERY SYSTEM FOR PRE-PROCESSING CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AND BATTERIES."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY","value":2390420,"savings":2071078.34,"link":null,"description":"PLANNING TOOLS FOR MANAGING UNCERTAINTIES IN FUTURE POWER GRIDS"},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"UBIQUITY SOLAR SI-PV DIVISION INC.","value":11185974,"savings":11185974,"link":null,"description":"BIL SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON INGOT GROWTH USING CONTINUOUS CZOCHRALSKI METHOD: THE PROJECT GOAL IS TO COMMERCIALIZE A U.S. SUPPLY OF 300 MM DIAMETER HIGH-QUALITY SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON INGOT FOR THE SI PV INDUSTRY. DEMONSTRATION OF THIS OBJECTIVE WILL BE TO CONSTRUCT A PILOT MANUFACTURING FACILITY UTILIZING THE CONTINUOUS CZOCHRALSKI (CCZ) AND EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF THE SI WAFERS AND PROCESS. THE EXPECTED PROJECT OUTCOME IS TO SECURE A ROBUST DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY WITH EQUAL OR GREATER QUALITY AS COMPARED TO THE CURRENT PV CRYSTAL PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM ASIA."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"GAF ENERGY LLC","value":1299988,"savings":1299988,"link":null,"description":"THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE BANKABILITY OF ROOF-INTEGRATED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) SHINGLE SYSTEMS BY REDUCING THE MARGINS OF UNCERTAINTY OF EXISTING THERMAL AND ENERGY PRODUCTION MODELS. ROOF-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) SHINGLES, ALSO REFERRED TO AS “SOLAR ROOFS”—WHERE THE PV MODULE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WEATHERPROOFING ENVELOPE OF THE BUILDING—BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION TECHNOLOGY AND TRADITIONAL ROOFING METHODS AND MATERIALS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"CUBICPV INC.","value":5400000,"savings":4362252.15,"link":null,"description":"THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF DURABILITY, SCALABILITY, AND EFFICIENCY IN PEROVSKITE-SILICON TANDEM MODULES BY IMPROVING PEROVSKITE INK PURITY, BURIED INTERFACES, AND DEFECTIVE SURFACE ENGINEERING, AS WELL AS OPTIMIZING LIGHT MANAGEMENT AND PACKAGING DESIGN FOR TANDEMS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"TANDEM PV, INC.","value":5197852,"savings":4372400.77,"link":null,"description":"THIS PROJECT IS DIRECTED AT IDENTIFYING, TESTING, AND IMPLEMENTING WITHIN 2 YEARS ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT (UV)+TEMPERATURE TOLERANT MATERIALS AND CELL STACK DESIGNS FOR 27% MECHANICALLY-STACKED PEROVSKITE+SILICON HYBRID TANDEM PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) MODULES WITH =300 CM2 APERTURE AREAS THAT PASS IEC 61215 MODULE QUALITY TEST (MQT) 10, 11, 13, AND 21 AND ISOS-L-2 AND EXHIBIT <3% RELATIVE POWER LOSS AFTER 6 MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS OUTDOOR OPERATION."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"SWIFT SOLAR INC","value":6400000,"savings":6031400.35,"link":null,"description":"1. ACHIEVE 27%-EFFICIENT > 500 CM2 APERTURE AREA TANDEM MINIMODULES AFTER 6 MONTHS OF OUTDOOR TESTING IN 3 CLIMATE ZONES MADE BY HIGH-THROUGHPUT-COMPATIBLE (AT LEAST 1 M6 WAFER PER MINUTE) PEROVSKITE VAPOR DEPOSITION. 2. ACHIEVE AT MOST 10% RELATIVE PCE LOSS ON ACCELERATED TESTS THAT UTILIZE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION (IEC) 61215 MQT10, 11, 13, AND 21 TESTS ON DAMP HEAT, THERMAL CYCLING, ULTRAVIOLET (UV) EXPOSURE, AND POTENTIAL INDUCED DEGRADATION (PID) FOR AT LEAST 15 MINIMODULES. 3. DEVELOP SCALABLE AND HIGH-THROUGHPUT-COMPATIBLE PASSIVATION THAT CAN ACHIEVE >29% TANDEM SOLAR CELLS ON >160CM2 APERTURE AREAS 4. DEVELOP A FINITE ELEMENT MODEL FOR THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPLETE MINIMODULES INCLUDING CELL STACK, INTERCONNECTS, AND ENCAPSULATION THAT CAN IDENTIFY STRESS CONCENTRATIONS AND PREDICT FAILURE POINTS. 5. SEND MODULES FOR OUTDOOR TESTING AT PACT THAT HAVE < 3% RELATIVE LOSS OVER 6 MONTHS."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY","value":1988090,"savings":1988090,"link":null,"description":"THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION ANTICIPATES LARGE-SCALE SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS TO GROW BY ANOTHER 81,284 MW OVER THE NEXT 3 YEARS, BUT COMMUNITY OPPOSITION HAS INCREASED, WITH NEW LOCAL POLICIES RESTRICTING SOLAR DEVELOPMENTS. OVER THE PAST DECADE, OVER 550 UTILITY-SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS WERE BLOCKED OR DELAYED ACROSS 28 STATES. LSS SITING DECISIONS FACE WELL-FOUNDED COMMUNITY CONCERNS DUE TO LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN LOCAL PLANNING, DISTRUST STEMMING FROM HISTORICAL INJUSTICES, MISINFORMATION AND UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE IMPACTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS, AND LIMITED EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY AND ENSURE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE WHETHER A REIMAGINED APPROACH TO COMMUNITY BENEFIT MECHANISMS (CBMS) MAY OFFER SCALABLE POTENTIAL TO ADDRESS MANY OF THESE CHALLENGES AND MAY BE MORE FEASIBLE IN PRACTICE THAN DEVELOPERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS PERCEIVE THEM TO BE. IN PARTICULAR, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL • IDENTIFY FEATURES OF CBMS (E.G., COMPENSATION MECHANISMS, OWNERSHIP MODELS) THAT HAVE THE LARGEST IMPACT ON US COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE OF LSS AND THE PROCESSES BY WHICH THEY WORK, INCLUDING PERCEIVED EQUITY AND JUSTICE • IDENTIFY THE PROCESSES FOR COPRODUCING CBMS WITH COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE LARGEST IMPACT ON US COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE OF LSS, FOSTER DIALOGUE WITHIN AND ACROSS LSS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AND CREATE MORE EQUITABLE SITING AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT PRACTICES • DELIVER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENCES IN LOCAL CONDITIONS ON THE IMPACT OF CBM FEATURES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT PROCESSES OF COPRODUCING THEM • DEVELOP A PROCESS TO BRING DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS INTO CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE FOR THE COPRODUCTION OF CBMS EACH OF THESE PROJECT GOALS WILL BE DESIGNED WITH A FOCUS ON DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION (DEI) CONSIDERATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY ENSURING ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION OF UNREPRESENTED MINORITIES ON THE PROJECT TEAM, TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD (TAB), AND WORKSHOP/INTERVIEW/SURVEY PARTICIPANTS, AND BY BUILDING EQUITY AND JUSTICE CONSIDERATIONS INTO THE EVALUATION AND DESIGN OF CBMS AND STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE PROCESSES. KEY PROJECT OUTPUTS INCLUDE SEVERAL STAKEHOLDER-DIRECTED FACT SHEETS AND ACADEMIC PAPERS. THESE WILL SUMMARIZE THE RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF MULTIPLE RESEARCH STREAMS. THESE RESULTS WILL SPEAK TO THE FEASIBILITY OF A REIMAGINATION OF SITING PROCESSES AND CBM CONTENTS AND OF NEGOTIATIONS THAT RESPECT CONTEXT-SPECIFIC FACTORS AND SOCIOECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DYNAMICS THAT DRIVE LSS OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT. THE FACT SHEETS AND PAPERS WILL ALSO DESCRIBE CONCRETE WAYS 1) TO CREATE AND ENSURE A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF LSS SITING AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS, COSTS, AND COMPENSATION, 2) TO BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY FOR PLANNING, ASSESSMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND 3) TO CREATE SOCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, AND MATERIAL INFRASTRUCTURES THAT BUILDS TRUST AND COHESION."},{"date":"10/2/2025","agency":"Department of Energy","recipient":"ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC","value":5979459,"savings":5979459,"link":null,"description":"THIS PROJECT AIMS TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) CIRCULARITY ACROSS THE VALUE CHAIN THROUGH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS."}]},"meta":{"total_results":15887,"pages":159}}