The purpose of this Notice is to provide potential
applicants advance notice that the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO), on
behalf of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE),
intends to issue a FOA titled "Clean Energy Supply Chain and Manufacturing
Competitiveness Analysis for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies"
(DE-FOA-0000854).
This Notice is issued so that interested parties are
aware of the EERE’s intention to issue this FOA in the near term. All of the
information contained in this Notice is subject to change. EERE may issue a FOA
as described herein, may issue a FOA that is significantly different than the
FOA described herein, or DOE may not issue a FOA at all.
NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THIS
NOTICE. Please do not submit questions or respond to this Notice of Intent.
Prospective applicants to the FOA should begin developing partnerships,
formulating ideas, and gathering data in anticipation of the issuance of this
FOA. It is anticipated that this FOA will be posted to EERE eXCHANGE in May
2014.