Modification 0001: The purposes of this modification are to:
1. Direct applicants to EERE Exchange to access a summary slide template. FOA document further defines the information that is required in the summary slides.
2. Update the Topic Area Description related to PEM electrolyzers. See highlighted section in FOA document.
3. Clarify the timeline for announcing encourage/discourage decisions.
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) is issuing this Lab Call. HFTO conducts comprehensive efforts to overcome the technological, economic, and institutional challenges facing the widespread adoption and use of clean hydrogen (H2) and fuel cell technologies. To this end, HFTO, in collaboration with other Department of Energy (DOE) offices, supports a broad portfolio of projects for the production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen, along with cross-cutting topics in system development and integration, safety, codes and standards, and systems analysis. This Lab Call is part of an ‘all-hands-on-deck’ expanded initiative to reduce electrolyzer cost. These activities align with the DOE National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap and specific DOE initiatives, including the Hydrogen Shot which targets affordable clean hydrogen production at $1/kg within the decade.
Building a clean and equitable energy economy and addressing the climate crisis is a top priority of the Biden Administration. This Lab Call will advance the Biden Administration’s goals to achieve carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and to “deliver an equitable, clean energy future, and put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050” to the benefit of all Americans. The Department of Energy is committed to pushing the frontiers of science and engineering, catalyzing clean energy jobs through research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D), and ensuring environmental justice and inclusion of underserved communities.
The research and development (R&D) activities to be funded under this Lab Call will support the government-wide approach to the climate crisis by driving the innovation that can lead to the deployment of clean energy technologies, which are critical for climate protection. Specifically, this Lab Call will target cost reduction of electrolytic production of clean hydrogen through development of electrolyzer materials and components with high impact potential for multiple electrolyzer types.