The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office, a Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies
Research, Development, and Demonstrations”.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will cover a broad spectrum
of the FCTO portfolio with topics ranging from research and development
(R&D) to demonstration and deployment projects. In particular, the R&D areas of interest
for this FOA include hydrogen production via microbial biomass conversion; low
PGM catalyst development for PEM fuel cell applications; development of an
integrated intelligent hydrogen dispenser; and fuel cell and hydrogen
manufacturing R&D focusing on hydrogen delivery pipeline manufacturing
R&D. This FOA also includes
demonstration topic areas that will help to accelerate adoption of hydrogen and
fuel cell technologies with specific interest in mobile hydrogen refuelers,
fuel cell powered range extenders for light duty hybrid electric vehicles, and
a Communities of Excellence topic featuring hydrogen and fuel cell
technologies.
The FOA will include two general Areas of Interest each
with several Subtopics:
Area of Interest 1: Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies
Research and Development (R&D)
1a. Hydrogen Production R&D: Microbial Biomass
Conversion.
1b. Fuel Cell Technologies R&D: Low Platinum Group
Metal Catalysts and Supports.
1c. Hydrogen Delivery R&D: Integrated Intelligent
Hydrogen Dispensers for 700 bar Gaseous Refueling of Fuel Cell Electric
Vehicles.
1d. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Manufacturing R&D:
Hydrogen Delivery Pipeline Manufacturing.
Area of Interest 2: Demonstration and Deployments to
Enable Early Adoption of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies.
2a. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Validation: Mobile
Refueling.
2b. Market Transformation: Demonstration and Deployment
of Plug-In Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Light- Duty Vehicle.
2c. FCTO Crosscutting: America’s Climate Communities of
Excellence.
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 will not
respond to questions concerning this Notice. This is a Notice of Intent (NOI)
only. 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.
Once the FOA has been released, EERE will provide an
avenue for potential Applicants to submit questions. 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 February
2015.