DOE awards $42M to 22 projects to advance clean hydrogen

Published on May 24, 2023 by Dave Kovaleski


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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will award $42 million in funding for 22 projects in 14 states to advance technologies for deploying clean hydrogen.

The 22 projects will develop technologies for solar fuels, hydrogen storage technologies, lower the costs of hydrogen fuel cells for medium- and heavy-duty transportation applications, and improve hydrogen-emissions detection and monitoring.

The projects will be managed by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO). Further, they will advance DOE’s Hydrogen Shot goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen to 1 dollar per 1 kilogram in 1 decade (“1-1-1”).

“Today’s investments are a bold step in addressing some of our hardest to decarbonize sectors — heavy transportation and industry — by working directly with states and tribes to make hydrogen an available clean energy source,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said. “Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, these bold investments are ensuring the U.S. leads the way in hydrogen technology and other clean energy solutions.”

Among those awarded were Arizona State University, California Institute of Technology, Yale University, Saint-Gobain, University of Hawaii at Manoa, General Electric, SUNY Buffalo, Iowa State University, University of Toledo, and General Motors, to name a few.

“I am so excited that Yale was awarded $1.25 million to advance the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Shot goals,” U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, said. “Improving hydrogen technology and the growing use of hydrogen — where Connecticut is leading the charge — will lead to the creation of well-paying engineering, manufacturing, sales, and service jobs – building a new energy economy that will lead us to a brighter future both in our state and across the nation.”

The DOE also awarded $17.8 million to establish a new North American university research consortium that will help states and tribal communities implement grid resilience programs and achieve decarbonization goals. Stanford University was selected to establish and lead a regionally diverse consortium of universities to decarbonize and improve the resiliency of the electric power system.