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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.

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ACHIEVING NET-ZERO EMISSIONS ECONOMY-WIDE BY 2050 POSES PARTICULAR CHALLENGES FOR HARD-TO- DECARBONIZE SECTORS WHERE ELECTRIFICATION WITH CLEAN ELECTRICITY WILL BE TECHNICALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DIFFICULT. THESE SECTORS INCLUDE STEEL MANUFACTURING, MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY TRANSPORTATION, AND PRODUCTION OF CHEMICALS AND LIQUID FUELS. HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES ARE PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE PORTFOLIO OF SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, AND DOE’S H2@SCALE® VISION ILLUSTRATES THE PROMISING PATHWAYS FOR HYDROGEN TO ENABLE THE DECARBONIZATION OF MULTIPLE SECTORS. HYDROGEN IS A UNIQUE AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY CARRIER THAT CAN BE PRODUCED FROM A VARIETY OF CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCES, AND IT CAN COMPLEMENT EXISTING ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MULTIPLE END-USE APPLICATIONS. DOE RECENTLY PUBLISHED THE DRAFT DOE NATIONAL CLEAN HYDROGEN STRATEGY AND ROADMAP, WHICH WAS ALSO REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 40314 OF THE BIL, AS A NEW SECTION 814 OF EPACT 2005. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A TECHNOLOGICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE NATIONAL STRATEGY AND ROADMAP TO FACILITATE WIDESPREAD AND LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND USE OF CLEAN HYDROGEN, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE H2@SCALE® VISION. THE STRATEGY AND ROADMAP OUTLINES STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES TO PRODUCE 10 MILLION METRIC TONS (MMT) OF CLEAN HYDROGEN IN THE UNITED STATES ANNUALLY BY 2030, 20 MMT PER YEAR BY 2040, AND 50 MMT PER YEAR BY 2050. IT INCLUDES THREE KEY STRATEGIES: (1) TARGETING HIGH-IMPACT USES FOR CLEAN HYDROGEN, (2) FOCUSING ON REGIONAL NETWORKS, AND (3) REDUCING THE COST OF CLEAN HYDROGEN. THIS FOA, WHICH WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE THIRD STRATEGY—WITH AN EMPHASIS ON REDUCING THE LIFECYCLE COSTS OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, STORAGE, DELIVERY, AND USE OF CLEAN HYDROGEN.

81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development

Golden Field Office (GFO) [DOE - EERE]

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) [DOE]

Farmington, Connecticut United States

City-Wide

DE-FOA-0002922