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Spin Into Power’s overall goal is to establish and scale a new production supply chain for American-made electrospun gas diffusion layers (EGDLs) capable of meeting 10% of the DOE’s fuel cell stack component production targets.

This production route will demonstrate feasibility and act as a roadmap to meet the DOE’s estimated total needed volume for hydrogen fuel cells – 650,000 m2 of GDL material.

Materic’s EGDLs will be validated for successful integration into proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and assessed for potential technical, economic, and environmental impacts.

Materic will also hire and train 8+ residents from West Baltimore (a DOE Justice40 “disadvantaged community”) for skilled positions in materials production and will engage community stakeholders in long-term planning, to ensure diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) considerations are incorporated throughout this project and beyond (per our Community Benefits Plan, CBP).

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THE HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE (HFTO) IS ISSUING THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FOA). AWARDS MADE UNDER THIS FOA WILL BE FUNDED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL). THE BIL IS A ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, DESIGNED TO MODERNIZE AND UPGRADE AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENHANCE UNITED STATES COMPETITIVENESS, DRIVE THE CREATION OF GOOD-PAYING UNION JOBS, TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND ENSURE STRONGER ACCESS TO ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND OTHER BENEFITS FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. THE BIL APPROPRIATES MORE THAN $62 BILLION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) TO INVEST IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING AND WORKERS; EXPAND ACCESS TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CLEAN ENERGY; DELIVER RELIABLE, CLEAN, AND AFFORDABLE POWER TO MORE AMERICANS; AND DEMONSTRATE AND DEPLOY THE TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW THROUGH CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS. AS PART OF AND IN ADDITION TO UPGRADING AND MODERNIZING INFRASTRUCTURE, DOE’S BIL INVESTMENTS WILL SUPPORT EFFORTS TO BUILD A CLEAN AND EQUITABLE ENERGY ECONOMY THAT ACHIEVES A ZERO-CARBON ELECTRICITY SYSTEM BY 2035, AND TO PUT THE UNITED STATES ON A PATH TO ACHIEVE NET-ZERO EMISSIONS ECONOMY-WIDE BY NO LATER THAN 2050“ TO BENEFIT ALL AMERICANS.

81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development

Golden Field Office (GFO) [DOE - EERE]

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

Baltimore, Maryland United States

City-Wide

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