DEEE0011523

Next Generation Multi-Use Heavy-Duty High-Flow Direct-Fill Hydrogen Refueling Station with Standardized Design

The goal of this FOA project is to design, develop, build, install, and demonstrate an advanced next generation multi-use (GH2 H70/H70HF and SLH2) direct fill (MUDF) H2 station.

This will enable the market for MD/HD fuel cell trucks to be commercially viable simultaneously, accommodating LD fuel cell vehicles.

Commercially viable indicates that H2 can be sold at a price where ownership and operation of H2 stations and ownership and operation of LD/MD/HD vehicles are both profitable.

The objectives of this FOA project are delineated below by the four budget periods.

Budget Period 1: Component and Controls Design: The objective in this phase is to use the NREL dynamic simulation model and TEA model to inform and optimize the system design.

The system components and controls will be designed on paper based on the performance criteria established by the project team and through modeling.

In the first year, the team will also conduct preliminary fueling testing on the prototype unit in Livermore, California.

Later in the year, the first pre-commercial unit will be installed at the Port of Oakland HD station for real world limited testing.

Budget Period 2: Component Build and Test: After design and preliminary testing on the prototype and pre-commercial unit is completed, the components will be built to specification.

Key components will then be tested to ensure they operate as intended and meet performance requirements.

In the second year, permitting and design for site preparation will initialize.

Budget Period 3: Site Preparation / Installation / Commissioning and Station Operation: The objective in this phase is to conduct final commercial site preparation, installation, and commissioning of the MUDF H2 station equipment, and to quantify cost and time reductions in comparison to Gen 4 station.

The GH2 H70 dispensers will be validated to applicable standards to ensure the J2601/5 fueling protocol is implemented correctly, and the MUDF H2 station will be evaluated against the fueling performance objectives.

Budget Period 4: Station Operation: The objectives in this phase are to prove the performance requirements and objectives for the MUDF H2 station can be met under real world operation by collecting, analyzing, and quantifying the real-world operational and fueling data against the metrics.

The expected outcome of this phase is the publication of a comprehensive reference station design and the publication of the expanded and enhanced NREL H2Fills and TEA models.

Firstelement Fuel

THE OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (EERE) IS ISSUING FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FOA) DE-FOA-0003213 ON BEHALF OF THE HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE (HFTO), WHICH COORDINATES HYDROGEN ACTIVITIES WITH OFFICES ACROSS DOE AS DESCRIBED IN THE DOE HYDROGEN PROGRAM PLAN. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN WITH THE U.S. NATIONAL CLEAN HYDROGEN STRATEGY AND ROADMAP, THE U.S. NATIONAL BLUEPRINT FOR TRANSPORTATION DECARBONIZATION, AND OTHER DOE INITIATIVES AS DESCRIBED BELOW. BUILDING A CLEAN AND EQUITABLE ENERGY ECONOMY AND ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS ARE TOP PRIORITIES OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. THIS FOA WILL ADVANCE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S GOALS TO ACHIEVE CARBON POLLUTION-FREE ELECTRICITY BY 2035, “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, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND DEPLOYMENT (RDD&D) ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS FOA 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 FOA WILL SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THE H2@SCALE INITIATIVE, WHICH AIMS TO ADVANCE AFFORDABLE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT, STORAGE, AND UTILIZATION TO ENABLE DECARBONIZATION AND REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS. THESE OBJECTIVES ALIGN WITH DOE’S HYDROGEN ENERGY EARTHSHOTTM (HYDROGEN SHOT), WHICH TARGETS AFFORDABLE CLEAN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AT $1/KG BY 2031. ADVANCING TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL FACILITATE THE USE OF CLEAN HYDROGEN WILL SUPPORT THE GOAL OF NET ZERO GHG EMISSIONS BY 2050. IN ADDITION TO RDD&D TOPICS, THIS FOA WILL FOCUS ON ENABLING HYDROGEN DEPLOYMENTS THROUGH SAFETY AND PERMITTING SUPPORT, EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AS PART OF THE WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO ADVANCE EQUITY, IT IS THE POLICY OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD PURSUE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ADVANCING EQUITY FOR ALL, INCLUDING PEOPLE OF COLOR AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED, MARGINALIZED, AND ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY PERSISTENT POVERTY AND INEQUALITY. AS PART OF THIS APPROACH, THIS FOA ENCOURAGES THE PARTICIPATION OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS.

81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development

Golden Field Office (GFO) [DOE - EERE]

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

Santa Ana, California United States

City-Wide

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office FOA to Advance the National Clean Hydrogen Strategy (DE-FOA-0003213)