Office: Carbon Management
FOA number: DE-FOA-0002400
Download the full funding opportunity: FedConnect
Funding Amount: $19 million
Background Information
On June 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced six projects selected to receive approximately $9.3 million in federal funding to develop cutting-edge technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. The projects will focus on advancing hydrogen systems that convert varied waste feedstock materials into clean energy with superior environmental performance to help achieve the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic decarbonization goals.
Clean hydrogen can be used across multiple sectors to enable zero or near-zero emissions in chemical and industrial processes, integrated clean energy systems, and transportation. Hydrogen can be produced through low-carbon pathways using diverse, domestic resources—including natural gas, coupled with carbon capture and storage; through splitting of water using nuclear energy and renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro-electric power; and from biomass through biological and gasification processes. Gasification of biomass, plastics, common household garbage and other wastes—coupled with carbon capture and storage strategies to address greenhouse gas emissions—is expected to be a low-cost, environmentally friendly route to producing clean hydrogen.
Selectees
The six projects selected under this funding opportunity announcement will advance the performance, reliability, and flexibility of existing and novel methods to produce, transport, store, and use hydrogen. Selected projects will help communities by decreasing the volume of wastes sent to landfills and creating local economic opportunities by locating new waste-to-energy plants in these communities.
Selectees include:
- GTI Energy
- Lehigh University
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- The University of Connecticut
- Baker Hughes
- Electric Power Research Institute
A detailed list of the selected projects can be found here.
A detailed list of the past selectees from August 2023 can be found here
A detailed list of the past selectees from August 2022 can be found here.
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Last Updated: June 11, 2024