FY 2007 Financial Awards
In 2007, DOE awarded funding to a number of science and research projects to support research, development, and demonstration of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
- DOE Awards $100 Million for Fuel Cell R&D
- Hydrogen Lessons Learned
- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Analysis: Environmental Impacts of Hydrogen Systems
DOE Awards $100 Million for Fuel Cell R&D
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman announced $100 million to fund 25 projects to advance the development of fuel cell technology. View DOE's October 2006 press release.
Details on the individual projects awarded are provided below. The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
| Selected Organization | Location | Funding* | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topic Area 1: Improved Fuel Cell Membranes | |||
| Arkema | King of Prussia, PA | $6.3M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| 3M | St. Paul, MN | $8.9M | (PDF 16 KB) |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Berkeley, CA | $6.0M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Topic Area 2: Water Transport within the Stack | |||
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $2.7M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| CFD Research Corporation | Huntsville, AL | $4.7M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Nuvera Fuel Cells | Cambridge, MA | $5.0M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Los Alamos, NM | $6.5M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Topic Area 3: Advanced Cathode Catalysts and Supports | |||
| 3M | St. Paul, MN | $8.4M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| UTC Power | South Windsor, CT | $6.4M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Los Alamos, NM | $6.8M | (PDF 16 KB) |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Argonne, IL | $5.4M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Richland, WA | $4.6M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Topic Area 4: Cell Hardware | |||
| GrafTech International Ltd. | Parma, OH | $2.3M | (PDF 16 KB) |
| UTC Power | South Windsor, CT | $2.0M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Oak Ridge, TN | $4.5M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Topic 5: Innovative Fuel Cell Concepts | |||
| Plug Power | Latham, NY | $1.0M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | $0.8M | (PDF 16 KB) |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Argonne, IL | $1.0M | (PDF 106 KB) |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Richland, WA | $1.0M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Topic Area 6: Effects of Impurities on Fuel Cell Performance and Durability | |||
| Clemson University | Clemson, SC | $2.0M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| University of Connecticut - Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center | Storrs, CT | $1.9M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Los Alamos, NM | $3.6M | (PDF 15 KB) |
| Topic Area 7: Stationary Fuel Cell Demonstration | |||
| Intelligent Energy Inc. | Long Beach, CA | $2.2M | (PDF 16 KB) |
| Plug Power | Latham, NY | $3.6M | (PDF 17 KB) |
| Plug Power | Latham, NY | $4.0M | (PDF 15 KB) |
*All award amounts are subject to Congressional appropriations and negotiation.
Hydrogen Lessons Learned
In 2007, the Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT) Program released a solicitation for hydrogen lessons learned and awarded the University of Missouri.
The Department of Energy (DOE) sought applications to conduct a study to identify the lessons learned from prior hydrogen-based stationary power programs, including the most significant obstacles, how these obstacles have been approached, outcomes of the programs, and how this information can be used in the DOE Hydrogen Program. DOE seeks to learn from the challenges of previous stationary power programs and use the lessons learned to develop a strategy that systematically incorporates both the stationary and the transportation sectors and defines the various trade-offs, synergies, and opportunities.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Analysis: Environmental Impacts of Hydrogen Systems
In 2007, the Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT) Program released a solicitation for hydrogen and fuel cell analysis on the environmental impacts of hydrogen systems. The program awarded the Tetra Tech and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
The purpose of this project was to identify and examine possible near and long-term ecological and environmental effects of the production of hydrogen from various energy sources (based on the DOE hydrogen production strategy) and the use of that hydrogen as a transportation fuel and for stationary power. This project develops the precise systems-based engineering models of the likely hydrogen and criteria pollutant emissions and quantifies the potential impacts of the different market penetration scenarios.