The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) issued a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) on January 27, 2023, on behalf of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office that makes available $47 million to support the research, development, and demonstration of affordable hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. The FOA further advances the Biden administration’s goals to achieve carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. It also supports the goals of the H2@Scale Initiative, which aims to advance affordable hydrogen production, transport, storage, and utilization, and aligns with DOE’s Hydrogen Shot, which targets affordable clean hydrogen production at $1/kg within the decade. As expected, the FOA targets four topics of interest that are critical to enabling the use of clean hydrogen across sectors, particularly in medium-duty and heavy-duty (MD/HD) vehicles and other heavy-duty transportation applications. Topic 1: Hydrogen Carrier Development This topic seeks applications for the research and development (R&D) of novel hydrogen carriers, which offer a unique storage and delivery methodology that can circumvent some of the challenges associated with conventional compressed gas or liquid hydrogen (LH2) (e.g., the need for compression and high costs of infrastructure for […]