US DoE pumps $750m into hydrogen technology projects
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced $750-million for 52 projects across 24 states to accelerate breakthroughs in clean hydrogen technology.
The funding, announced last week, will help advance electrolysis technologies and improve manufacturing and recycling capabilities for clean hydrogen systems and components.
These investments amount to $1.6-billion in total, including recipient cost-sharing, and will directly produce more than 1 500 new jobs, along with thousands of additional jobs indirectly generated.
The projects are expected to enable US manufacturing capacity to produce 14 GW/y of fuel cells and 10 GW/y of electrolysers, enough to produce an additional 1.3-million tons a year of clean hydrogen.
That is enough growth in production—in just one year—to provide a yearly supply of clean emissions-free fuel for nearly 170 000 long haul trucks.
“The projects – funded by the President’s Investing in America agenda – will supercharge our progress and ensure our leadership in clean hydrogen will be felt across the nation for generations to come,” said US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.
Together with the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs, tax incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act, and ongoing research, development, and demonstration in the DoE Hydrogen Programme, these investments will help the DoE achieve its goal of reducing the cost of producing clean hydrogen to $1/kg.
The bulk of the funding – $316-million – will focus on projects that enable greater economies of scale through manufacturing innovations, including automated manufacturing processes, design for processability and scale-up, quality control methods to maintain electrolyser performance and durability and reduced critical mineral loads, as well as design for end-of-life recovery and recyclability.
Comments
Latest Multimedia
Latest News
Showroom
Introducing the Rio-Carb Smart Chute Concept - a revolutionary advancement in materials handling, designed for the toughest industries like mining...
VISIT SHOWROOM
Education: Consulting with member companies to obtain the optimal benefits from their B-BBEE spending, skills resources as well as B-BBEE points
VISIT SHOWROOM
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation
