April 27, 2004
Secretary of Energy Abraham Announces NREL, Los Alamos and Sandia Hydrogen Storage "Centers of Excellence"
GOLDEN, COLORADO-- Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that the Department of Energy (DOE) has selected over $150 million in hydrogen storage research projects to support President Bush’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative.
The awards include the formation of three “Centers of Excellence,” at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories, integrating the expertise of the DOE National Laboratories in partnership with industry and academia
“In last year’s State of the Union address, President Bush communicated his vision that the first car driven by a child born today could be fueled by hydrogen and pollution free,” Secretary Abraham said. “The research projects announced today address the key technical and economic hurdle of hydrogen storage that must be overcome to make the President’s vision a reality.”
Each “Center of Excellence” will include a DOE national laboratory lead and several university and industry partners. Responding to DOE’s “Grand Challenge” solicitation, these centers will address the major technical barrier to on-board hydrogen storage - storing enough hydrogen to enable greater than 300 mile driving range without impacting cargo or passenger space. In addition, individual universities, research institutes, and small businesses will explore new materials for hydrogen storage.
One of the key recommendations of the recent National Academies report “The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers and R&D Needs,” is that DOE should partner with a broader range of academic and industrial organizations to greatly increase the probability of success in bringing the United States to a hydrogen economy.
Earlier today, Secretary Abraham announced other awards in support of President Bush’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative. Combined, today’s announcements total over $350 million in hydrogen research projects. When private cost share is included, the total amount of awards, which still need to be negotiated, may be over $575 million.
Hydrogen Storage Grand Challenge
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Centers of Excellence
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LANL/PNNL
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SNL
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NREL
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Chemical Hydrogen Center
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Metal Hydride Center
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Carbon Center
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
(Los Alamos, NM)
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Sandia National Laboratories
(Livermore, CA)
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO)
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA)
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Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
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California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
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University of Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia, PA)
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General Electric (Niskayuna, NY)
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Duke University (Durham, NC)
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UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
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University of Hawaii (Honolulu, HI)
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Penn State University
(University Park, PA)
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UC-Davis (Davis, CA)
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California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
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Rice University (Houston, TX)
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Penn State University
(University Park, PA)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, CA)
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University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
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University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
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HRL Laboratories (Malibu, CA)
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University of North Carolina
(Chapel Hill, NC)
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University of Alabama
(Tuscaloosa, AL)
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University of Illinois (Champaign, IL)
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University of Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia, PA)
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Rohm and Haas (Philadelphia, PA)
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Univ. of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon Univ.
(Pittsburgh, PA)
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(Oak Ridge, TN)
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Millennium Cell (Eatontown, NJ)
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NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA)
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Intematix (Moraga, CA)
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University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, NV)
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NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
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US Borax (Boron, CA)
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(Oak Ridge, TN)
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Air Products (Allentown, PA)
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University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
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Intematix Corporation (Moraga, CA)
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Brookhaven National Laboratory
(Brookhaven, NY)
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Individual Projects
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Prime
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Partners
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Research Area
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TIAX LLC (Cambridge, MA)
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Gas Technology Institute (IL)
Yale University (CT)
University of Oklahoma (OK)
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Lifecycle and cost analysis
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University of Missouri (St. Louis, MO)
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (WA)
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New materials
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University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (WA)
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New materials
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Michigan Technological University
(Houghton, MI)
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None
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Chemical hydrides
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Gas Technology Institute (2 projects)
(Chicago, IL)
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Superior Graphite Co. (IL)
NEXGEN Fueling (MN)
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Carbon
Off-board storage
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Alfred University (Alfred, NY)
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Savannah River Technology Center (SC)Mo-Sci Corporation (MO)
CERALINK (NY)
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New processes
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Carnegie Institute of Washington
(Washington, DC)
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None
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New materials
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Research Triangle Institute
(Research Triangle Park, NC)
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State Scientific Research Institute
(Moscow, Russia)
ATK/Thiokol Propulsion (UT)
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Chemical hydrides
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State University of New York
(Syracuse, NY)
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PoroGen, LLC (MA)
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Carbon
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TOFTEC, Inc. (Gainesville, FL)
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University of Florida, Gainesville (FL)
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New processes
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University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
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Northwestern University (IL)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (NM)
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New materials
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University of Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia, PA)
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Drexel University (PA)
NIST (MD)
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Carbon
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University of California-Berkeley
(Berkeley, CA)
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (CA)
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New materials
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University of California-Santa Barbara
(Santa Barbara, CA)
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Los Alamos National Laboratory (NM)
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New materials
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Media contact: Tom Welch, 202/586-5806
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