Award Number: DE-EE0008085CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15Fuel Cell Technologies OfficeLocation(s): HIOffice(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
January 18, 2019
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Award Number: DE-EE0008085
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15
Fuel Cell Technologies Office
Location(s): HI
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of Hawaii for the development and study of new chalcopyrite photocathodes for photo-electrochemical (PEC) water splitting (hydrogen production). Project work would occur within existing laboratory facilities at the University of Hawaii (Hawaii), University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Stanford University (Stanford), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL). This is a three-year research project that includes three budget periods. Budget Period 1 (BP1) received a NEPA determination on 6/22/2017. At that time, only BP1 was being negotiated, so Budget Period 2 (BP2) and Budget Period 3 (BP3) were excluded from the review. These two budget periods are now being negotiated. Accordingly, this NEPA review will address BP2 and BP3 activities.