Award Number: DE-EE0008083CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15Fuel Cell Technologies OfficeLocation(s): NJOffice(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
December 21, 2018
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Award Number: DE-EE0008083
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15
Fuel Cell Technologies Office
Location(s): NJ
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Rutgers University to work towards the development of platinum group metal-free devices for the splitting of water into its elements. Rutgers University would examine the optimal pairing of previously developed low cost catalyst materials with established (high performance) and emerging (low cost) photoabsorbers. Project work would occur within existing laboratory facilities at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ and collaboration is expected to occur with the HydroGEN Energy Materials Network National Laboratory consortium. This is a three-year research project that includes three budget periods (BP). Only BP1 was originally negotiated and was reviewed by GFO-0008083-001 in July 2017. There was a Go/No Go decision point after BP1 that was passed so this NEPA review is for the remaining project activities in BP2 and BP3.