CX-101357 Proton-Conducting Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells for Large-scale Hydrogen Production at Intermediate Temperatures

Award Number: DE-EE0008078
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Fuel Cell Technologies Office
Location(s): CT
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to University of Connecticut (UConn) to conduct a research program to develop innovative, cost effective, and efficient proton-conducting solid oxide electrolysis cells (p-SOECs) for large-scale hydrogen production at temperatures between 600° and 800° Celsius. All project work would occur within existing laboratories at UConn in Storrs, Connecticut and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington. 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-0008078-001 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.