RECENT AWARDS
Source: U.S. Army
Recipient: Protonex Technology Corporation
Amount: $2.0 million
Projects: Project to build, test and deliver solid oxide fuel cell power systems.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Recipient: Praxair
Amount: $1.7 million
Project: Demonstration of capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide emissions from an existing hydrogen-production facility at a BP Products oil refinery in Danbury, Connecticut.
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED AWARDS
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
Recipients: various
Amount: $100 million
Projects: For a variety of projects to advance environmental technologies, including a green hydrogen production project and stationary fuel cells for the Connecticut DOT.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Recipient: GENCO
Amount: $6.1 million
Projects: GENCO has purchased 136 GenDrive™ fuel cell power units from Plug Power. The fuel cells will be provided to Wegmans for conversion of lift truck fleets.
Source: National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy
Recipient: University of Texas at Austin
Amount: $2.5 million
Projects: Research on new materials for using sunlight to split water to generate hydrogen.
Source: Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority
Recipient: Wegmans Food Markets
Amount: $1 million
Project: Installation of a hydrogen infrastructure for fuel cell-powered pallet jacks and reach trucks.
Source: Department of the Navy
Recipient: Protonex Technology Corporation
Amount: $598,813
Project: For development of a fuel cell bread board system for small unmanned aerial vehicles.
Source: U.S. Air Force
Recipient: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Amount: $405,449
Project: Project to modify a Scan Eagle Compressed Carriage unmanned aerial vehicle for a fuel cell-based propulsion system.
Source: Shell Hydrogen
Recipient: Powertech
Amount: n/a
Project: For a new high capacity hydrogen fueling station in Newport Beach, California, capable of fueling four hydrogen fuel cell vehicles simultaneously.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Recipients: various
Amount: $377 million
Projects: Creation of 46 new Energy Frontier Research Centers to work toward "fundamental advancesin solar energy, biofuels, transportation, energy efficiency, electricity storage and transmission, clean coal and carbon capture and sequestration, and nuclear energy."
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Recipients: various
Amount: $300 million
Projects: Clean Cities Grants in support of clean fuels projects across the country.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Recipients: various federal agencies
Amount: $20 million in technical assistance
Projects: Support for implementation of energy efficiency technologies across the federal government.
Source: U.S. Army
Recipients: DuPont and SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG
Amount: $3 million (total)
Project: Development of the M-25 fuel cell, which is part of an integrated body-worn power source carries by a soldier for multi-day missions.
Source: Department of the Air Force
Recipient: Optomec
Amount: $622,000
Project: Optomec will scale up and enhance the capabilities of a deposition system for the production of large area SOFCs and other energy related applications.
Source: U.S. Army
Recipient: UltraCell Corporation
Amount: n/a
Project: Two contracts to build fuel cell systems based on the company's XX55™ reformed methanol fuel cell technology.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
Recipient: Institute for Transportation Studies at the University
of California, Davis (ITS-DAVIS)
Amount: $60,000
Project: For studies, reports and modeling to address technical, operational, and logistical issues related to the transition to an alternative fuel-based economy.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Recipient: Hydrogen Energy International
Amount: $308 million
Project: To design, construct and operate an integrated gasification combined cycle power plant that will convert blends of coal and petroleum coke into hydrogen and CO2.
Source: U.S. Air Force Material Command
Recipient: Universal Technology Corporation
Amount: $1.9 million
Project: Development and demonstration of improved materials for high-efficiency portable fuel cells.
Source: U.S. Army
Recipient: Center for Transportation and the Environment
Amount: n/a
Projects: Demonstration of fuel cell powered forklifts and a shuttle bus, using hydrogen derived from wastewater treatment plant digester gas, at the Army's Forces Command at Fort Lewis.
Source: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Recipients: UTC Power and Coca-Cola Enterprises
Amount: $2 million
Projects: Installation of two PureCell® Model 400 fuel cell systems to provide on-site electricity and heat to a Coca-Cola production facility.
Source: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Recipient: Plug Power
Amount: $1.4 million
Project: Installation and operation of three CHP GenSys® fuel cell systems in New York State homes.
Source: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Recipient: Protonex Technology Corporation
Amount: $500,000
Projects: Extension of an existing contract for advanced development of fuel cells for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to focus on incorporating and testing fuel cell power system in a tactical UAV.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense
Recipient: Plug Power
Amount: n/a
Project: Demonstration of fuel cells powering lift trucks, using hydrogen from wastewater treatment plant digester gas.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
Recipients: various
Amount: $777 million
Projects: To establish 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers to accelerate scientific breakthroughs in energy fields including innovative energy storage and molecular electrocatalysts.
Source: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Recipient: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Amount: $19.2 million
Project: To use solar, and potentially geothermal and fuel cells to replace power currently purchased from utility companies.
Source: The Cleveland Foundation and the Ohio Aerospace Institute
Recipient: NASA (team leader)
Amount: $310,000
Project: To demonstrate a prototype hydrogen fueling station that uses wind and solar powered electrolysis to generate hydrogen.
Source: Air Force Research Laboratory
Recipient: Protonex Technology Corporation
Amount: $265,000
Projects: For advanced development of miniature fuel cells for demonstration in the Raven unmanned aerial vehicle.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Recipients: various
Amount: $41.9 million
Projects: To accelerate the commercialization and deployment of fuel cells, and to create jobs in fuel cell manufacturing, installation, maintenance and support services.
Source: Connecticut Clean Energy Fund "Project 150"
Recipients: various; Cube Fuel Cell Project
Amount: $20 million
Project: To provide 3.4 megawatts of class I renewable power to Connecticut Light and Power.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Recipient: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (team leader)
Amount: $1.6 million
Project: To develop new methods for cost-effectively manufacturing fuel cell MEAs.
Source: Greater Columbia Fuel Cell Challenge
Recipients: various
Amount: n/a
Projects: Various hydrogen-related projects in the state of South Carolina.
Source: Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Large Onsite
Renewables Initiative
Recipients: Whole Foods Market, UTC Power
Amount: $400,000
Project: To install and operate a PureCell Model 400 fuel cell system at a new store to open in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense
Recipient: Protonex Technology Corporation
Amount: $3.3 million
Projects: For development of a fuel cell power system that can be used in small unmanned aerial vehicles.
Source: U.S. Army
Recipient: Protonex Technology Corporation
Amount: $1.48 million
Project: To adapt the company's 500-Watt SOFC power system to operate on alternative fuels such as butanol and bio-diesel.
Source: Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit)
Recipient: UTC Power
Amount: n/a
Projects: To provide an additional four PureMotion® Model 120 fuel cell systems for hybrid-electric fuel cell buses.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Solid-State Energy Conversion
Alliance Program
Recipients: FuelCell Energy, Siemens Energy
Amount: n/a
Projects: For Phase II contracts to support SOFC development projects.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Technologies Program
Recipient: SRI International, TDA Research, Northwestern University
(as team leaders)
Amount: contingent on appropriations
Project: For projects to develop technologies to provide alternative fuel use options for manufacturers.
Source: U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command (TACOM)
Recipient: Pittsburgh Electric Engines, Inc.
Amount: n/a
Projects: For continued design and development of a Turbo Fuel Cell Engine.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Recipient: Advanced Technology Institute
Amount: n/a
Project: For the installation of ten fuel cell backup power units in three mission-critical applications at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Source: Undisclosed
Recipient: IdaTech
Amount: n/a
Projects: For delivery of 35 ElectraGen(tm) XTi backup power fuel cell systems for deployment in Florida.
Source: U.S. Army
Recipient: Jadoo Power Systems
Amount: n/a
Project: For further development of two chemical hydride fuels for use in fuel cells.
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