Department of Energy Announces $32.5M in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technologies Funding

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced up to $32.5m in funding available for cost-shared research and development to advance solid oxide fuel cell technologies (SOFC). There are two funding opportunity announcements for projects under the office of Fossil Energy:  Preliminary Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of MWe-Class Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems; and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Core Technology Research. The selected projects will be managed by the DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory.

For more information about NETL, click here:
https://www.netl.doe.gov/

For further information about the Office of Fossil Energy Programs, including SOFC, click here:
https://www.netl.doe.gov/research/coal/energy-systems/fuel-cells

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