Happy Wednesday!
We decided to start thinking out
of the box, when this email caught our eye from the DOE EREE News. Did anyone receive the newsletter from the US
Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy on
Monday, May 22, 2023, the EREE Newsletter’s article titled, “U. S. Department
of Energy Announces Nearly $60 Million to Advance Clean Hydrogen Technologies
and Improve the Electric Power Grid”?
In the article, it speaks the EERE speaks about how $42 million is being
dispersed to 22 projects in fourteen states to advance innovations in making, storing
and utilizing clean hydrogen. All of the
twenty-two projects will help further the development of solar fuel cells which
will help lower the cost and show higher-density and lower-pressure for storage
as well as refine hydrogen emissions detection and monitoring. One of the
projects selected for the DOE funding is here in Houston at Rice University.
Their project called,” Scalable Halide
Perovskite Photoelectrochemical Cell Mini Modules with 20% Solar-to-Hydrogen
Efficiency and 1,000 hours of Diurnal Durability” may be awarded $940,000 to
further their research. The DOE announced that $17.8 million will be used to
set-up a new North American university research consortium which will help
states and tribal communities apply grid resilience programs and attain
decarbonization goals. Standford
University in California was selected for the University Research Consortium
for Grid Resilience leadership position with their project called, “An Equitable,
Affordable, & Resilience Nationwide Energy System Transition (EARNEST).” It will set-up and direct universities in the
U.S., Canada, and Mexico to assist local governments make programs to help remove
carbon and make gains in the flexibility of the electric power grid. DOE is helping President Biden’s Investing
in America’s goals of having a clean electrical grid by 2035 and net-zero
emissions by 2050. If you would like to
read more about the DOE money selected groups for the Hydrogen Shot and Consortium
on Grid Resilience, please click the link: Selections for Funding Opportunity in Support of the Hydrogen Shot and a University Research Consortium on Grid Resilience | Department of Energy.
If you would like to read the about
Rice University’s Perovskite research; please click the link: Water-splitting
module a source of perpetual energy | Rice News | News and Media Relations |
Rice University. And Ultrathin solar cells get a boost | Rice News | News and Media Relations | Rice University.
If you would like to read about the
U.S. DOE’s Energy Earthshots Initiative, please click the link: Hydrogen Shot |Department of Energy.
If you would like to read more
about President Biden’s Investing in America, please click the link: Investing in America | The White House .
If you would like help in looking
into how to transport and store your emissions or products, contact us via the
email in the blog and check out our ESC's website!