8828 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 16, 2022 / Notices 

1www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-shot. 

2Public Law 109–58, Title VIII, sec. 816(b), as 

added Public Law 117–58, Div. D, Title III, sec. 

40314(2), Nov. 15, 2021. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Request for Information (RFI) 

on Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing, 

Recycling, and Electrolysis 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on its request for information (RFI) 

number DE–FOA–0002698 regarding 

clean hydrogen manufacturing, 

recycling, and electrolysis technology 

research, development, and 

demonstration (RD&D). The purpose of 

the RFI is to collect stakeholder 

feedback regarding RD&D efforts needed 

to meet the goals of the ‘‘Clean 

Hydrogen Manufacturing Initiative;’’ 

‘‘Clean Hydrogen Technology Recycling 

Research, Development, and 

Demonstration Program;’’ and the 

‘‘Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis Program.’’ 

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be 

received by March 29, 2022, by 5:00 

p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: Comments to the RFI must 

be provided in writing. Interested 

parties are to submit comments 

electronically to H2RFI@ee.doe.gov. 

Include ‘‘Clean Hydrogen 

Manufacturing, Recycling, and 

Electrolysis RFI Response’’ in the 

subject line of the email. If possible, 

copy and paste the RFI sections as a 

template for your responses. Email 

attachments can be provided as a 

Microsoft Word (.docx) file or an Adobe 

PDF (.pdf) file, prepared in accordance 

with the detailed instructions in the 

RFI. Documents submitted 

electronically should clearly indicate 

which topic areas and specific questions 

are being addressed and should be 

limited to no more than 25 MB in size. 

The complete RFI document is located 

at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions may be addressed to H2RFI@

ee.doe.gov or to Karen Dandridge at 

(202) 586–7768. Further instruction can 

be found in the RFI document posted on 

EERE Exchange at https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE’s 

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies 

Office (HFTO), in coordination with 

EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office, 

seeks input on priority areas that will 

advance domestic manufacturing and 

recycling of clean hydrogen 

technologies, including fuel cells, 

storage equipment, and other hydrogen 

related components; and on priority 

areas that will advance electrolyzer 

technologies for affordable clean 

hydrogen production, in alignment with 

section 40314 of the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act, also known as 

the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) 

and the mission of DOE’s Hydrogen 

Energy Earthshot.1 This RFI is issued to 

obtain feedback on the status of and 

opportunities for technologies that 

support goals in BIL Sec. 40314, 

amending the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

(EPACT). The BIL added a new section 

815 on clean hydrogen manufacturing 

and recycling research, development, 

and demonstration (RD&D) and a new 

section 816 for the establishment of the 

Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis Program to 

EPACT. Specifically, the EPACT Sec. 

815 activities are grouped into a Clean 

Hydrogen Manufacturing Initiative 

(815a) focused on enhancing domestic 

manufacturing of clean hydrogen use, 

storage, and related equipment and a 

Clean Hydrogen Technology Recycling 

RD&D Program (815b) that covers 

recycling of equipment for clean 

hydrogen processing, delivery, storage, 

and use, including fuel cells. The Clean 

Hydrogen Electrolysis Program expands 

on DOE’s existing, comprehensive 

Program on electrolysis and is a 

research, development, demonstration, 

commercialization, and deployment 

program aimed at improving efficiency, 

increasing durability, and reducing 

capital costs of electrolyzers, thus 

facilitating the commercialization of 

clean hydrogen electrolyzer 

technology.2

Specifically, this RFI seeks feedback 

and other guidance from industry, 

academia, research laboratories, 

government agencies, community 

groups, labor unions, energy users, 

environmental justice organizations, 

and other stakeholders regarding RD&D 

needs, critical barriers, or other 

activities needed in the following areas: 

• New manufacturing technologies and 

techniques for clean hydrogen 

production, processing, delivery, 

storage and use equipment, including 

fuel cells 

• Innovative and practical approaches 

to increase the reuse and recycling of 

clean hydrogen technologies 

• Expanding research, development, 

demonstration, commercialization, 

and deployment of clean hydrogen 

electrolyzer technology to reach $2/kg 

H2 production cost by 2026 

• Environmental justice, diversity, 

equity, and inclusion strategies, 

including significant and meaningful 

community engagement plans and 

workforce education and training 

strategies 

Specific questions can be found in the 

RFI. The RFI is available at: https://eereExchange.energy.gov/. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person 

submitting information that he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email, postal mail, or hand 

delivery two well-marked copies: One 

copy of the document marked 

‘‘confidential’’ including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document marked 

‘‘non-confidential’’ with the information 

believed to be confidential deleted. 

Submit these documents via email, if 

feasible. DOE will make its own 

determination about the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

February 7, 2022, by Kelly J. SpeakesBackman, Principal Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on February 9, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03088 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Request for Information (RFI) 

on Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs 

Implementation Strategy 

AGENCY: Office Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Office of Fossil 

Energy and Carbon Management, Office 

of Nuclear Energy, Office of Clean 

Energy Demonstrations, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information. 


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