This grant funding opportunity seeks to support an assessment of hydrogen production from renewable electricity and end-use conversion technologies for electric sector applications in California's decarbonizing electric system. The assessment will provide research, development, and demonstration recommendations for California's electric system that accelerate cost and performance improvements of key technologies, equipment, and subcomponents related to hydrogen in the electric sector.
The solicitation supports the 2021 Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Interim Investment Plan initiative number 5 titled "The Role of Green Hydrogen in a Decarbonized California - A Roadmap and Strategic Plan." A secondary goal of the assessment is to inform how future EPIC program investments in hydrogen can best coordinate with and complement other hydrogen development and deployment programs.
Key dates for this solicitation include a pre-application workshop scheduled for November 7, 2022, from 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM (remote access only), and a questions deadline of November 14, 2022, at 5:00 PM. The submission deadline for proposals is February 7, 2023, at 11:59 PM. This solicitation was released on October 27, 2022, and was awarded on April 24, 2023.