[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8105-8106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2471]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Golden Field Office; Hydrogen Program

AGENCY: The Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Supplemental Announcement (02) to the Fiscal Year 2001 Broad 
Based Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications 
Involving Research, Development, and Demonstration for the Office of 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DE-PS36-01GO90000.

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SUMMARY: The Hydrogen Program of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office 
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing a 
Supplemental Announcement to the EERE Fiscal Year 2001 Broad Based 
Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications 
Involving Research, Development and Demonstration, DE-PS36-01GO90000, 
dated November 27, 2000. Under this Supplemental Announcement 02, 
titled ``Hydrogen Research and Development,'' DOE is seeking research 
and development applications for activities that will lead to the 
implementation of hydrogen technologies related to certain

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approaches for production and storage. The goal of the production 
activity is to produce hydrogen from renewable energy sources using 
certain biomass or photoelectrochemistry approaches. The goal of the 
storage activity is to develop an innovative concept or material using 
approaches with non-transition metal complex hydrides and purified 
carbon nanotubes. DOE is proposing to fund this effort under the 
provisions of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996. DOE anticipates 
selecting multiple Applications for negotiation of awards, with first-
year DOE funding limits per award as described in the Supplemental 
Announcement. The awards will be Cooperative Agreements with a term of 
up to three years. A cost share contribution from an Applicant is 
required for an Application to be considered for award. Subject to 
availability, the total Fiscal Year 2001 DOE funding will be 
approximately $550,000, with an additional $1,000,000 anticipated in 
Fiscal Year 2002 and an additional $2,000,000 anticipated in Fiscal 
Year 2003. All information regarding the Supplemental Announcement will 
be posted on the DOE Golden Field Office Home page at the address 
identified below.

DATES: DOE expects to issue the Supplemental Announcement around mid-
January, 2001. The closing date of the Supplemental Announcement is 
March 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The Supplemental Announcement will be posted on the DOE 
Golden Field Office Home Page at http://www.golden.doe.gov/businessopportunities.html under ``Solicitations''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley Johnson, Contract Specialist, 
at Facsimile 303-275-4788 or e-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Golden, Colorado, on January 12, 2001.
Jerry L. Zimmer,
Procurement Director, Golden Field Office.
[FR Doc. 01-2471 Filed 1-26-01; 8:45 am]
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