[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48682-48683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17544]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office Research and 
Development Strategy Request for Information

AGENCY: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), Office of 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Request for information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on 
its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002379 regarding the 
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office Research and Development 
Strategy. This RFI is issued by the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies 
Office (HFTO) within DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy (EERE) to understand how hydrogen and fuel cell research 
priorities and goals can address evolving technology needs and to 
inform related research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) 
activities that may be undertaken by DOE. The information being sought 
under this RFI is intended to assist HFTO in further defining the scope 
and priorities of its

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RD&D initiatives as well as its consortia that were established to 
address its priorities.

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. 
(ET) on September 15, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit comments using the 
Online Response Collector found at the specified web link included in 
the RFI document. Alternatively, responses can be submitted as an 
attachment to an email addressed to [email protected] with ``HFTO 
RFI'' in the subject line. 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 [DE-FOA-0002379] document is 
located at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to 
[email protected] or to Nancy Garland at 202-586-5673. Further 
instruction can be found in the RFI document posted on EERE Exchange at 
https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the RFI is to obtain public 
input on HFTO's efforts to accelerate research, development, 
demonstration, commercialization, and adoption of hydrogen and fuel 
cell technologies. The information being sought under this RFI is 
intended to address evolving technologies needs by assisting HFTO in 
further defining the scope and priorities of its RD&D initiatives and 
as well as its consortia that were established to address its 
priorities. More specifically, HFTO request feedback on the following 
specific areas of interest outlined in the RFI:
    1. The H2@Scale Initiative, an initiative supporting innovations to 
produce, store, transport, and use hydrogen across multiple sectors;
    2. the HFTO Strategy and Multiyear Plan;
    3. Priority Application Focus Areas, including integrated energy 
systems, heavy-duty transportation applications, and industrial and 
chemical applications; and
    4. Funding Mechanisms and Opportunities, including lab calls, 
CRADA, FOAs, and consortia models.
    Specific questions can be found in the RFI. The RFI is available 
at: https://eere-exchange.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 or on a CD, 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 August 6, 2020, by Sunita Satyapal, Director, Hydrogen and 
Fuel Cells Technology Office, Office of 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 U.S. 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 August 6, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-17544 Filed 8-11-20; 8:45 am]
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