← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Plug Power Inc.
$109,182,938
Total funding
20
Grants
Funding over time
peak $71.6M · FY2008–25$100M$75M$50M$25M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
DOE$109,182,938 · 20
By mechanism
—$109,182,938 · 20
Investigators at Plug Power Inc.
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
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Largest grants
THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE TO ESTABLISH MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR PEM ELECTROLYZERS IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 5GW OF PEM ELECTROLYZER STACKS PER YEAR, WHILE ACHIEVING THE COST, PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE TARGETS DESCRIBED IN TABLE 1 BELOW AND DRAWING FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES (DACS) TO DEVELOP THE SKILLED WORKFORCE NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE FACILITY. BASED ON THE DEFINITIONS PROVIDED IN FOA APPENDIX D, THE PROJECT WILL NOT INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION AND/OR REPAIR OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE UNITED STATES.$42,681,706
· FY2025 · Department of Energy
THE PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE A PRODUCTION PATHWAY TO MEET THE PROJECTED STACK COST OF $40/KW FOR 100,000 HEAVY DUTY STACKS PER YEAR. TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES, THE TEAM WILL MANUFACTURE A HIGH-PERFORMANCE MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY THAT MEETS THE PROGRAM GOALS OF 2.5 KW/GPGM POWER AT 1.07 A CM-2 AND 0.7 V AFTER 25,000 HOURS OF OPERATION. THE STACKS WILL BE MANUFACTURED ON AN INTEGRATED SINGLE LINE TO MEET THE SPEED OF 20,000 STACKS PER YEAR AT THE TARGET RATES SHOWN IN TABLE 1. THE PRESENT GIGAFACTORY IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING 24/7 WITH THREE 8-HOUR SHIFTS.
TO MEET THE FINAL PROGRAM GOALS, 6 STACKS PER HOUR MAY BE CARRIED OUT IN 6 PARALLEL PIECES OF TEST EQUIPMENT. PLUG PRESENTLY OWNS 3 TEST STATIONS THAT CAN BE USED FOR BREAK IN, AND THE RESULTS WILL BE EXTRAPOLATED TO ASSUME THE PURCHASE OF 3 MORE STATIONS AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM.
A KEY METRIC FOR THE PROGRAM TASK IS OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS (OEE)$28,195,948
· FY2025 · Department of Energy
RECOVERY ACT - HIGHLY EFFICIENT, 5-KW CHP FUEL CELLS DEMONSTRATING DURABILITY AND ECONOMIC VALUE$5,866,413
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
RECOVERY ACT - ACCELERATING ACCEPTANCE OF FUEL CELL BACKUP POWER SYSTEMS$5,405,290
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
AIR-COOLED STACK FREEZE TOLERANCE - FREEZE FAILURE MODES AND FREEZE TOLERANCE STRATEGIES$4,845,604
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
INTERGOVERNMENTAL STATIONARY FUEL CELL SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION$4,249,983
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
INTEGRATED MEMBRANE ANODE ASSEMBLY & SCALE-UP$3,467,664
· FY2021 · Department of Energy
DEMONSTRATION OF NEXT-GENERATION PEM CHP SYSTEMS FOR GLOBAL MARKETS USING PBI MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY$3,050,732
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
DOMESTICALLY MANUFACTURED FUEL CELLS FOR HEAVY-DUTY APPLICATIONS$2,687,181
· FY2021 · Department of Energy
FUEL CELL POWERED AIRPORT GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT DEPLOYMENT$2,150,518
· FY2013 · Department of Energy
ADVANCED ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN COMPRESSOR$2,059,609
· FY2017 · Department of Energy
AUTONOMUS HYDROGEN FUELING STATION$1,797,216
· FY2018 · Department of Energy
FULLY UNITIZED FUEL CELL MANUFACTURED BY A CONTINUOUS PROCESS
THIS PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFC) BIPOLAR PLATE
(BPP) ARCHITECTURE FOR HEAVY-DUTY APPLICATIONS USING FLAT FOIL METAL SEPARATORS WITH GROOVES IN THE
DIFFUSION SUBSTRATES THAT IS MANUFACTURED IN A CONTINUOUS ROLL-TO-ROLL PROCESS. THE PROPOSED
ARCHITECTURE IS LIGHTWEIGHT WITH MASS TO POWER RATIO EXCEEDING THE DOE 2030 TARGET OF 0.18
KG/KWNET. IT WILL BE VALIDATED THROUGH SMALL-SCALE AND FULL-SCALE STACK PERFORMANCE TESTING. THIS
ARCHITECTURE IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR CONTINUOUS AND LOW-COST MANUFACTURING. THE PROJECT WILL
INVESTIGATE AND DEMONSTRATE KEY MANUFACTURING PROCESSES TO SUPPORT A DETAILED TECHNOECONOMIC
ANALYSIS (TEA) OF PRODUCTION COST FOR 10M BIPOLAR PLATES PER YEAR. MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY AND
DURABILITY IN A FUEL CELL ENVIRONMENT WILL CONSTRAIN BASE METAL, CORROSION INHIBITING COATING, AND
CARBON FIBER SELECTION. THE PROJECT WILL CULMINATE WITH A SHORT STACK DEMONSTRATION. THIS
PERFORMANCE DEMONSTRATION COMBINED WITH THE TEA AND MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION THROUGHOUT
THE PROJECT WILL BE USED TO VALIDATE THAT THE PROPOSED CONCEPT MEETS ALL DOE 2030 BIPOLAR PLATE
TARGETS. THIS THREE-YEAR PROJECT HAS THREE BUDGET PERIODS SEPARATED BY GO/NO-GO DECISION GATES
THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR PROJECT SUCCESS.$1,337,659
· FY2022 · Department of Energy
THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO DESIGN A HYDROCARBON (HC) PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) THAT CAN MITIGATE THE HIGH H2 GAS CROSSOVER ISSUE IN ELECTROLYZER (ELX) APPLICATIONS AIMING TO USE THINNER MEMBRANES TO IMPROVE THE PEM ELX EFFICIENCY AND
REDUCE/ELIMINATE FLUORINE IN PEM. T$726,701
· FY2025 · Department of Energy
NOVEL MEMBRANES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPRESSORS$519,713
· FY2019 · Department of Energy
INTERGOVERNMENTAL STATIONARY FUEL CELL SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION$399,985
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
ADAPTIVE STACK WITH SUBDIVIDED CELLS FOR IMPROVED STABILITY, RELIABILITY AND DURABILITY UNDER AUTOMOTIVE LOAD CYCLE$273,559
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
DEMONSTRATION OF NEXT-GENERATION PEM CHP SYSTEMS FOR GLOBAL MARKETS USING PBI MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY$0
· FY2017 · Department of Energy
ADAPTIVE STACK WITH SUBDIVIDED CELLS FOR IMPROVED STABILITY, RELIABILITY, AND DURABILITY UNDER AUTOMOTIVE LOAD CYCLE$-222,558
· FY2012 · Department of Energy
DEVELOP AUTOMOTIVE PEM FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEM PROTOTYPES$-309,985
· FY2011 · Department of Energy