Notice of Intent Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Medium Duty Trucks, Roof top Backup Power, and Advanced Hydrogen Refueling Components | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This notice is an advance heads-up from the U.S. Department of Energy that a future funding opportunity is coming, but it is not the funding opportunity itself. The Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO), working under the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), announced its intent to release a formal Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) focused on three hydrogen and fuel cell areas: fuel cell hybrid electric medium-duty trucks, rooftop backup power systems, and advanced hydrogen refueling components. The main point of the notice is timing and preparation. It is meant to give organizations time to start lining up partners, shaping project concepts, and gathering the technical and cost data they would need for a competitive submission once the real FOA is published.

A key detail is that this Notice of Intent does not accept applications and is not a vehicle for submitting proposals or even questions. The posting explicitly states that no applications will be accepted through the notice and asks readers not to respond to it with questions. Instead, interested parties are expected to monitor EERE eXCHANGE for the actual FOA posting, which DOE anticipated would appear in May 2013. When the FOA is released, applicants would be expected to submit through the EERE eXCHANGE system, which requires registering and creating an account ahead of time. DOE also points users to the EERE eXCHANGE user guide on the EERE website to help with navigation and submission procedures once an announcement is live.

In terms of what the future FOA is expected to cover, the title signals three technical tracks. First, fuel cell hybrid electric medium-duty trucks suggests projects that integrate fuel cell power with electric drivetrains and hybrid energy storage to reduce fuel consumption, emissions, and potentially operating costs in the medium-duty vehicle segment (such as delivery, vocational, or fleet applications). Second, rooftop backup power implies stationary or portable fuel cell systems installed on buildings, likely aimed at resilient power for critical loads during outages or grid disruptions. Third, advanced hydrogen refueling components points toward improvements in the equipment used to store, compress, dispense, measure, and safely deliver hydrogen at fueling stations, with the broader goal of making hydrogen refueling more reliable, lower cost, and easier to deploy at scale.

The administrative metadata attached to the notice reinforces that it is informational only. It is listed as a discretionary opportunity under the energy activity category, tagged under CFDA 81.087 (Renewable Energy Research and Development). The funding opportunity number is DE-FOA-0000922, the posted and creation date are May 9, 2013, and an archive date is shown as Aug 9, 2013. Estimated total funding and award amounts are displayed as zero in this notice because the actual dollar figures, award sizes, and application deadlines would normally appear in the final FOA rather than in a notice of intent. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning any type of entity could potentially apply, subject to any eligibility specifics that would be clarified in the eventual FOA text. The notice also indicates no cost-sharing or matching requirement at the notice stage, though final cost-share rules, if any, would typically be confirmed in the FOA itself.

For practical next steps, the notice advises prospective applicants to prepare in advance rather than wait. That preparation generally means building a team (for example, manufacturers, integrators, fleets, station equipment suppliers, labs, and universities), defining a technical approach aligned with DOE goals, collecting baseline performance and cost data, and ensuring the organization can use EERE eXCHANGE for submission once the FOA is released. For anyone who cannot access the full announcement electronically, the notice provides a point of contact: Melissa A. Jacobi at melissa.jacobi@go.doe.gov.

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