View all text of Subchapter VIII [§ 16151 - § 16166]
§ 16161c. Clean hydrogen manufacturing and recycling
(a) Clean hydrogen manufacturing initiative
(1) In general
(2) PriorityIn awarding grants or entering into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other agreements under paragraph (1), the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall give priority to clean hydrogen equipment manufacturing projects that—
(A) increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness in—
(i) the manufacturing process; and
(ii) the use of resources, including existing energy infrastructure;
(B) support domestic supply chains for materials and components;
(C) identify and incorporate nonhazardous alternative materials for components and devices;
(D) operate in partnership with tribal energy development organizations, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian community-based organizations, or territories or freely associated States; or
(E) are located in economically distressed areas of the major natural gas-producing regions of the United States.
(3) Evaluation
(b) Clean hydrogen technology recycling research, development, and demonstration program
(1) In generalIn carrying out the programs established under sections 16154 and 16161a of this title, the Secretary shall award multiyear grants to, and enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or any other agreements authorized under this Act or other Federal law with, eligible entities for research, development, and demonstration projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of clean hydrogen technologies, including by—
(A) increasing the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the recovery of raw materials from clean hydrogen technology components and systems, including enabling technologies such as electrolyzers and fuel cells;
(B) minimizing environmental impacts from the recovery and disposal processes;
(C) addressing any barriers to the research, development, demonstration, and commercialization of technologies and processes for the disassembly and recycling of devices used for clean hydrogen production, processing, delivery, storage, and use;
(D) developing alternative materials, designs, manufacturing processes, and other aspects of clean hydrogen technologies;
(E) developing alternative disassembly and resource recovery processes that enable efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible disassembly of, and resource recovery from, clean hydrogen technologies; and
(F) developing strategies to increase consumer acceptance of, and participation in, the recycling of fuel cells.
(2) Dissemination of results
(c) Authorization of appropriations
(Pub. L. 109–58, title VIII, § 815, as added Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title III, § 40314(2), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1011.)