Overview of U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy’s Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Program for FY2019

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy (FE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Program is currently developing efficient, low-cost electricity from natural gas distributed generation applications in FY2019. The current program includes cell development and core technology research to increase the reliability, robustness, and durability of cell, stack, and system technology; and providing the technology base to permit cost-competitive distributed generation applications. The program is a unique balance of strategically oriented research and development activities spanning fundamental research to prototype testing. The SOFC Program collaborates and coordinates with other fuel cell programs government-wide, including ARPA-E and DOE EERE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Office. The accomplishments of these activities, along with the status of the program's integrated systems tests will be presented.