The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has unveiled a funding opportunity of up to $15 million to advance the production of clean hydrogen for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. The initiative aims to support research and development projects focusing on converting various feedstocks, including coal, biomass, household waste, and plastics, into synthesis gas to facilitate the cost-effective production of clean hydrogen. Brad Crabtree, the Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, highlighted the significance of utilizing low-carbon fuels like hydrogen to meet ambitious climate goals, emphasizing the importance of advancing technologies that enable the use of waste and other feedstocks while reducing carbon emissions. The funding opportunity announcement seeks applications in two key areas - entrained flow gasification technologies and fluidized bed gasification technologies for alternative feedstocks, with a strong emphasis on societal considerations and impacts throughout the research process. By supporting projects aligned with the DOE's Hydrogen Shot initiative, which aims to drastically cut the cost of clean hydrogen production, the DOE's FECM is working towards minimizing environmental and climate impacts while striving for a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.