NCHT Building History
To house the growing number of hydrogen projects that were coming to the EERC, a state-of-the-art building was a necessity. The EERC was awarded $2,500,000 from the North Dakota Centers of Excellence and $500,000 from the City of Grand Forks to build this 15,000-square-foot facility to support continued development of hydrogen technologies. The EERC contributed an additional $500,000. The building was dedicated in September 2008, and by that time, the entire building footprint had been dedicated to a variety of projects with corporate partners.
NCHT Building Expansion
The EERC is working to expand several aspects of its office and technology demonstration facilities. The first of several buildings planned is a facility for the development of tactical fuels for the U.S. military and civilian markets, which will be added on to the existing NCHT facility. The EERC is finalizing the funding for a Fuels of the Future Facility, which will focus on the development and demonstration of critical technologies for the production of non-petroleum-derived liquid fuels (jet, diesel, and gasoline) and hydrogen utilizing our valuable domestic energy resources, including coal, biomass, and wind.