BIL - SCALEUP AND DEMONSTRATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYSIS TECHNOLOGY THE PRIMARY PROJECT GOAL IS FOR NEXCERIS TO COMMERCIALIZE ITS HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYSIS STACK TECHNOLOGY, IN SUPPORT OF DOE’S MISSION TO DECARBONIZE ENERGY AND FUELS PRODUCTION IN THE U.S. THE THREE MAJOR OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO: (1) ESTABLISH PILOT SCALE SOLID OXIDE CELL MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES AT CURRENT CHEMICALS; (2) ESTABLISH AUTOMATED STACK MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY AT NEXCERIS; AND (3) EXPAND STACK TESTING CAPACITY AT NEXCERIS AND ACHIEVE AT LEAST 30,000 HOURS OF CUMULATIVE STACK DURABILITY TESTING. WE WILL WORK TO REDUCE CELL MANUFACTURING COSTS BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING IMPROVED CERAMIC PROCESSING APPROACHES, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CELL MANUFACTURING PROCESS STEPS AND OVERALL PROCESSING TIME, AND TO IDENTIFY LOW-COST KILN FURNITURE OPTIONS. TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT WORK WILL BE PERFORMED TO CONFIRM THAT STACK MANUFACTURING COST WILL BE LESS THAN $100/KW AT GIGAWATT PRODUCTION SCALE AND HOW THE PROPOSED STACK AND SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY CAN ACHIEVE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION COST OF LESS THAN $1/KG. IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR INDUSTRY AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERS, WE WANT TO ACHIEVE HIGHLY AMBITIOUS TARGETS FOR IMPROVING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESS (DEIA) WITHIN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND WORKPLACES. EXECUTION OF OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLAN WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR ADVANCEMENT OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND OR TRAINING AND EDUCATING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE.