Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011306

This $59,125,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to commercialize Nexceris's high-temperature electrolysis stack technology. The key objectives are to: (1) establish pilot-scale solid oxide cell manufacturing capabilities, (2) establish automated stack manufacturing at Nexceris, and (3) expand stack testing capacity to achieve at least 30,000 hours of cumulative stack durability testing. The project will work to reduce cell manufacturing costs by developing improved ceramic processing and streamlining the manufacturing process. Additionally, the project will perform techno-economic analysis to confirm a stack manufacturing cost of less than $100/kW at gigawatt production scale and a hydrogen production cost of less than $1/kg. Nexceris will collaborate with industry and university partners to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) initiatives within the local community and workforce.