DOE awards $2.8 Billion for U.S. Manufacturing of Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Electric Grid

[DanCar]

Biden-Harris Administration Awards $2.8 Billion to Supercharge U.S. Manufacturing of Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Electric Grid

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding going to 20 companies across 12 states will strengthen America’s energy independence, create good-paying construction and manufacturing jobs and lower costs.

www.energy.gov

20 companies will receive a combined $2.8 billion to build and expand commercial-scale facilities in 12 states to extract and process lithium, graphite and other battery materials, manufacture components, and demonstrate new approaches, including manufacturing components from recycled materials.
Federal investment will be matched by recipients to leverage a total of more than $9 billion

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Recycling Selections​

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Recycling Selections

Funded with $2.8 Billion through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the portfolio of 21 projects supports new, retrofitted, and expanded commercial-scale domestic facilities to produce battery materials, processing, cell components, and battery recycling.

www.energy.gov

https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/DOE%20BIL%20Battery%20FOA-2678%20Selectee%20Fact%20Sheets%20-%201_2.pdf

PROJECT NAME: Plasma Low-cost Ultra Sustainable Cathode Active Material (PLUS CAM) APPLICANT: 6k Inc
Federal Cost Share: $50,000,000 Recipient Cost Share: $57,395,080
Supply Chain Segment: Component Manufacturing (Cathode)
Project Description: 6K Inc. plans to demonstrate the ability to domestically produce multiple battery chemistries namely NMC811 and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) in a plant with the capacity of 3,000 tpa (tonnes per annum) ready for production in 2025 scaling to 10,000 tpa in 2026 using its patented 6K’s UniMelt® microwave plasma processing technology. This project will be led by industry veteran Dr. Richard Holman as the principal investigator.
6K’s UniMelt microwave technology leverages a 6000 Kelvin excited plasma ...

 

[ThomasD]

Until the environmentalists block companies from mining. If these companies use processes other than strip mining and not be allowed to contaminate the surrounding area. I would support this program

 

[ThomasD]

Is there a time table to have all of this up and running

 

[RSpanner]

Until the environmentalists block companies from mining. If these companies use processes other than strip mining and not be allowed to contaminate the surrounding area. I would support this program

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A research team led by Oregon State University is planning to develop a new rechargeable battery that could reduce the need for environmentally destructive mining of rare minerals like nickel and lithium and accelerate the clean energy transition.

Oregon State University plans to develop a battery that would not rely on rare minerals

A research team led by Oregon State University hopes to develop new rechargeable battery technology that could reduce the need for mining lithium and nickel for electric vehicles.

www.opb.org