The U.S. Department of Energy on Sept. 20 announced over $3 billion for 25 selected projects across 14 states to boost the domestic production of advanced batteries and battery materials nationwide.
Administered by DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC), the selected projects will retrofit, expand, and build new domestic facilities for battery-grade processed critical minerals, battery components, battery manufacturing, and recycling.
“Under the Biden-Harris Administration, the private sector has made a historic $120 billion investment in the EV supply chain and this program is integral to the President’s clean energy industrial strategy to bolster a domestic supply chain that enhances America’s energy security and economic competitiveness,” DOE said.
The announcement of round two selections aims to further address existing and future supply chain challenges.
The selected projects span strategic segments across the supply chain, building and expanding commercial-scale facilities to extract and recycle critical minerals including lithium, graphite, and manganese, as well as manufacture components.
“These components represent the most essential building blocks of the battery supply chain, like electrolyte salts, solid state electrolytes, polymers for separators, cathode and anode materials, that are critical to onshore a robust and reliable energy supply chain,” DOE said.
The selected projects also cover traditional and next-generation lithium-ion chemistries, as well as non-lithium-ion technologies, “to ensure that the U.S. has a diverse portfolio of domestic battery technologies that can strengthen our overall energy security.”
Learn more about the projects selected for award negotiations here.
Selection for award negotiations is not a commitment by DOE to issue an award or provide funding. Before funding is issued, DOE and the applicants will undergo a negotiation process, and DOE will complete environmental review.
DOE may cancel negotiations and rescind the selection for any reason during that time.
