WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Energy plans to invest an additional $3 billion to boost the domestic production of advanced batteries and materials. The selected projects will retrofit, expand and build new domestic facilities for battery-grade processed critical minerals, battery components, battery manufacturing and recycling.
“We’re in the midst of a manufacturing revival in the United States….,” says U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. “By positioning the U.S. at the forefront of advanced battery manufacturing, we are creating high-paying jobs and strengthening our global economic leadership and domestic energy security, all while supporting the clean energy transition.”
The 25 selected projects are located in 14 states, ranging from Arizona to Michigan and South Carolina to Washington. They include both traditional and next-generation lithium-ion chemistries, as well as non-lithium-ion technologies.
The projects span strategic segments across the battery supply chain, building and expanding commercial-scale facilities to extract and recycle critical minerals such as graphite, lithium and manganese.
