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

Monday, September 23, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, is developing a diversified portfolio of projects that help deliver a durable and secure battery manufacturing supply chain for the American people.  

As part of the Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Program, DOE is enabling $15 billion in total investment for battery manufacturing, processing, and recycling. These projects are integral to the clean energy industrial strategy to bolster a domestic supply chain that enhances America’s energy security and economic competitiveness, while also creating over 6,000 operating jobs and over 13,000 construction jobs nationwide.  

DOE is investing over $3 billion in a second round of projects to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and battery materials nationwide. This round of investment builds off of a previous round of program funding in which DOE awarded a total of $1.82 billion to 14 projects. Round one awardees will build and expand commercial-scale facilities to extract lithium, graphite, and other battery materials, and battery component manufacturing. The first round of funds also supports demonstration of new approaches to manufacturing components from recycled materials. Many of the facilities are already under construction and one is currently operational.