Background

MESC intends to issue a second opening of the  BIL Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing FOA. DOE expects to make 3 to 14 awards totalling approximately $725 million of federal funding available for new awards under this funding opportunity. Individual awards may vary between $50,000,000 and $200,000,000. The estimated period of performance for each award will be approximately 24-60 months. The overall funding opportunity scope may include capital and operational support for demonstration and/or commercial facilities supporting battery-grade precursor materials, constituent materials, battery components, and cell manufacturing and recycling.

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It is anticipated that the funding opportunity may include the following Areas of Interest for domestic facilities, with a focus on facilities that support the energy independence of the United States through circularity and secure sourcing:

• Battery Cathode and Anode Materials - Create U.S. manufacturing and recycling capacity to produce cathode critical minerals and materials or anode materials.

• Battery Electrolyte and Electrolyte Salts - Create U.S. manufacturing capacity to produce electrolyte and/or electrolyte salts, which remain a supply chain investment gap as nearly all electrolyte salt today is sourced through foreign entity of concern supply chains.

• Pre-Industrial Scale Cell Manufacturing - Accelerate pathways to commercialization of new battery and domestic manufacturing equipment/machinery technologies by supporting and increasing the availability of shared-access battery production lines.

• Materials, Processing, and Manufacturing Open Topics - Create U.S. manufacturing capacity to produce battery materials, components, or enable process technologies such as precursors; materials processing; catalysts; binders; separators; conductive additives; and current collector materials, structures, and treatments.

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Important Dates

DOE plans to issue the funding opportunity in spring 2025.

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If you have questions regarding this notice of intent, please contact Wendy Morgan ([email protected]).

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