The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), issued a request for information (RFI) to help guide the implementation of $335 million in investments for lithium-ion battery recycling programs. Expanding options for domestic production of zero emissions transportation will allow more Americans to benefit from clean transportation, while adding jobs.
While lithium-ion battery costs have fallen more than 90 percent since 2008, energy density and performance have rapidly increased, paving the way for an accelerated transition to clean transportation. This RFI builds and expands on DOE’s May 2022 announcement of $3.16 billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, including $3.1 billion for battery materials refining and production plants, battery cell and pack manufacturing facilities, and recycling facilities, and $60 million to support second-life applications for batteries once used to power electric vehicles, and new processes for recycling materials back into the battery supply chain.
DOE is requesting feedback on how federal investments can accelerate the collection, transportation, processing and recycling of batteries and scrap materials, enable second life applications of lithium-ion batteries previously used to power electric vehicles and support high quality jobs for American workers.
Responses to the RFI are due October 14, 2022, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
Published in the October 2022 Edition