“DOE is helping reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign supply chains through innovative solutions that will leverage domestic sources of critical materials needed for next-generation technologies,” said the U.S. Secretary of Energy. , Jennifer Granholm.
“These investments, part of our industrial strategy, will enable America’s growing manufacturing industry to remain competitive while providing economic benefits to communities nationwide,” she added.
These projects are coordinated through the DOE Collaboration on critical materialswhich aims to improve and increase communication and coordination between government agencies and stakeholders working on critical materials projects. This includes supporting real-world innovation at every stage of the research, development and demonstration (RD&D) pipeline.
According to the DOE, sustained small-scale demonstrations for critical materials, including lithium, nickel, cobalt, rare earth elements, platinum group metals, silicon carbide, copper and graphite, will help to de-risk critical materials innovations and accelerate their commercial readiness and adoption. .
Projects selected to develop magnets with reduced critical material content:
- University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, Texas): $1,000,000
- Ames National Laboratory (Ames, Iowa): $1,000,000
- ABB, Inc. (Cary, North Carolina): $1,520,000
- Niron Magnetics, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota): $2,700,000
Projects aimed at improving unit operations for processing and manufacturing critical materials:
- Freeform Fibers (Saratoga Springs, NY): $926,000
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia): $1,000,000
- University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota): $1,000,000
- Ames National Laboratory (Ames, Iowa): $1,000,000
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, Tennessee): $1,000,000
- Summit Nanotech USA Corporation (Lafayette, Colorado): $1,000,000
Recover critical materials from waste and post-consumer products:
- Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University (College Station, Texas): $1,280,000
- Infinite Elements (El Paso, Texas): $1,500,000
Reducing demand for critical materials for clean energy technologies:
- Celadyne Technologies (Chicago, Illinois): $1,000,000
- COnovate (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin): $1,000,000
Learn more about the selected projects here.