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DEEE0011359

Cooperative Agreement

Overview

Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) integrated automated sorting and battery neutralization to reduce end-of-life logistics costs for lithium-ion battery recycling.

The objective of the project is to develop an integrated, faster, and more cost-effective automated sorting and neutralization preprocessing system for end-of-life (EOL) consumer electronics (CE) batteries.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THE GOALS OF THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ARE TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION BY CONSUMERS IN RECYCLING, IMPROVE THE ECONOMICS OF CONSUMER RECYCLING, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STATE AND LOCAL BATTERY COLLECTION, RECYCLING, AND REPROCESSING PROGRAMS, AND TO ESTABLISH COLLECTION POINTS AT RETAILERS.
Place of Performance
Pineville, North Carolina 28134-8574 United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
LI Industries was awarded BIL Automated Battery Recycling System Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011359 worth $6,700,000 from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in October 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Pineville North Carolina United States. The grant has a duration of 3 years and was awarded through assistance program 81.086 Conservation Research and Development. $1,750,000 (21.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources. The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Consumer Electronics Battery Recycling, Reprocessing, and Battery Collection.

Status
(Ongoing)

Last Modified 9/24/24

Period of Performance
10/1/24
Start Date
9/30/27
End Date
38.0% Complete

Funding Split
$6.7M
Federal Obligation
$1.8M
Non-Federal Obligation
$8.4M
Total Obligated
79.0% Federal Funding
21.0% Non-Federal Funding

Activity Timeline

Interactive chart of timeline of amendments to DEEE0011359

Additional Detail

Award ID FAIN
DEEE0011359
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892403 ENERGY EFFICIENCYRENEWABLE ENERGY
Awardee UEI
WPXJJE9U8HT9
Awardee CAGE
7WFD5
Performance District
NC-14
Senators
Thom Tillis
Ted Budd
Modified: 9/24/24