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DEEE0011360

Project Grant

Overview

Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) demonstrating the techno-economic viability of automated characterization and sorting of batteries within e-waste.

The objective of the project is to demonstrate automated sorting techniques capable of a greater than 25 percent improvement in total dollars per ton to preprocess batteries by chemistry.

The team will achieve this by creating a sorting prototype using artificial intelligence and an automation platform.
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
Louisville, Colorado 80027-3155 United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
AMP Robotics Corporation was awarded Automated Battery Sorting Innovation for E-Waste Recycling Project Grant DEEE0011360 worth $5,930,148 from the Department of Energy in October 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Louisville Colorado United States. The grant has a duration of 9 months and was awarded through assistance program 81.086 Conservation Research and Development. $611,015 (9.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources. The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Consumer Electronics Battery Recycling, Reprocessing, and Battery Collection.

Status
(Complete)

Last Modified 9/30/24

Period of Performance
10/1/24
Start Date
7/31/25
End Date
100% Complete

Funding Split
$5.9M
Federal Obligation
$611.0K
Non-Federal Obligation
$6.5M
Total Obligated
91.0% Federal Funding
9.0% Non-Federal Funding

Activity Timeline

Interactive chart of timeline of amendments to DEEE0011360

Additional Detail

Award ID FAIN
DEEE0011360
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
For-Profit Organization (Other Than Small Business)
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892412 OFFICE OF MANUFACTURING AND ENERGY SUPPLY CHAINS (MESC)
Awardee UEI
TGL1CKXT7BL5
Awardee CAGE
70E32
Performance District
CO-02
Senators
Michael Bennet
John Hickenlooper
Modified: 9/30/24