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DEMS0000002

Project Grant

Overview

Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Integrated Sustainable Battery Precursor Production Plant

The objective of this project is to establish industrial scale battery precursor production capacity of sustainable low-cost cathode active materials in the United States. By integrating the separation of critical cathode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with the production of precursor active materials (PCAM) for new LIBs.
Awardee
Ascend Elements
Funding Goals
PROJECTS AWARDED UNDER THIS FOA WILL BE FUNDED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, ALSO MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL). THE ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS FOA SUPPORT BIL SECTIONS 40207 (B) & (C) AND THE BROADER GOVERNMENT-WIDE APPROACH TO UPGRADING AND MODERNIZING INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING BY STRENGTHENING CRITICAL DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CHAINS TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS OF THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION AS THE NATION WORKS TO CURB THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
Grant Program (CFDA)
81.253 - Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications
Awarding Agency
National Energy Technology Lab (NETL) [DOE]
Funding Agency
Department of Energy (DOE)
Place of Performance
Pembroke, Kentucky 42266-9817 United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0002678)
Analysis Notes
Infrastructure $316,186,575 (100%) percent this Project Grant was funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Act.
Ascend Elements was awarded BIL Sustainable Battery Precursor Plant Project Grant DEMS0000002 worth $316,186,575 from the Department of Energy in September 2023 with work to be completed primarily in Pembroke Kentucky United States. The grant has a duration of 1 year 5 months and was awarded through assistance program 81.253 Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications. The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Funding Opportunity Announcement.

Status
(Complete)

Last Modified 6/18/25

Period of Performance
9/1/23
Start Date
2/28/25
End Date
100% Complete

Funding Split
$316.2M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$316.2M
Total Obligated
100.0% Federal Funding
0.0% Non-Federal Funding

Activity Timeline

Interactive chart of timeline of amendments to DEMS0000002

Transaction History

Modifications to DEMS0000002

Additional Detail

Award ID FAIN
DEMS0000002
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892412 OFFICE OF MANUFACTURING AND ENERGY SUPPLY CHAINS (MESC)
Awardee UEI
YN7MWRXTXFW9
Awardee CAGE
9A5L8
Performance District
KY-01
Senators
Mitch McConnell
Rand Paul

Budget Funding

Federal Account Budget Subfunction Object Class Total Percentage
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Energy Programs, Energy (089-0321) Energy conservation Grants, subsidies, and contributions (41.0) $316,186,575 100%
Modified: 6/18/25