DEMS0000114
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Commercial production of advanced battery grade graphite
The recipient is an advanced critical minerals processing company that has developed an innovative, cost-effective, sustainable, and efficient manufacturing process to produce lithium-ion battery anode-grade coated spherical purified graphite (CSPG) from natural flake graphite at a commercial scale.
The recipient’s sustainable CSPG processing technology includes a modular design to accelerate commercial deployments.
The primary objective of the project is to leverage the recipient’s ongoing commercial demonstration operations and successfully deploy a full commercial module in its first commercial production plant, currently planned for Muscle Shoals, Alabama to rapidly expand domestic capabilities for necessary CSPG production that come with the growing demand for electric vehicles.
In the long run, the recipient’s goal is to continue constructing commercial projects strategically located throughout the US to strengthen domestic manufacturing and CSPG supply chains, maximize the benefits of the clean energy transition, and reduce reliance on foreign competitors for processed critical minerals.
The recipient is an advanced critical minerals processing company that has developed an innovative, cost-effective, sustainable, and efficient manufacturing process to produce lithium-ion battery anode-grade coated spherical purified graphite (CSPG) from natural flake graphite at a commercial scale.
The recipient’s sustainable CSPG processing technology includes a modular design to accelerate commercial deployments.
The primary objective of the project is to leverage the recipient’s ongoing commercial demonstration operations and successfully deploy a full commercial module in its first commercial production plant, currently planned for Muscle Shoals, Alabama to rapidly expand domestic capabilities for necessary CSPG production that come with the growing demand for electric vehicles.
In the long run, the recipient’s goal is to continue constructing commercial projects strategically located throughout the US to strengthen domestic manufacturing and CSPG supply chains, maximize the benefits of the clean energy transition, and reduce reliance on foreign competitors for processed critical minerals.
Awardee
Funding Goals
CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW SECTIONS 40207(B) AND 40207(C) THIS ANNOUNCEMENT INTENDS TO FUND PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE THE USE OF MORE CLEAN ENERGY, CREATE NEW, GOOD-PAYING JOBS AND LOWER COSTS FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND WORKERS BY GUIDING THE NATION TOWARDS A 100% CARBON POLLUTION-FREE ELECTRICITY SECTOR BY 2035 AND NET-ZERO ECONOMY BY 2050.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Muscle Shoals,
Alabama
35661
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Urbix was awarded
Advanced Battery Grade Graphite Production Domestic Electric Vehicle Demand
Project Grant DEMS0000114
worth $124,609,721
from the Department of Energy in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Muscle Shoals Alabama United States.
The grant
has a duration of 9 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.253 Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications.
$232,828,454 (65.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 12/26/24
Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
10/31/25
End Date
Funding Split
$124.6M
Federal Obligation
$232.8M
Non-Federal Obligation
$357.4M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEMS0000114
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
Y9J4EVWMNJF7
Awardee CAGE
7M1V4
Performance District
AL-04
Senators
Tommy Tuberville
Katie Britt
Katie Britt
Modified: 12/26/24