US Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm Tours American Battery Technology Company Commercial Facilities
US Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm Tours American Battery Technology Company Commercial Facilities
RENO, Nev., June 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT), an integrated critical battery materials company that is commercializing its technologies for both primary battery minerals manufacturing and secondary minerals lithium-ion battery recycling, hosted U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and members of her staff at its commercial lithium-ion battery recycling facility earlier this week. The tour follows American Battery Technology Company's (ABTC) recent announcement of its first successful manufacturing of lithium hydroxide from its first-of-kind, Nevada-based claystone integrated demonstration plant that was constructed with support from a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
美国电池技术公司(NASDAQ: ABAT)是一家综合性的关键电池材料公司,正在商业化其技术,用于一次性电池矿物制造和二次矿物锂离子电池回收。该公司主办了美国能源部部长詹妮弗·格兰霍姆和其工作人员的商用锂离子电池回收设施之旅。此次巡回活动是紧随美国电池技术公司最新公布的消息后进行的,美国电池技术公司在内华达州建造了一座首个独特的、用于获得锂水滑石的综合演示厂,这个工厂的建造得到了美国能源部的拨款支持。
"I'm very proud of our team for constructing and commissioning ahead of schedule our multi-tonne per day demonstration system for the manufacturing of battery grade lithium hydroxide from our own Nevada-based sedimentary claystone resource," stated American Battery Technology Company CEO Ryan Melsert. "It was an especially proud moment to have Secretary Granholm come onsite to tour this demonstration facility, to review our progress on scaling this technology even further to our commercial scale refinery with support from an additional U.S. DOE grant, and to have so many of our strategic partners and stakeholders onsite to galvanize our path forward and align to establishing a true US closed-loop battery supply chain."
"我非常为我们的团队感到骄傲,他们提前完成了每天多吨电池级锂水滑石的演示制造系统的建设和投产,"美国电池技术公司首席执行官瑞安·梅尔瑟特说。"我感到特别骄傲的是,格兰霍姆部长在现场参观了我们的演示工厂,审查了我们在进一步推广这项技术方面的进展,包括我们的商业规模精炼厂的建立。我们获得了美国能源部的额外拨款支持,并且到场的许多战略伙伴和利益相关者,以证实我们的发展路径并为建立真正的美国闭环电池供应链做出贡献。"
During the visit, Secretary Granholm toured ABTC's lithium hydroxide from claystone demonstration facility, its lithium-ion battery recycling plant, and met several ABTC strategic partners and stakeholder leaders who participated in the tour and events.
在这次访问中,格兰霍姆部长参观了美国电池技术公司的锂水滑石演示厂、锂离子电池回收工厂,并与许多公司的战略伙伴和利益相关者见面。
The tour started with ABTC's lithium hydroxide from claystone demonstration facility highlighting the company's integrated, first-of-kind process train specifically designed to access the lithium in these types of US-based unconventional resources to produce a low-cost and low environmental impact lithium hydroxide monohydrate product (LiOH) that meets the rigorous specifications for use in high energy density battery cathode manufacturing. While the U.S. does not hold large deposits of conventional lithium resources, such as hard rock ores and lithium-rich brines, it does have significant amounts of lithium held in unconventional deposits, such as sedimentary claystone resources. To date, attempts to produce battery-grade lithium products from these vast quantities of lithium-bearing unconventional sedimentary resources have utilized processes that were designed for conventional hard rock or brine-based resources, and as a result were not economically competitive.
这次巡回活动始于美国电池技术公司的锂水滑石演示设施,突出显示了该公司的综合性首个流程培训,旨在设计一种特别的流程,以便从这些美国非常规资源中获得锂,生产低成本、低环境影响的锂水滑石单水合物(LiOH)产品,满足高能密度电池阴极制造的严格规格要求。尽管美国没有大规模的传统锂资源,例如硬岩矿物和富锂卤水,但它确实有大量的锂贮存在非传统的包括沉积性水滑石资源之内。迄今为止,从这些海量带锂非常规沉积资源生产电池级锂产品的尝试,一直采用针对传统硬岩或卤水资源设计的工艺,结果不具有经济竞争力。
With its demonstration facility now operational, ABTC is working to further evolve this technology by constructing a commercial-scale 30,000 tonnes lithium hydroxide per year refinery utilizing this system design directly at its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project, which has been identified as one of the largest lithium resources in the U.S. In October 2022, ABTC was selected for an additional competitively awarded $57.5 million grant from the U.S. DOE for a $115M project to support the construction of this commercial refinery. ABTC has engaged one of the premier global construction firms, Black & Veatch, for the engineering, procurement, and construction of this commercial-scale lithium hydroxide refinery.
现在,美国电池技术公司正在建设具有商业规模的3万吨每年锂水滑石精炼厂,以进一步发展这一技术,并直接利用它在其托诺帕荒地锂项目中被确定为美国最大锂资源的系统设计。 2022年10月,美国电池技术公司获得了美国能源部5750万美元的额外拨款支持,用于一项1.15亿美元的项目,支持建设这座商业精炼厂。美国电池技术公司已经委托顶尖的全球建筑公司黑白水工程公司负责这座商业规模的锂水滑石精炼厂的工程、采购和建设工作。
After touring the LiOH pilot plant, the Secretary viewed the commercial lithium-ion battery recycling operations. The ABTC recycling facility utilizes a first-of-kind integrated set of recycling processes based on a strategic de-manufacturing approach that utilizes a deconstruction process combined with a targeted selective hydrometallurgical process. This system is agnostic to feedstock form factors and can process lithium-ion batteries and manufacturing scrap of a variety of sizes and shapes, and with a wide range of internal chemistries. The first phase of the recycling process produces recycled products that includes copper, aluminum, steel, a lithium intermediate, and a black mass intermediate material, and the integrated second phase further refines these materials into battery grade nickel sulfate, cobalt sulfate, manganese sulfate, and lithium hydroxide.
参观了锂水滑石中间试验厂后,部长视察了商用锂离子电池回收工业。美国电池技术公司的回收设施采用一种独特的、综合的一组回收流程,基于一种策略化的拆解过程,结合一个有针对性的选择性水冶工艺。这一系统对各种尺寸和形状的锂离子电池和制造废料的状态都能够适应,并具有广泛的内部化学性质。回收过程的第一阶段生产回收产品,其中包括铜、铝、钢,不纯锂中间体和黑色中间质材料,而集成的第二阶段则进一步将这些材料提炼成电池级别的硫酸镍、硫酸钴、硫酸锰和锂水滑石。
Several strategic partners and civic leaders joined the tour, including:
许多战略伙伴和社会领袖参加了这次巡回活动,其中包括:
- Tom Burns, Executive Director, Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development
- Andrew Clinger, Vice President for Administration & Finance, University of Nevada, Reno
- Jessica Diss, Northern Nevada Legislative Director, Office of Senator Cortez-Masto
- Jon Dunham, AVP, Managing Director of Mining & Metals, Black & Veatch
- Joni Eastley, Tonopah Main Street and Tonopah Town Board, Vice Chair
- Mridul Gautam, Vice President of Innovation and Research, University of Nevada, Reno
- Brady Hays, Sr. Vice President & Executive Managing Director, Energy Resources, Process Industries, Mining and Manufacturing, Black & Veatch
- Benjamin Knudsen, Vice President Research, North America, BASF
- Jackie Pierrott, VP of Government Affairs, Nevada Battery Coalition
- Kristen Wahl, Director of Energy Justice and Workforce Readiness for Advanced Energy Technologies, Argonne National Laboratory
- 汤姆·伯恩斯,内华达州经济发展办公室执行主任
- 安德鲁·克林格,内华达大学雷诺分校行政和财务副主席
- 杰西卡·迪斯,科特兹马斯多参议员办公室北内华达立法主任
- 约恩·邓纳姆,黑白水工程公司采矿及金属业务总监
- 乔妮·伊斯特利,托诺帕主街和托诺帕镇董事会副主席
- 姆里杜尔·高汀姆,内华达大学雷诺分校创新与研究副校长
- 布雷迪·海斯,黑白水工程公司能源资源、过程工业、采矿和制造业高级副总裁和执行总监
- 本杰明·克努德森,北美巴斯夫研究副总裁
- 杰基·皮罗特,内华达电池联盟政府事务副总裁
- 克里斯汀·瓦尔,阿贡国立实验室能源公正和先进能源技术工作就绪主任
Bringing first-of-kind technologies to market, ABTC's battery recycling and primary battery metals commercialization efforts support the buildout of a domestically-sourced battery metals circular supply chain. ABTC has been selected for several competitive grant awards supporting the advancement and commercialization of its first-of-kind technologies for both recycling and primary LiOH manufacturing.
美国电池技术公司引入首创技术,支持建设国内来源的电池金属循环供应链。美国电池技术公司已经获得多份竞争性拨款,支持其为回收和首次锂水滑石制造而实现首个技术,并推广商业化。
U.S. DOE Investments in ABTC Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling
美国能源部对ABTC锂离子电池回收进行投资
- October 2021: ABTC was selected for a $2 million project from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) supported by funding from US DOE to support the recycling of battery packs and extraction of battery metals, with USABC cost share of $500 thousand.
- November 2022: ABTC was selected for a $20 million project from the U.S. DOE to scale, optimize, and commercialize three next generation techniques to even further enhance the performance of the recycling train, with a federal cost share of $10 million.
- March 2024: Awarded qualifying advanced energy project tax credits (48C) for $20 million for capital expenditures for battery recycling.
- March 2024: Awarded qualifying advanced energy project tax credits (48C) for $40 million for the construction of a new commercial recycling facility.
- 2021年10月:ABTC荣获美国国家先进电池联合会(USABC)200万美元项目的支持,以支持电池包回收和电池金属提取,USABC成本分担为50万美元。
- 2022年11月:ABTC荣获美国能源部2000万美元的资助,以扩大、优化和商业化三种下一代技术,进一步提高回收列车的性能,联邦成本分担为1000万美元。
- 2024年3月:获得注格48C项目(符合资格的先进能源项目税收抵免)2000万美元的资格,用于电池回收的资本支出。
- 2024年3月:获得注格48C项目(符合资格的先进能源项目税收抵免)4000万美元的资格,用于新的商业回收设施的建造。
U.S. DOE Investments in ABTC Lithium Hydroxide (LIOH) from Claystone Manufacturing
美国能源部对ABTC从黏土石制造的锂羟化合物的投资
- October 2021: ABTC was selected for a $4.5 million project from the U.S. DOE for the demonstration of battery-grade lithium hydroxide precursor production from Nevada claystone resources, with federal cost share of $2.27 million.
- October 2022: ABTC was selected for a $115 million project from the U.S. DOE to construct a commercial-scale lithium hydroxide refinery, with a federal cost share of $57 million.
- 2021年10月:ABTC荣获美国能源部450万美元项目的支持,以从内华达州黏土石资源制造电池级锂羟化合物的先期生产,联邦成本分担为227万美元的示范性项目。
- 2022年10月:ABTC荣获美国能源部1.15亿美元的资助,以建造商业化规模的锂羟化物精炼厂,联邦成本分担为5700万美元。
About American Battery Technology Company
American Battery Technology Company (ABTC), headquartered in Reno, Nevada, has pioneered first-of-kind technologies to unlock domestically manufactured and recycled battery metals critically needed to help meet the significant demand from the electric vehicle, stationary storage, and consumer electronics industries. Committed to a circular supply chain for battery metals, ABTC works to continually innovate and master new battery metals technologies that power a global transition to electrification and the future of sustainable energy.
关于美国电池科技公司
美国电池科技公司(ABTC)总部位于内华达州雷诺市,开创了首批技术,以释放国内制造和回收的电池金属,以满足电动汽车、储能和消费电子行业的巨大需求。ABTC致力于构建电池金属循环供应链,不断创新和掌握新型电池金属技术,以驱动全球向电气化和未来可持续能源的转变。
总部位于内华达州雷诺的美国电池科技公司(ABTC)首创了一系列技术,以解锁从再生电池金属中生产的、国产和再生的电池金属材料,这些材料在电动汽车、静止储能和消费电子诸如工业中需求巨大。致力于建立电池金属循环供应链,ABTC致力于不断创新和掌握新的电池金属技术,推动全球电气化和可持续能源未来的过渡。
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