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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$122,993,646

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to CIRBA SOLUTIONS, LLC

ACTION DATE2026-02-25·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DEMS0000111_089
Award description

BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL): CIRBA SOLUTIONS - SOUTH CAROLINA FACILITY. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO EXPAND DOMESTIC LITHIUM ION RECYCLING CAPACITY TO CREATE A CLOSED LOOP DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Expand domestic lithium-ion battery recycling capacity in South Carolina to create a closed-loop domestic supply chain.

Sub-sectors
lithium-recyclingdomestic-supply-chainclosed-loop-manufacturing
Why this matters

Reduces U.S. dependence on foreign lithium sources and strengthens domestic EV battery supply resilience under BIL.

Supply-chain signal

Signals investment in downstream battery recycling infrastructure, enabling domestic lithium recovery and reducing raw material imports.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly counters China's dominance in lithium processing and battery recycling; builds U.S. capacity for EV supply chain independence.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002263.

Period of performance
Start
2025-01-01
End
2026-12-31
Status
activein 230 days
Sources

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