华盛顿特区——美国能源部（DOE）今日宣布向14个项目投资1700万美元，以加速关键材料的创新，同时推动安全、可持续、经济且高效的解决方案，满足当前和未来供应链的需求。这些项目覆盖11个州，旨在强化和优化高影响力部件及技术的制造，包括氢燃料电池、高效电机用磁体、高性能锂离子电池以及高产量低缺陷功率电子器件。
“DOE is helping reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign supply chains through innovative solutions that will tap domestic sources of the critical materials needed for next-generation technologies,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy, Jennifer M. Granholm. “These investments—part of our industrial strategy—will keep America’s growing manufacturing industry competitive while delivering economic benefits to communities nationwide.”
“DOE正在通过创新解决方案帮助减少美国对外国供应链的依赖，从而开发国内关键材料资源，以支持下一代技术，”美国能源部长詹妮弗·M·格兰霍姆说道。“这些投资是我们工业战略的一部分，不仅能够保持美国制造业的竞争力，还能为全国各地的社区带来经济效益。”
These projects are coordinated through DOE’s Critical Materials Collaborative, which is designed to catalyze a robust critical materials innovation ecosystem by connecting DOE’s critical minerals and materials portfolio with industry and beyond, supporting real-world innovation through each stage of the research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) pipeline. The supported small-scale demonstrations for critical materials including lithium, nickel, cobalt, rare earth elements, platinum group metals, silicon carbide, copper, and graphite will help de-risk critical materials innovations and accelerate commercial readiness and adoption for critical materials including the aforementioned.
这些项目通过能源部的关键材料协作计划进行协调，旨在通过将DOE的关键矿物和材料组合与工业及其他领域连接起来，催化一个强大的关键材料创新生态系统，从研究、开发到示范（RD&D）的各阶段支持实际创新。支持的小规模示范涵盖锂、镍、钴、稀土元素、铂族金属、碳化硅、铜和石墨等关键材料，将有助于降低创新风险，加速这些关键材料的商业化准备和应用。
The projects announced today will prioritize community benefits, reduce the environmental impacts of mining, and augment America’s manufacturing workforce. These investments through the Critical Materials Accelerator funding program are part of a government-wide effort to support resilient supply chains and address challenges in each of the DOE’s Critical Minerals and Materials strategic pillars: diversify and expand supply, develop alternatives, improve materials and manufacturing efficiency, and build the circular economy.
今日公布的项目将优先考虑社区效益，减少采矿对环境的影响，并增强美国制造业劳动力。这些通过关键材料加速器资助计划的投资是政府层面支持供应链韧性的一部分，旨在解决能源部关键矿物和材料战略支柱中的各项挑战：多样化和扩大供应、开发替代品、提高材料和制造效率以及构建循环经济。
The selected projects:
已选项目：
Use magnets with reduced critical materials content:
使用减少关键材料含量的磁体：
- University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, Texas)**: $1,000,000
德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校（德克萨斯州阿灵顿）：$1,000,000
- Ames National Laboratory (Ames, Iowa)**: $1,000,000
艾姆斯国家实验室（爱荷华州艾姆斯）：$1,000,000
- ABB, Inc. (Cary, North Carolina)**: $1,520,000
ABB公司（北卡罗来纳州凯里）：$1,520,000
- Niron Magnetics, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota)**: $2,700,000
Niron磁性公司（明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯）：$2,700,000
Improve unit operations of processing and manufacturing of critical materials:
改进关键材料加工和制造的单元操作：
- Free Form Fibers (Saratoga Springs, NY)**: $926,000
Free Form Fibers公司（纽约州萨拉托加斯普林斯）：$926,000
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia)**: $1,000,000
弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学（弗吉尼亚州布莱克斯堡）：$1,000,000
- University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota)**: $1,000,000
北达科他大学（北达科他州大福克斯）：$1,000,000
- Ames National Laboratory (Ames, Iowa)**: $1,000,000
艾姆斯国家实验室（爱荷华州艾姆斯）：$1,000,000
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)**: $1,000,000
橡树岭国家实验室（田纳西州橡树岭）：$1,000,000
- Summit Nanotech USA Corporation (Lafayette, Colorado)**: $1,000,000
Summit纳米科技美国公司（科罗拉多州拉斐特）：$1,000,000
Recover critical material from scrap and post-consumer products:
从废料和消费后产品中回收关键材料：
- Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University (College Station, Texas)**: $1,280,000
德州农工大学（德克萨斯州学院站）：$1,280,000
- Infinite Elements (El Paso, Texas)**: $1,500,000
无限元素公司（德克萨斯州埃尔帕索）：$1,500,000
Reduce critical material demand for clean energy technologies:
减少清洁能源技术对关键材料的需求：
- Celadyne Technologies (Chicago, Illinois)**: $1,000,000
Celadyne技术公司（伊利诺伊州芝加哥）：$1,000,000
- COnovate (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin)**: $1,000,000
COnovate公司（威斯康星州沃瓦托萨）：$1,000,000
