Project Traits
State: Louisiana
Congressional District: LA05
Organization Type: Commercial
Partner Organization(s) Type: None or Unknown
Project Type: Processing & Separation
Energy Sector: Critical Minerals
Energy Subsector: Graphite
Project Start Year: Unknown
Project Launch Year: Unknown
Outcomes & Impacts
Private Investment: Unknown
Jobs Announced or Created: Unknown
People Served: Unknown
Projected Economic Impact: Unknown
Syrah Technologies LLC owns and operates the vertically integrated natural graphite active anode material (AAM) facility in Vidalia, Louisiana, supplying the lithium-ion battery supply chain in the United States. Syrah Technologies intends to significantly expand its AAM facility at Vidalia from its current operational 11,250 metric tons per annum (TPA) AAM capacity to a 45,000 TPA AAM capacity. This project aims to support manufacturing, processing, and refining of AAM from natural graphite feedstock supplied from the Balama graphite operation in Mozambique.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released applicant self-disclosed information for 22 projects across 17 states that voluntarily shared with DOE that they received a total of nearly $1 billion in allocations from the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C). Nine of the self-disclosed projects indicated they are located in 48C energy communities – communities with closed coal mines or coal plants—showcasing the Biden Administration’s commitment to investing in America’s energy communities.