DECD0000094
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Design, construct, and operate a closed loop salt slag recycling unit on the back end of Real Alloy’s existing aluminum recycling milling facility in Wabash, Indiana.
Divert approximately 70% of salt slag waste generated at the Wabash facility from landfill to recycling processes that produce marketable or usable products (i.e., marketable flux, aluminum oxide, ammonium sulfate, reusable hydrogen).
Demonstrate and quantify cradle-to-gate reductions in carbon intensity (CI, CO2E / kg of product) of at least 30% for the production of cement, assuming substitution of alumina oxide from the recycling process for conventional bauxite, compared to cement produced with conventionally mined and/or transported bauxite.
Divert approximately 70% of salt slag waste generated at the Wabash facility from landfill to recycling processes that produce marketable or usable products (i.e., marketable flux, aluminum oxide, ammonium sulfate, reusable hydrogen).
Demonstrate and quantify cradle-to-gate reductions in carbon intensity (CI, CO2E / kg of product) of at least 30% for the production of cement, assuming substitution of alumina oxide from the recycling process for conventional bauxite, compared to cement produced with conventionally mined and/or transported bauxite.
Awardee
Funding Goals
DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, AND OPERATE A CLOSED LOOP SALT SLAG RECYCLING UNIT ON THE BACK END OF REAL
ALLOY’S EXISTING ALUMINUM RECYCLING MILLING FACILITY IN WABASH, INDIANA.
DIVERT APPROXIMATELY 70% OF SALT SLAG WASTE GENERATED AT THE WABASH FACILITY FROM LANDFILL TO
RECYCLING PROCESSES THAT PRODUCE MARKETABLE OR USEABLE PRODUCTS (I.E., MARKETABLE FLUX, ALUMINUM
OXIDE, AMMONIUM SULFATE, REUSABLE HYDROGEN).
DEMONSTRATE AND QUANTIFY CRADLE-TO-GATE REDUCTIONS IN CARBON INTENSITY (CI, CO2E / KG OF PRODUCT) OF
AT LEAST 30% FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CEMENT, ASSUMING SUBSTITUTION OF ALUMINA OXIDE FROM THE RECYCLING
PROCESS FOR CONVENTIONAL BAUXITE, COMPARED TO CEMENT PRODUCED WITH CONVENTIONALLY MINED AND/OR
TRANSPORTED BAUXITE.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Delong,
Indiana
46922
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Real Alloy Recycling was awarded
Salt Slag Recycling Unit Sustainable Aluminum Production in Wabash Indiana
Cooperative Agreement DECD0000094
worth $67,314,320
from the Department of Energy in November 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Delong Indiana United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years 10 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.255 Clean Energy Demonstrations.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Industrial Decarbonization and Emissions Reduction Demonstration-to-Deployment Funding Opportunity Announcement.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 12/11/24
Period of Performance
11/11/24
Start Date
9/30/28
End Date
Funding Split
$67.3M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$67.3M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DECD0000094
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
None
Awardee Classifications
For-Profit Organization (Other Than Small Business)
Awarding Office
892436 OFFICE OF CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS (OCED)
Funding Office
892410 OFFICE OF CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATION
Awardee UEI
WKM6N3LQM1W4
Awardee CAGE
9VV09
Performance District
IN-02
Senators
Todd Young
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
Modified: 12/11/24