Summary
DOE is prepared an EA to assess the potential environmental and social impacts associated with construction and operations of a proposed facility which would produce cathode battery materials at the factory scale in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee. 6K Energy Tennessee, LLC (6K) proposes to construct the Plasma Low-cost Ultra Sustainable Cathode Active Material (PlusCAM) Project. The EA would evaluated the environmental impacts of demonstrating the ability to domestically produce NMC811 using 6K Plasma Processing technology more cost effectively and sustainably (zero waste, 10% of water usage, and 70% less energy) vs traditional methods of producing LiNiMnCoO2 NMC.