EVelution Energy is building a commercial-scale, solar-powered plant to make cobalt metal and EV battery-grade cobalt sulfate, in Yuma County, Arizona.
Once operational, the facility is expected to process about 24,000 metric tons of cobalt hydroxide feedstock per year. EVelution says it will produce up to 20,000 metric tons of EV battery-grade cobalt sulfate annually, containing roughly 4,000 metric tons of cobalt, along with up to 3,000 metric tons of alloy-grade cobalt metal. The company says that the plant’s output could supply up to about 40% of projected US cobalt demand.
Once complete, EVelution Energy says the array should generate enough electricity to power the processing plant entirely on solar energy. Excess electricity will be stored in on-site battery systems or supplied to the local grid. The company has committed to using 100% American-made steel across the solar, battery storage and cobalt processing structures.
Aquila Energy is the project’s solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor . M3 Engineering & Technology is providing engineering and project integration support.
Evelution has begun construction of the 28 MW solar array that will power the plant, driving the first permanent steel piles at the 150-acre site. The company expects the cobalt processing plant to reach commercial operation by the end of 2029.
“The piles going into the ground mark the beginning of the renewable energy system that will power the first cobalt metal and cobalt sulfate processing facility in the United States,” said Navaid Alam, President and CEO of EVelution Energy.
Source: EVelution Energy
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