ARPA-E Announces $608,863 Award to Phinx LLC for its Transformational Energy Research Project

Lexington, KY (October 9, 2013) — On September 19, 2013, Deputy Director Cheryl Martin announced that 33 breakthrough energy projects will receive approximately $66 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under two new programs that provide options for a more sustainable and secure American future. One recipient, Lexington, KY based Phinix, LLC, has been awarded $608,863 for their project titled “Electrochemical Extraction of High Quality Magnesium from Scrap”. Phinix is located at the Coldstream Research Campus.
Phinix will develop a new electrochemical cell technology that can recover high-quality magnesium from aluminum-magnesium scrap. This technology could lower costs, energy inputs, and emissions from magnesium production, expanding its use in transportation industries. By recovering and reusing aluminum-magnesium scrap, Phinix’s technology could reduce the need for manufacturing new, expensive primary metals while developing a sustainable and low-cost advanced manufacturing process.
Processing of aluminum-magnesium scarp to produce aluminum products used in beverage and transportation sectors is a key market driver for Kentucky’s economically significant aluminum industry employing over 15,000 men and women with high paying jobs.
Deputy Director Martin made the project announcement during a roundtable discussion on Capitol Hill that focused on how American ingenuity and strategic public-private partnerships are driving U.S. energy innovation.
Dr. Subodh Das will the Principal Investigator for this project.
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Dr. Subodh Das, CEO and Founder
Dr. Subodh Das, CEO and Founder
Phinix, LLC
859-619-8386