Sicona nabs Battery Breakthrough grant to spin up plant


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

A local manufacturer of battery anode material that can slash charging times and improve battery density will construct and operate a commercial scale demonstration facility in Wollongong after receiving a $45 million federal grant.

Sicona Battery Technologies said the grant will allow it to demonstrate production of its advanced silicon-carbon battery anode material from the plant, in hopes of securing offtake agreements with global battery and EV manufacturers.

The funding …

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