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Epsilon plans Rs.15,000-crore battery material

investments in Karnataka

The Epsilon Group has signed a and specialty carbons
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with capacity of 215-
with the Government of Karnataka to ktpa and 320-ktpa,
invest Rs. 15,350-crore over the next respectively.
ten years in developing a manufacturing
and research facility for electric Epsilon Advanced
vehicle (EV) battery testing and Materials develops
advanced materials in Karnataka. sustainable graphite
anode and LFP cathode
As part of the MoU, Epsilon Group, battery materials.
along with its subsidiaries Epsilon The company has
Advanced Materials and Epsilon CAM, commissioned India’s
will manufacture sustainable and high- first graphite anode
performance graphite anode and lithium The Karnataka Government will faci- material customer qualification
iron phosphate (LFP) cathode battery litate necessary approvals, incentives, plant in Bellary, Karnataka,with
materials while Inspire Energy and infrastructure support for the plans to produce 30-ktpa by 2027
Research Centre will focus on R&D, projects. and scale up to 100-ktpa by 2030.
testing and training for EV battery It has made strategic investments
materials and battery manufacturers. The Epsilon Group, established globally for manufacturing graphite
in 2010, operates in the global carbon anode material in USA with 60-ktpa
The plan includes an investment black and battery materials industries capacity planned by 2030; and 60-
of Rs. 9,000-crore to set up a graphite through its subsidiaries, Epsilon Car- ktpa by 2030 in Finland. Epsilon
anode manufacturing plant, Rs. 6,000-crore bon, Epsilon Advanced Materials and CAM is involved in the LFP based
for a LFP cathode manufacturing plant, Epsilon CAM. Epsilon Carbon has set cathode active material (CAM)
and Rs. 350-crore for the battery materials up India’s fi rst backward integrated business through a technology centre
and battery testing R&D and training carbon facility spanning 165-acres in in Germany with plans to manufac-
centre. Bellary, Karnataka, for carbon black ture 100-ktpa by 2030.

GREEN SIGNAL
Hygenco secures pre-certifi cation to export green

ammonia to Europe

Hygenco Green Energies, which is recognised by the European Com- to European markets, aligning with
setting up a green ammonia plant at mission, enables end-users across the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive
Tata Steel’s Special Economic Zone the EU to access green hydrogen (RED III) targets.
Industrial Park in Gopalpur (Odisha), or low-carbon hydrogen. It offers a
has said it has received the Renew- comprehensive framework for certi- The company’s upcoming green
able Fuel of Non-Biological Origin fying renewable hydrogen and ammonia plant will have a capacity
(RFNBO) pre-certifi cation from Bureau e-fuels, ensuring full compliance of 1.1-mtpa of green ammonia. The
Veritas under the CertifHy scheme. It with EU regulations and international project is planned in two phases, each
is the second Indian fi rm to do so. standards. having a capacity of 600-tpd (tonnes
per day), with the fi rst phase expected
The CertifHy scheme, officially The pre-certifi cation opens doors to be operational by 2027.

136 Chemical Weekly February 25, 2025

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