A Reno-based technology company secured a multimillion-dollar federal contract to help with a major battery cleanup operation in California.
American Battery Technology Company will manage cleanup of thousands of damaged battery modules as part of a $30 million contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The cleanup — described by the EPA as “the largest lithium-ion battery cleanup in agency history” — stems from a Jan. 16 fire that flared up at a 300-megawatt battery energy storage facility at Moss Landing just northwest of Monterey, California…