Cornish Lithium
A PENRYN company has been awarded over £680,000 to investigate the feasibility of developing a lithium extraction plant that will support the future of green automotive manufacturing and accelerate the UK’s transition to net-zero emission vehicles.
The grant comes as part of £9.4 million of funding guided by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) to 22 studies looking to scale up the industrialisation of low-carbon emission vehicle technologies.
Lithium Hydroxide is an essential part of vehicle battery production. In this study, Cornish Lithium, based in Penryn, will assess the feasibility of developing a sustainable UK supply chain through the construction of a new lithium extraction plant in Cornwall that will produce low-carbon, battery quality lithium hydroxide from a hard rock source.