This $321,815,667 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) will support Form Factory 1, LLC in procuring and installing a 15 gigawatt hour semi-automated iron-air battery manufacturing line at its new facility in Weirton, West Virginia. The goal is to enable the production of 100-hour iron-air multi-day storage energy systems that will help the electrical grid run cost-effectively and reliably on clean electricity year-round. The award will fund the establishment of this new semi-automated manufacturing line and ramp it up to at least 15 gigawatt hours per year of production capacity. This project aligns with the program's objectives to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and energy supply chains, reduce foreign dependency on critical materials, and support decarbonization efforts through investments in domestic clean energy technology manufacturing.
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