How EV trends turned this town into a ‘phenomenal little hub’

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Jan 1, 2024 — 1 min read

“Moses Lake is becoming this phenomenal little hub,” said Chuck Sutton, the vice president of marketing for REC Silicon. His company sits next to both of the startups, and will soon start production of silane, a gas that infuses the black powder with silicon to make a battery product that could outperform what’s coming out of China.

Biden administration awards $8.5 billion for computer-chip manufacturing

The administration said Intel is investing over $100 billion in the projects, which it estimated will create 10,000 manufacturing jobs and 20,000 construction jobs. Most of the big Chips Act awards are still to come. Since December, the administration has announced several smaller grants, including $35 million to

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visits Washington

On February 22-23, U.S. Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm will travel to Moses Lake, Washington to highlight how President Biden’s industrial strategy for clean energy is catalyzing private investment in advanced batteries and ensuring that emerging technologies help create clean, good paying jobs that bolster the domestic energy supply

Even more companies coming to Moses Lake?

Moses Lake City Counsil 02-13-2024 ... The other thing though, on an exciting level - is that there are a number of chip and battery companies from overseas, that are looking to be at the port. Specially from Korea. So it wouldnt surprise me that in a year or so we

Driving with Dunne. Rick Luebbe from Group14.

When you reduce graphite and add more silicon to the anode, magical things can happen. Our guest today, Rick Luebbe, CEO at Group 14 Technologies. Rick makes a case for why silicon batteries are no longer a technology of the future - they are here and now in 2024. Apple

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Biden administration awards $8.5 billion for computer-chip manufacturing

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visits Washington

Even more companies coming to Moses Lake?

Driving with Dunne. Rick Luebbe from Group14.