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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$100,000,000

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to FORGE BATTERY, INC.

ACTION DATE2026-04-22·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DEMS0000118_089
Award description

BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - FORGE BATTERY’S 3GWH COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED LITHIUM-ION BATTERY PRODUCTION FACILITY WITH DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A 277,000 SQ/FT FACILITY, TO PRODUCE HIGH-CAPACITY LITHIUM-ION 21700 CYLINDRICAL CELLS AT 3GWH/YR PRODUCTION RATES. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE BUILDING A PRODUCTION FACILITY, SCALING UP OUR ATOMIC ARMOR TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE COMPETITIVE PRICING ACROSS SPECIALTY MARKETS, CREATING PERMANENT JOBS AND DELIVERING A COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLAN WITH A ROBUST WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Build a 3 GWh/year lithium-ion battery cell production facility with domestic supply chain and workforce development.

Sub-sectors
lithium-ion-batteriesdomestic-manufacturingsupply-chain-resilience
Why this matters

Reduces U.S. dependence on foreign battery supply; supports EV and grid storage scaling under BIL infrastructure goals.

Supply-chain signal

Signals demand for upstream lithium, cobalt, nickel refining and downstream EV/energy storage integration partnerships.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly counters China's dominance in battery cell manufacturing; establishes domestic production capacity for critical EV supply chains.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002381.

Period of performance
Start
2025-01-01
End
2027-03-31
Status
activein 318 days
Sources

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