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$36,836,275

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to NORTH WIND GENERAL CONTRACTORS LLC

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-08-30·LATEST ACTION2026-04-02·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_89243324CFE000093_8900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

IRA FUNDED B-34 ADVANCED ALLOY SIGNATURE CENTER FACILITY SBA REQUIREMENT #LV1705525898S

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: medium
In plain English

Latest modification to DOE's advanced alloy research facility that began in August 2024, part of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Sub-sectors
advanced-materialsira-fundeddoe-facility
Why this matters

Advanced materials are critical to battery, hydrogen, and nuclear technologies essential for achieving U.S. clean energy goals.

Supply-chain signal

Facility supports downstream battery and nuclear manufacturers while driving demand for upstream specialty metals and processing.

U.S.–China competition angle

Advanced alloy capability counters Chinese dominance in materials science and strengthens U.S. energy security and technological independence.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-15. Cost: $0.013358.

Period of performance
Start
2024-08-30
End
2026-10-31
Status
activein 110 days
Sources

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