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Biden-Harris Admin Announces $428M for Coal Communities to Expand Clean Energy Manufacturing


The DOE announced $428 million in grant funding for the building and expansion of green energy manufacturing in former coal communities.

The projects span a dozen states — including West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Texas and Utah — and will leverage more than $500 million in investments by the private sector, while creating 1,900-plus jobs. The fourteen projects selected for negotiation of award focus on manufacturing products and materials that address multiple needs in the domestic clean energy supply chain,” the press release said. “Swiftly increasing U.S. manufacturing output and deployment of clean energy technology is critical to meet our climate, jobs, and industrial competitiveness goals.

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