U.S. DOE Backs Lithium Battery Efforts
This workforce initiative is intended to boost the nation’s global competitiveness within battery manufacturing, while strengthening the domestic economy and clean energy supply chains.
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Edited by Margo Ellis
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Labor and the AFL-CIO, announced that it is investing $5 million to launch a strategy for lithium-battery manufacturing.
This initiative is part of suite of announcements from President Biden’s Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization committed to taking action to support coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities as the nation transitions to a clean energy economy. Read the complete PV magazine article here.
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