The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has slated $428 million for 14 projects to accelerate domestic clean-energy manufacturing in 15 coal communities across the United States.
The projects, led by small- and medium-sized businesses in communities with decommissioned coal facilities, were selected by DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) to address critical energy supply chain vulnerabilities, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic Investing in America agenda,
Five of the projects will be in or adjacent to disadvantaged communities, and every project will include a community-benefits plan developed to maximize economic, health and environmental benefits in coal communities. Each project is designed to strengthen national security by building supply chains for existing and emerging technologies in America built by American workers with U.S. materials.
The projects will lever
