The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $428 million in funding for 14 projects to support the development of domestic clean energy manufacturing in 15 coal communities across the US.

The DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains selected the projects to address critical energy and supply chain challenges.

The selections will address five key supply chains: grid components, batteries, low-carbon materials, clean power generation, and energy efficiency products.

Companies of note to receive funding include:

• TS Conductor in Erie, Michigan, received $28.2 million to establish a US-based manufacturing facility for high voltage direct current conductors and other advanced conductors that enable a secure and resilient clean grid.
• MetOx International in the Southeast US received $80 million to establish Project Arch, an advanced superconductor manufacturing facility critical to expanding grid capacity to accelerate renewable energy deployment, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hyperscale AI data centers, and large manufacturing loads.
• RG Resource Technologies in Lansing, Michigan, was awarded a $5 million selection to retrofit a manufacturing facility in Lansing to produce 120,000 units per yr of its solar photovoltaic + thermal capture system.

A full list of the awarded projects can be found here.

The DOE has been on a funding spree over October, announcing billions of dollars in support for various projects. They included up to $2 billion in funding for 38 projects across 42 states to improve the resilience and reliability of the US power grid.

In addition, applications for $900 million in funding to support the domestic deployment of small modular reactor technologies were also opened.