ENTEK A Recipient Of First Set Of Projects Funded By President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

October 20, 2022

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LEBANON, Ore., Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ENTEK has been chosen as a part of the primary set of initiatives funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to increase home manufacturing of batteries for electrical automobiles and {the electrical} grid and for supplies and parts at present imported from different nations..

Responsible and sustainable home sourcing and processing of the essential supplies used to make lithium-ion batteries will strengthen American provide chains, speed up battery manufacturing to fulfill elevated demand, and safe the nation’s financial competitiveness, power independence, and nationwide safety.

The funding introduced at the moment by the Department of Energy is the primary section of over $7 billion in whole supplied by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the battery provide chain. DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) is chargeable for strengthening and securing manufacturing and power provide chains wanted to modernize the nation’s power infrastructure and assist a clear and equitable power transition. MESC will handle the portfolio of initiatives with assist from DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office.

“We are appreciative of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supporting the domestic growth of ENTEK’s lithium battery separator production. This support for our domestic supply chain and investment in our U.S. manufacturing infrastructure ensures that we are prepared to supply critical U.S. produced components to U.S. lithium battery manufactures. Together, we are all dedicated to the rapid and sustainable growth of the U.S. electric vehicle market and supporting grid,” acknowledged Kimberly Medford, President ENTEK Manufacturing.

“This is truly a remarkable time for manufacturing in America, as President Biden’s Agenda and historic investments supercharge the private sector to ensure our clean energy future is American-made,” mentioned U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “Producing advanced batteries and components here at home will accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels to meet the strong demand for electric vehicles, creating more good-paying jobs across the country.”

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ENTEK has over 35 years of expertise producing battery separators for batteries to assist electrical, superior start-stop and commonplace automobiles, vehicles, emergency automobiles, emergency backup energy, utility scale power storage, and industrial batteries. ENTEK has greater than 20 years of expertise as the one US owned and US primarily based producer of ‘wet-process’ separator for lithium batteries and continues to spend money on the way forward for the home lithium battery business. ENTEK can be a vertically built-in designer and producer of extruders and materials dealing with gear for the manufacturing of battery separators.