MOSES LAKE, Wash. — A second commercial-scale U.S. Battery Active Materials (BAM-2) factory is being built in Moses Lake.
Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology, expects to begin manufacturing and delivering silicon battery technology in Moses Lake by 2024.
"With an eye to the importance of process innovation, we are full-steam ahead on building our second commercial factory in Washington State in order to allow us to move at a pace that can match today's skyrocketing demands," said Rick Costantino, co-founder and CTO at Group14 Technologies.
According to the company, the one-million-square-foot campus will serve as an economic and community anchor, opening up 600 new jobs in construction, manufacturing and operations for the first two modules.
The new two large-scale manufacturing modules will be able to deliver 2,000 tons per year each of SCC55,™ a micronized silicon-carbon powder, tunable by design and drop-in ready used to make the batteries. The production lines for the two initial modules are expected to start production in 2024.
The factory is expected to open more factories in the future to continue to expand its footprint in Moses Lake. The company has committed to purchase over $30 million in U.S. steel for the factory and equipment supplied by American manufacturers.
The one-million-square-foot campus will be home to the world's largest factory of advanced silicon battery materials for electric vehicle (EV) programs to meet global decarbonization targets.
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