{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/powering-our-future-congressman-troy-carter-celebrates-319-million", "Powering Our Future: Congressman Troy Carter Celebrates $319 Million Infrastructure Law Investment to Supercharge Louisiana\u2019s Battery Supply Chain", "2022-10-19", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "LA", "Troy A. Carter", "C001125", "troycarter.house.gov", "troycarter", "https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "NEW ORLEANS, L.A. \u2013 Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. is celebrating today\u2019s announcement from the United States Department of Energy that the recently-passed Infrastructure Law is allocating $2.8 billion to 20 manufacturing and processing companies projects across 12 states to bolster America\u2019s battery supply chain. $319.8 million will be heading to two projects in Louisiana, including $100 million to the St. Gabriel LiPF6 Manufacturing Plant located in Louisiana\u2019s Second Congressional District. A fact sheet on the funding for the St. Gabriel plant, which will be the first U.S. manufacturing plant for lithium hexaflurophosphate (LiPF6) in the nation, is here. Electrolytes allow lithium ions to flow through a lithium-ion battery used in electric vehicles (EVs), and LiPF6 is the primary salt used in the electrolytes. The second grant in Louisiana is for a $219,820,610 investment in the expansion of Syrah\u2019s Commercial-Scale Natural Graphite Active Anode Material Facility in Vidalia (page 21).\n\nCongressman Carter and the Biden-Harris Administration are focused on tackling climate change and have launched an ambitious goal to help cut carbon emissions by making half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 electric. These goals are launching historic investments in electric vehicle and battery manufacturing, which is expected to increase demand for the materials and minerals using in the battery supply chain. Today\u2019s announcements demonstrate how the United States is poised to meet this challenge while growing our economy and creating high-quality union jobs in the battery supply chain.\n\n\u201cWe know there is a path to a cleaner, greener, safer future for our nation, we just have to be bold enough and strategic enough to bring it into reality,\u201d said Congressman Carter. \u201cElectric vehicles and the advanced batteries that power them are vital to the clean energy economy, and the investments announced today will help power our domestic manufacturing and battery supply chain into the future. As we expand these manufacturing initiatives we must simultaneously protect the health and well-being of the people who live in close proximity to these plants. Environmental justice cannot be put on the backburner.\u201d\n\nThe first set of projects funded by the President\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for EVs and the electrical grid including $2.8 billion for 20 manufacturing and processing companies in 12 states, including Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, and Washington.\n\nWhen matched by recipients, the funding leverages a total of more than $9 billion to boost American production of EV batteries. The projects will have positive impact on their own and will catalyze a whole U.S. industry in the critical phases of the battery supply chain.\n\nThe funding for the selected projects will support:\n\nDeveloping enough battery-grade lithium to supply approximately 2 million EVs annually.\n\nDeveloping enough battery-grade graphite to supply approximately 1.2 million EVs annually.\n\nProducing enough battery-grade nickel to supply approximately 400,000 EVs annually.\n\nInstalling the nation\u2019s first large-scale, commercial lithium electrolyte salt (LiPF6) production facility.\n\nDeveloping an electrode binder facility capable of supplying 45% of the anticipated domestic demand for binders for EV batteries in 2030.\n\nCreating the first commercial scale domestic silicon oxide production facilities to supply anode materials for an estimated 600,000 EV batteries annually.\n\nInstalling the first lithium iron phosphate cathode facility in the United States.\n\nAll projects will develop enough lithium to supply over 2 million EVs annually and establish significant domestic production of graphite and nickel.\n\nPresident Biden is also announcing the American Battery Materials Initiative, a new effort to mobilize the entire government in securing a reliable and sustainable supply of critical minerals used for power, electricity, and EVs. Together, these actions will improve America\u2019s energy independence, strengthen national security, support good-paying jobs across battery supply chains, and lower costs for working families.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/powering-our-future-congressman-troy-carter-celebrates-319-million"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6012450214475393, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}