Bloomington is offering rebates up to 25% of total project costs for solar panels, battery energy storage, level 2 EV chargers, heat pumps, energy-efficient heating and cooling systems, energy-efficient door or window replacements, and attic insulation projects. The program includes additional partnerships with local banks to provide project loans.
The Buffalo Neighborhood Mobilization Hubs Plan, a $20 million project funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, aims to enhance community resilience in Buffalo, particularly in disadvantaged areas, by establishing 150 Neighborhood Mobilization Hubs equipped with emergency preparedness resources.
A $33 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will bring hundreds of jobs to Johnson Controls’ Wichita plant. The company has dozens of facilities around the world but three sites will receive the money to hire more people and boost production of electric heat pumps.
The Siemens Gamesa Hutchinson plant is gearing up to open once again. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has begun the process to return the Hutchinson, Kansas nacelle facility to production. The plant originally opened in Hutchinson in 2010, and went into a phase of "hibernation" in summer 2022.
Canadian Solar Inc. headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, announced that it is establishing a 5 GW Solar PV cell production facility at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Canadian Solar is building a state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic cell manufacturing plant with an annual output of 5 GW, equivalent to approximately 20,000 high-power modules per day. The Jeffersonville facility represents a projected investment of more than $800 million and will create approximately 1,200 skilled high-tech jobs once production is fully ramped up. The solar cells produced at this facility will be used at the previously announced 5 GW module assembly plant in Mesquite, Texas. Production at the Jeffersonville facility is expected to begin by the end of 2025.
Panasonic Energy plans to develop the lithium-ion battery manufacturing project at a property in Kansas, which is expected to drive significant economic activity and opportunities for the local economy and could create up to 4,000 new jobs and result in an investment of approximately $4 billion. The company has identified a site in DeSoto, Kansas for this project.
Governor Laura Kelly announced in March 2024 that H&T Recharge, one of the largest battery component manufacturers in the world, is investing $110 million and creating 180 new jobs in De Soto. Leading cell manufacturer Panasonic Energy chose H&T Recharge as its strategic supplier for cylindrical battery cans at the new EV battery facility currently under construction.
General Motors is retooling its Fairfax plant in Kansas City, Kansas to produce the new Ultium-battery-based Chevrolet Bolt EV. The retooling effort will cost $390 million.
Orange EV, the electric vehicle manufacturer with the most heavy-duty, zero-emission trucks in operation in the United States, announced in 2022 it would establish its new corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations in the Turner Logistics Center, an industrial park under construction by Kansas City-based NorthPoint Development in Kansas City, Kansas.
Solar manufacturer T1 Energy has selected Milam County in Austin, Texas for the construction of a 5GW solar cell plant.