Repsol Renewables is developing a utility-scale solar project in Gorham Township, Fulton County, Ohio and expects to install up to 199 megawatts (MW) of solar energy in the area, which has the potential to power more than 45,000 homes in Ohio annually. The solar project will be connected to the East Fayette Substation via a 2.2-mile-long, 138 kilovolt transmission line that will be sited wholly within the project boundary.
Redwood’s next Battery Materials Campus, in the heart of the “Battery Belt,” is just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. At Camp Hall in Berkeley County, Redwood will recycle, refine and manufacture anode and cathode components on more than 600 acres, creating more than 1,500 jobs and investing $3.5 billion in the local community. Eventually, this campus will produce 100 GWh of cathode and anode components per year –enough to power more than one million EVs. However, this site also provides us the opportunity to expand our operations to potentially several hundred GWh annually to meet future demand.
Envision AESC, a world-leading Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company, along with Governor Henry McMaster, announced its $810 million investment to build a new, state-of-the-art gigafactory in Florence, South Carolina. The 30GWh plant will create 1,170 skilled jobs in the region in its first phase, producing high performance batteries to power the next generation BMW Group’s EVs. By 2030, BMW Group will produce at least six fully electric models in its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
The world’s largest industrial battery maker is building a $500 million plant in the Upstate that could eventually employ 500 people. Pennsylvania-headquartered EnerSys announced plans Wednesday to manufacture lithium-ion battery cells at a 500,000-square-foot plant on 140 acres near Piedmont, south of Greenville. Construction is scheduled to start in early 2025. The target for operations to start is late 2027.
The Ford Motor Co. announced on Thursday plans to build an all-electric vehicle at the Ohio Assembly Plant in Lorain County. The move would create 1,800 new union jobs, doubling the workforce at the plant, and comes with a $1.5 billion investment. Bill Samples, president of UAW Local 2000, said the investment is huge for the workers and surrounding community. The plant currently employs about 1,700 people, including just over 100 salaried workers. Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford Blue, said Ohio offered $200 million in incentives for Ford to make the investment, though Gov. Mike DeWine declined to provide specifics.
SEMCORP Advanced Materials Group announced Thursday it will establish a manufacturing facility in Sidney, Ohio, creating nearly 1,200 jobs with $73 million in annual payroll and $916 million in capital investment.
Illuminate USA, a leading US solar panel manufacturer, announced the official start of commercial operations at what will soon be one of the nation’s largest advanced solar panel manufacturing facilities.
A Canadian company continues work on plans to build a billion dollar graphite processing plant in Weathersfield Township.
Apex Clean Energy is developing Emerson Creek Wind, a wind energy project in rural Huron and Erie Counties in Ohio. Apex has spent many years working with interested landowners and community members to design a project that complements the region's agricultural roots and fosters new economic development.
Starfire Mine, formerly one of the largest coal mines in the United States, will be the new site of an 800 MW solar energy center used by Rivian Automotives and nonprofit The Nature Conservancy. The announcement was made by global renewable power producer BrightNight. Once complete, the BrightNight Starfire Renewable Energy Center will have an 800 MW capacity, producing enough electricity to power over 500,000 households. It will be the largest renewable power project in Kentucky and one of the largest in the nation to be built on former mine lands, representing a $1 billion infrastructure investment. The project will also include BrightNight’s construction of up to a twenty-mile transmission line, enabling an additional 1 GW of renewable power generation to be built in the region in the future.