Senator Bill Cassidy (R) - Louisiana
320 million in federal dollars is heading to Louisiana to bolster U-S battery manufacturing. 219 million dollars will go to Syrah Technologies in Vidalia which makes battery components for electric vehicles and another 100 million dollars will go to a chemical plant in St. Gabriel.
Senator Bill Cassidy says the funding is the result of the federal infrastructure bill.
“This would make batteries produced in the United States more competitive world wide along the way I’m feeling lots of folks here in Louisiana,” said Cassidy.
Cassidy says this funding will result in 300 new jobs and many more jobs over the years for this emerging energy economy.
“Somebody wants to make some other component of batteries, well look around see where are they doing it whether they have the workforce and where do they have the facilities hey what about Louisiana?”, said Cassidy.
The 100 million dollars going to Kloura in St. Gabriel, which is located in Iberville Parish, will be the first U-S manufacturing plant for lithium hexafluorophosphate. The electric car manufacturer Tesla already has a contract with Syrah Resources’ graphite processing plant in Vidalia. Cassidy says this money will help Louisiana build an economy for 2050, not just 2023.
“Now batteries are going to store a lot of electricity and the markets huge and hopefully a lot of that manufacturing is going to take place in our state,” said Cassidy.
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