Form Factory 1

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Form Energy · Weirton, WV · West Virginia DEVELOPER HEALTHWATCH

Battery factory on a former steel mill site; about 2 GWh a year today, scaling toward a backlog of about 80 GWh.

Long-duration storage · Multi-day, thermal and mechanical storage SEE CONNECTIONS →

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Power

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Long-duration storage · Scaling

Storage

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energy capacity

Online

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not announced

Capital committed

$290M

closed or awarded

Capital pending

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conditional or under review

How it works

Iron-air

Discharging lets iron pellets rust in air, which releases electricity; charging turns the rust back into iron. Cheap, plentiful materials make 100-hour storage affordable.

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State support $290M

State support · State of West VirginiaState incentive package for the Weirton factoryAWARDED · 2022-12-31 · en.wikipedia.org$290M

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Grid, permits and build

Grid connection, permits, contractors and cost not researched yet for this project.

Who buys and who finances

Not applicable: battery factory (it supplies projects, it doesn't sell power)

Who's financing it

State of West VirginiaPUBLIC FUNDER

Dependencies

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Form Factory 1

Iron-air

Capital stack

Milestones

Grid, permits and build

Who buys and who finances

Who's financing it

Dependencies

Form Factory 1

Iron-air

Capital stack

Milestones

Grid, permits and build

Who buys and who finances

Who's financing it

Dependencies

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