DEMS0000120
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Rapid: Realizing Advanced Production of Iron-Air Batteries for Commercial Deployment
This project will procure and install Form Factory 1, LLC's (FF1) first 15 gigawatt hour (GWh) semi-automated iron-air battery manufacturing line at its new manufacturing facility.
This factory will make 100-hour iron-air multi-day storage energy systems that enable the grid to run cost-effectively and reliably on clean electricity year-round.
FF1 will accomplish this by building a new semi-automated manufacturing line and ramping to at least 15 GWh/yr capacity.
This project will procure and install Form Factory 1, LLC's (FF1) first 15 gigawatt hour (GWh) semi-automated iron-air battery manufacturing line at its new manufacturing facility.
This factory will make 100-hour iron-air multi-day storage energy systems that enable the grid to run cost-effectively and reliably on clean electricity year-round.
FF1 will accomplish this by building a new semi-automated manufacturing line and ramping to at least 15 GWh/yr capacity.
Awardee
Funding Goals
CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW SECTIONS 40207(B) AND 40207(C) THIS ANNOUNCEMENT INTENDS TO FUND PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE THE USE OF MORE CLEAN ENERGY, CREATE NEW, GOOD-PAYING JOBS AND LOWER COSTS FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND WORKERS BY GUIDING THE NATION TOWARDS A 100% CARBON POLLUTION-FREE ELECTRICITY SECTOR BY 2035 AND NET-ZERO ECONOMY BY 2050.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Weirton,
West Virginia
26062-2203
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Form Factory 1 was awarded
Rapid Deployment of Iron-Air Batteries for Grid Energy Storage
Project Grant DEMS0000120
worth $150,000,000
from the Department of Energy in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Weirton West Virginia United States.
The grant
has a duration of 1 year and
was awarded through assistance program 81.253 Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications.
$171,815,667 (53.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 6/3/25
Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
12/31/25
End Date
Funding Split
$150.0M
Federal Obligation
$171.8M
Non-Federal Obligation
$321.8M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DEMS0000120
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEMS0000120
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
For-Profit Organization (Other Than Small Business)
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892412 OFFICE OF MANUFACTURING AND ENERGY SUPPLY CHAINS (MESC)
Awardee UEI
WN6ZCVYTSV56
Awardee CAGE
None
Performance District
WV-02
Senators
Joe Manchin
Shelley Capito
Shelley Capito
Modified: 6/3/25