Clayco is building 1.4-million-sq-ft Indiana plant to produce wet-process lithium-ion battery separators for EV batteries with conditionally awarded Energy Dept. loan, officials announced July 9.
Funding deal will push forward two-decade-plus effort to build barriers and take other steps to prevent invasive species migration into the key U.S. shipping and recreation hub.
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation is supplying a $6.9-billion grant and $4.1 billion in low-interest loans on top of previously announced federal funding.