The Advanced Manufacturing of Critical Materials Strategy Development Consortium in Kaysville has been awarded a Tech Hubs Strategy Development Grant to advance production and manufacturing of critical minerals for clean energy technologies in the Salt Lake City region. The award was made by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA).
The consortium, led by the Utah Advanced Materials Manufacturing Initiative, will leverage the grant to increase local coordination and planning activities to strengthen its region’s capacity to manufacture, commercialize and deploy technologies critical to U.S. economic and national security. The Tech Hubs Program, authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act, passed by Congress earlier this year, is investing in U.S. regions and aims to transform them into globally competitive innovation centers. The Utah consortium was selected for a grant from a competitive pool of 181 applications.
With the funding, the consortium will develop a regional strategy to advance the production and manufacturing of critical minerals needed for clean energy technologies, many of which lack any domestic production presence.