The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains recently awarded California-based Mainspring Energy, a power generator manufacturer, a $87 million Advanced Energy Manufacturing & Recycling Grants Program grant to construct a manufacturing facility in Allegheny County.
The company plans to build a more than $175 million, nearly 300,000-square-foot facility adjacent to the Pittsburgh International Airport that would produce up to 1,000 Linear Generators annually. A thousand generators would have the ability to produce the power equivalent to meet the electricity needs of up to 25,000 homes.
“Mainspring is honored to be selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for this critical manufacturing grant, which will provide domestic supply chain resilience for clean power infrastructure,” Shannon Miller, Mainspring CEO and founder, said. “By ramping up production of linear generators in Pennsylvania, Mainspring can contribute a key role in the nation’s energy transition with a proven and versatile technology for dispatchable power. Once completed, this facility will employ hundreds of Pennsylvanians and help to accelerate Mainspring’s growth as a leader in American clean energy innovation.”
The project is expected to create nearly 300 jobs during the construction phase, and will employ more than 600 people in metalwork, machining, and production.