# Anthro Energy breaks ground on Kentucky battery-materials plant

_Published Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 11:07 AM EDT · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Anthro Energy broke ground Tuesday on a Louisville, Kentucky factory planned to produce 25 gigawatt-hours of battery electrolytes, an amount the company says could serve more than 300,000 electric vehicles. Production is scheduled for 2028. The project received a $24.9 million Department of Energy award, $18.4 million in investment tax credits and $2.3 million in Kentucky incentives tied to 110 permanent jobs. Anthro says the plant will supply domestic, foreign-entity-of-concern-free materials.

## Sources

- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/anthro-energy-breaks-ground-on-factory-that-could-pave-the-road-to-solid-state-batteries/)

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