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Will advance workforce development in battery manufacturing industry
Jan 23, 2021
WARREN Youngstown State University will partner with the U.S. Department of Energy to advance workforce development efforts in the battery manufacturing and electric vehicle industry in northeast Ohio.
The $1 million project will help the development of a Midwest-based Energy Storage Workforce Innovation Center, but support the emerging tech industries “by helping supply a capable workforce” to the local region, according to an energy department release.
It’s being called a “much-anticipated pipeline” by U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Howland, for the industry that has come to define “Voltage Valley,” the nickname given here because of the tremendous investments in the electric vehicle industry.
The $1 million project will assist in the development of an Energy Storage Workforce Innovation Center, which will serve as a training center based in the Midwest.
Department of Energy Partners with Youngstown State University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Support Battery Manufacturing Workforce
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it is partnering with Youngstown State University and DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to advance workforce development for the battery manufacturing industry. The $1 million project will assist in the development of an Energy Storage Workforce Innovation Center, which will serve as a training center based in the Midwest. The training center would support the battery and EV manufacturing industry in the North-East region of Ohio – referred to as “Voltage Valley” due to the number of investments made in the area by the electric vehicle industry – by helping supply a capable workforce.
DOE partners with Youngstown State and ORNL to support battery manufacturing workforce
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is partnering with Youngstown State University and DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to advance workforce development for the battery manufacturing industry.
The $1-million project will assist in the development of an Energy Storage Workforce Innovation Center, which will serve as a training center based in the Midwest. The training center would support the battery and EV manufacturing industry in the North-East region of Ohio referred to as “Voltage Valley” due to the number of investments made in the area by the electric vehicle industry by helping supply a capable workforce.