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Panasonic Energy advancing plans for $4B gigafactory in Kansas

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Panasonic Energy Co., a Panasonic Group company, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly jointly announced that the state of Kansas has approved an Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion (APEX) state incentive application submitted by Panasonic Energy Co., —Kazuo Tadanobu, President, CEO of Panasonic Energy Co.,

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Panasonic breaks ground on new 30 GWh gigafactory in Kansas; focus on 2170 cylindrical cells

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Panasonic Energy Co., a Panasonic Group company, began construction on a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, KS, following the approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. Panasonic Energy plans to begin mass production in Kansas by March 2025. and Kissick Construction Co.

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Panasonic Energy and Kansas advance plans for US-based EV battery facility

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Panasonic Energy and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly jointly announced that the state of Kansas has approved an Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion (APEX) state incentive application submitted by Panasonic Energy.

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Panasonic selects Kansas as site of its North American 4680 plant: report

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Tesla battery supplier Panasonic has reportedly decided to build its next battery plant in Kansas, USA. kai (NHK) or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation published a report stating that Panasonic had shortlisted Kansas and Oklahoma as potential sites for its new battery factory. . Back in March, the Nippon H?s?

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Tesla battery partner Panasonic looking to build new factory in Oklahoma or Kansas: report

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kai (NHK) or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation. . Panasonic is reportedly looking at factory sites in either Oklahoma or Kansas. On February 28, 2022, Panasonic announced that its Energy Company plans to establish a production facility at Wakayama Factory in western Japan.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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Sinopec purchasing 50% of Chesapeake Energy leasehold in Mississippi Lime unconventional play for $1.02B

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Chesapeake Energy Corporation and Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (Sinopec) executed an agreement which provides for Sinopec to purchase a 50% undivided interest in 850,000 of Chesapeake’s net oil and natural gas leasehold acres in the Mississippi Lime play in northern Oklahoma (425,000 acres net to Sinopec).