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Ascend Elements Apex 1 Facility

Sector: Energy Storage • Location: Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States

Source: News From The States

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Under Construction

Ascend Elements is scaling back its plans for the Apex 1 facility in Hopkinsville, which will manufacture precursor cathode active material and lithium carbonate for the electric vehicle battery industry. The company has canceled a $164 million federal grant for part of the manufacturing infrastructure due to changing market conditions, but a separate $316 million grant for pCAM infrastructure rem

Status
Under Construction
Sector
Energy Storage, Manufacturing (Industrial), Electric Vehicles (EVs), Automotive, Road, Commercial, Government
Location
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
News From The States

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The project “Ascend Elements Apex 1 Facility” is an infrastructure initiative in the Energy Storage sector, located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from News From The States.

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2026-07-22

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Ascend Elements is scaling back its plans for the Apex 1 facility in Hopkinsville, which will manufacture precursor cathode active material and lithium carbonate for the electric vehicle battery industry. The company has canceled a $164 million federal grant for part of the manufacturing infrastructure due to changing market conditions, but a separate $316 million grant for pCAM infrastructure remains active.

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Manufacturing

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United States of America (USA)

State

Kentucky

City

Hopkinsville

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Energy Storage, Manufacturing (Industrial), Electric Vehicles (EVs), Automotive, Road, Commercial, Government

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2025-03-08

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