Idaho Company Set to Build First US Lithium-Ion Battery Plant in Arizona

A growing Idaho battery manufacturer has announced plans to build a nearly $ billion plant in southern Arizona.

Kore Power, Incorporated says it wants to put up the massive facility on a 214-acre site in Buckeye at the intersection of Baseline Road and Arizona State Route 85.

Work on the first phase of the project is expected to launch later this year.

The facility will be called the KOREPlex and, once operational, will be capable of producing enough power to supply around 3.2 million homes a year.

As planned, the new facility is expected to be entirely operational by the spring of 2023.

Kore, whose corporate headquarters is in Coeur d’Alene, is currently the leading developer in the country of battery cell technology designed for the energy storage and electric transportation industries.

Founded in 2018, the company explored potential sites for its new lithium-ion battery plant in Florida and Texas, before settling on Buckeye.

In a statement, Lindsay Gorrill, chief executive officer of Kore, said Buckeye and larger Arizona were chosen because of a “track record of supporting energy storage, a growing clean transportation sector, and a workforce that could deliver American-made battery technology that the supply chain so desperately needs.”

By Garry Boulard

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