OIL - Johnson Controls Awarded DOE Grant to Accelerate U.S. Heat Pump Manufacturing | Benzinga
- Facilities in San Antonio, Texas, Wichita, Kansas, and Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, will expand to scale production, creating approximately 1,000 new U.S. jobs
- Updated plants will produce an estimated 200,000 residential, commercial and industrial heat pumps combined – a production increase of 200%
- Increased production will cut an estimated 25 million metric tons of CO² per year
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has been awarded a $33 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains to help increase domestic production of electric heat pumps by expanding three U.S.-based manufacturing sites. Combined, these facilities will be able to produce approximately 200,000 electric heat pumps per year, representing a nearly 200% production increase. This substantial volume will help drive energy affordability and energy security, while helping combat climate change and creating new jobs.
"We are thrilled to participate in this program and help drive the enormous impact it will have on energy security, reliability and affordability while achieving unprecedented progress in slashing carbon. We also are excited to create 1,000 new family sustaining jobs – a great boost for the communities we call home," said Katie McGinty, vice president and chief sustainability and external relations officer, Johnson Controls.
The grant is part of the first award from DOE's authorization by the Biden Administration to utilize the Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase ...