U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) says he is pushing to try to get Binghamton University through a competition for federal economic development funding.
BU’s New Energy New York proposal for the EDA Regional Challenge is on the list of 60 eligible applicants for the competition.
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Schumer was on the Vestal campus on April 18 to offer support for plans to manufacture lithium-ion batteries using technology invented by Nobel laureate, University of Binghamton professor Dr. Stanley Whittingham and facilities at manufacturing of the Imperium 3 New York battery gigafactory under development at the Huron Campus in Endicott.
The Senate Majority Leader said New Energy NY should know in three months whether it is a Challenge Grant winner.
20 of the offerings are set to receive implementation funding of up to $100 million.
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