Sila, a next-generation battery materials company, announced this week that it has begun operations at Sila Moses Lake, its new automotive-scale silicon anode plant in Moses Lake, Washington. The team in Moses Lake has begun testing and refining process recipes and the plant will soon begin producing initial batches of Titan Silicon™, Sila’s breakthrough Si/C silicon anode material for customer applications, including electric mobility, consumer electronics such as smart phones, drones, AR/VR, and satellites.
The new plant spans 600,000 square-feet and is situated on a 160-acre site, and is engineered to scale. Operations will initially support 2-5 GWh of capacity with the capability to expand up to 250 GWh within five years and become the largest anode production facility in the world.
“Central Washington has a rich history in scientific innovation, and I am glad to say that with commercial production just around the corner, Sila will cement its place in that history,” said U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash, who represents Moses Lake in the U.S. Congress. “This new facility is a prime example of the domestic innovation needed to end our dependency on foreign countries for advanced battery technology and produce high-quality, cutting-edge technologies that protect our supply chains here at home.”
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