Federal funding to accelerate construction of Holyoke low-carbon cement plant

530 87 million dollars in federal funding from the Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations is going toward a new low-carbon project in Holyoke. And this is part of the department's industrial demonstrations program. 22 News reporter Melissa Torres explains how this project will help bring economic prosperity to Holyoke. While sublime systems in Holyoke will be the beneficiary of these funds that will go towards building a new low-carbon cement plant in Holyoke. The industrial demonstrations program funds projects that focus on the highest emitting and the hardest to abate industries where decarbonization technologies can have the greatest impact. Congressman Richard Neal believes that this funding will play a critical role in accelerating the construction of sublime's first commercial manufacturing plant in Holyoke. Adding that Massachusetts will see historic investments in the state's infrastructure and clean energy initiative. Gateway cities like Holyoke that were built around that very idea are the perfect hubs to continue to embrace that and do what we can to you know leverage this industry while also fight climate change. This investment will spur significant economic opportunity in the paper city creating between 70 and 90 permanent jobs on Water Street in Holyoke. For more information on this initiative to accelerate decarbonization projects in energy intensive industries visit our website at www.lp.com. Working for you, Melissa Torres, 22 News.