The Regional City Manager group meeting hosted recently in Weirton toured a new manufacturing facility, said Moundsville City Manager Rick Healy.

Healy informed members of Moundsville City Council that the meeting included a tour of the new Form Energy battery plant prior to having lunch.

“The plant is constructed on the former Weirton Steel property and is the exact opposite (of a steel mill) — being ultra clean and bright,” he said.

“Form Energy’s Form Factory 1 manufactures iron-air batteries in their first high-volume battery manufacturing facility. These batteries are loaded into large cargo-type containers and are sold to utilities to use on the electric grid.”

Healy noted the plant was constructed in about a year’s time and offers 550,000 square feet of space. It currently emplo

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