{"693626":{"#nid":"693626","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Energy officials visits Georgia Tech as US seeks to expand battery manufacturing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) \u2014 Assistant Secretary of Energy Audrey Robertson visited the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility Wednesday to introduce new initiatives and tour the facility. The Trump administration is attempting to put policies in place to increase U.S. battery production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe United States produces about 7% of the world\u2019s batteries, according to the International Energy Agency. China manufactures about 80%.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Secretary of Energy Audrey Robertson visited Georgia Tech\u0027s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility to introduce new federal initiatives to grow U.S. battery manufacturing. The goal is a fully U.S. battery supply chain by 2030, and Georgia is at the center of it.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36757","created_gmt":"2026-10-29 17:33:38","changed_gmt":"2026-10-29 17:33:38","author":"ychernet3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Atlanta News First","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2026\/10\/28\/energy-officials-visits-georgia-tech-us-seeks-expand-battery-manufacturing\/","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"194685","name":"Manufacturing"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}