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INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES AND SELECTED SOURCES

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Butte Silane Gas Facility

REC Silicon

Butte, MT, USA

-112.688409245718, 45.9699094806952

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 394B

Additional Information:

Sector: EVs

Activity: Materials Processing

Product: Silicon


Project Announcement Date: 1/1/1997

Target for Starting Production: 1998

Date Commercial Production Started: 1998

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Operating Status: Operating


Congressional District: Republican

Government Subsidies:

We currently have no government subsidies tracked for this site.

Selected Sources:

Tracked Expansions and/or Acquisitions:

This site has 1 major expansion(s).

Those expansion(s) are tracked below:


Site 394: Butte Silane Facility


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