U.S. Dept of Energy (DOE) awards $8.4 million to hemp business working to provide sustainable cannabis-based alternatives for building materials, packaging and automobile parts.

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $8.4 million to a hemp business working to provide sustainable cannabis-based alternatives for building materials, packaging and automobile parts.

The startup company Hempitecture received the grant from DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC), the agency’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory said in a post on Monday. It’s one of 14 companies that were awarded $428 million collectively to support their efforts to promote clean energy manufacturing, focusing on coal communities.

Currently, Hempitecture focuses on producing hemp concrete and insulation, as well as furniture. But it said that the grant money will be used to open up a new facility and expand its offerings, including cannabis materials for automobiles.

Earlier this year, Volkswagen announced that it was teaming up with a German hemp company to produce a cannabis-based leather alternative for its vehicles.

“There’s a huge use of recycled and bio-based textiles by European automotive manufacturers,” Tommy Gibbons, co-founder of Hempitecture, said. “Our plan in Tennessee is to supply American automakers with natural fiber, nonwovens as they seek to reduce their embodied carbon footprint.”

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Federal Agency Grants $8.4 Million To Hemp Company To Produce Sustainable Cannabis-Based Alternatives For Building And Car Parts

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