# Honeywell receives $14.8M DOE grant for Geismar refrigerant expansion

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Honeywell's Geismar facility $14.8 million to cover 40% of the $36 million expansion to increase production of an energy-efficient refrigerant used in electric heat pumps. The expansion is expected to create 50 construction jobs and retain 468 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-11-17
- Where: Geismar, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $36.0M
- Jobs: 50
- Starts operating: 2026
- Status: announced
- Products: energy-efficient refrigerant for electric heat pumps
- Sectors: [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Honeywell](https://endata.com/companies/621.md)
- [U.S. Department of Energy](https://endata.com/companies/11453.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [theadvocate.com](https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/honeywell-gets-148-million-for-geismar-expansion/article_c3257c5c-855f-11ee-b5c1-ffdb34306631.html), 2023-11-17: "The U.S. Department of Energy announced Friday it has awarded the Honeywell facility in Geismar $14.8 million to allow the plant to increase production of a energy efficient refrigerant used in electric heat pumps."
- [bicmagazine.com](https://www.bicmagazine.com/projects-expansions/downstream/geismer-honeywell-receives-doe-grant/), 2023-11-30: "The expansion would allow Honeywell to produce an additional quantity of R-454B, which is a refrigerant blend used for electric heat pumps."

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