MOSES LAKE, Wash — Battery material company, Sila, is set to provide hundreds of jobs throughout the Columbia Basin as it aims to make Moses Lake the home of worldwide battery innovation.

On Tuesday, a battery plant dubbed the largest and first of its kind in silicon battery technology officially started operations.

"Silicon batteries are just the next step from lithium batteries," said Gene Berdichevsky, the CEO & co-founder of Sila. "Silicon-based batteries are higher energy density, meaning they can store more charge in the same weight and volume. So, your electric vehicle can have more range, your cell phone won't run out at night, a drone can fly longer...really the silicon technology that we make here can be used in any lithium-ion battery in the world, for any application."

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