LONGVIEW — Nippon Dynawave Packaging says it is working to appeal a canceled U.S. Department of Energy grant worth more than $46 million to help the Longview plant switch to an emerging filtration technology to reduce the energy used in its production process.

The Cowlitz County project is among 321 axed financial awards for energy projects worth $7.5 billion that the Department of Energy announced this month, which build on earlier cuts announced in May. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office also issued a release last week condemning the cuts and listed 11 projects across Washington state worth $1.1 billion.

The bulk of the state’s impacted funding surrounds a nearly $1 billion multi-county hydrogen infrastructure project, but the Cowlitz County project makes a third of the remaining $1

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