CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee -- Along the shore of the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Australia's Novonix is working to turn a former turbine plant into the first large-scale synthetic graphite facility in North America.

Novonix's riverside site will become the first large-scale synthetic graphite facility in the U.S. when it starts operating next year. (Source photos by Pak Yiu and Novonix)
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