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On January 22, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced more than $55 million to advance cutting-edge vehicle technologies. Part of these funds will support the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge, which aims to make electric hybrid vehicles price-competitive with conventional petroleum-fueled vehicles.

The Energy Department announced more than $59 million to fund solar energy innovation, including $45 million available to accelerate pioneering solar manufacturing technologies and more than $14 million to help drive deployment in homes, businesses, and communities.

The Obama Administration has announced the University of Tennessee will lead the Energy Department’s new Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Advanced Composites, which aims to make advanced composites for clean energy technologies more cost effective and less energy-intensive to manufacture.