DOE Awards $100 Million for Innovative Energy Research

06.18.14 :: U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced the awarding of $100 million for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build the 21st-century energy economy. Projects will help enable advances in energy production and use. (press release).

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