WVU with CMU, Pitt named finalist for $160M NSF Engine Award

The Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure Consortium, led by a team at West Virginia University in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and over 60 regional partners, was selected on Sept. 18 as a finalist in the competition for a prestigious $160 million National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines award. The LEO Group is involved in supporting the group’s R&D and policy engagement efforts to grow a vibrant energy innovation ecosystem in the West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania region.If selected, the RETI Engine is projected to generate 21,000 jobs, 150 startups and more than $1 billion dollars in economic growth for the region.

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