Federal Agency Funds New Energy Technologies

NPR | Jan. 28, 2013 7:11 a.m. | Updated: Jan. 28, 2013 9 a.m.

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Renee Montagne talks to Cheryl Martin, deputy director of the Energy Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency. Modeled after the Defense Department's research program, ARPA-E provides grants to researchers developing cutting edge energy technologies that are too early for private sector investment.