Monday, Mar. 02, 2009

By the numbers

$40.7 million

Taxpayer money spent since 2004 for hydrogen and fuel-cell research in the Midlands.

$23.4 million

Federal and private sector grants received for hydrogen and fuel cell research in the Midlands.

$35.8 million

Grants applied for and pending for hydrogen and fuel cell research in the Columbia area.

100

Jobs created since the city of Columbia and USC started to work making the region a hydrogen fuel-cell research hub five years ago.

11

Start-up fuel cell-related companies in the Columbia area

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