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KENTUCKY....
Kentucky has plans of becoming a major player in advance battery research. Friday, Governor Steve Beshear announced Ralph Brodd, who has done battery research for both industry and the federal government, will lead the Kentucky-Argonne National Battery Manufacturing Research and Development Center in Lexington. Brodd says the U.S. has fallen behind in developing electric vehicles and batteries for them, but he sees the center as helping expand Kentucky's manufacturing base and creating jobs. Beshear says research at the center will strengthen the auto industry and improve reneweable energy technolgy. The center is a collaboration among scientists from the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago.