據(jù)Virginia煙草委員會(huì)成員Danny Marshall透露，該委員會(huì)為 兩個(gè)南部光伏項(xiàng)目總共撥款1000萬(wàn)美元。
    Danny Marshall表示，委員會(huì)于7月25日舉行會(huì)議并批準(zhǔn)了該地區(qū)的兩個(gè)特別項(xiàng)目：為Institute for Advanced Learning and Research 的光伏電池生產(chǎn)工廠撥款500萬(wàn)美元，另外500萬(wàn)美則撥給了設(shè)計(jì)弗吉尼亞州國(guó)際賽道新型輪胎設(shè)計(jì)項(xiàng)目。
    在研究所的建設(shè)項(xiàng)目只要利用屋頂上安裝的電池板收集的太陽(yáng)能進(jìn)行光伏發(fā)電。
    馬歇爾還表示，通用汽車(chē)，Goodyear和Virginia Tech都將加入第二個(gè)項(xiàng)目新輪胎的研究，希望新設(shè)計(jì)的輪胎實(shí)現(xiàn)每加侖油跑的里程數(shù)增加3――5英里。

    Two Southside projects have received funding from the Virginia Tobacco Commission totaling $10 million, according to Delegate Danny Marshall, who has a seat on the commission.
    Marshall said the commission met Thursday and approved two special projects for the region: $5 million for photovoltaic cell manufacturing at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research and $5 million for a project that entails designing a new type of tire at Virginia International Raceway.
    The project at the Institute will entail building small photovoltaic cells that will be grouped on panels and used on roofs to collect solar power, Marshall said.
    Marshall said General Motors, Goodyear and Virginia Tech will join forces at VIR to produce a new tire design that will increase a vehicle’s mileage by between three and five miles per gallon.