Bingaman Gives ARPA-E Good Marks on First Year

By Eli Kintisch, March 3, 2010 11:35 AM US Eastern Timezone

One of ARPA-E's key congressional fathers, Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), gave the young agency high grades in remarks today during the third day of a 3-day summit hosted by the blue-sky energy agency.

Bingaman called for the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to be judged on three key challenges: hiring good people, supporting good science, and getting the private sector involved in investing in energy research.