Dr. Andrew Thomas, Executive-in-Residence at Levin's Energy Policy Center, has been awarded $70,000 by BRITE Energy Innovators for a project titled "Appalachian Energy Storage Roadmap.” Thomas and his research team will develop a roadmap of an analysis and framework for leveraging the burgeoning energy storage cluster in the tri-state area of Appalachian Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia that encompasses 139 counties. BRITE will use the roadmap to act as a navigator and enabler for commercialization, entrepreneurship, and job creation in coal-impacted communities.