據Virginia煙草委員會成員Danny Marshall透露，該委員會為 兩個南部光伏項目總共撥款1000萬美元。
    Danny Marshall表示，委員會于7月25日舉行會議并批準了該地區的兩個特別項目：為Institute for Advanced Learning and Research 的光伏電池生產工廠撥款500萬美元，另外500萬美則撥給了設計弗吉尼亞州國際賽道新型輪胎設計項目。
    在研究所的建設項目只要利用屋頂上安裝的電池板收集的太陽能進行光伏發電。
    馬歇爾還表示，通用汽車，Goodyear和Virginia Tech都將加入第二個項目新輪胎的研究，希望新設計的輪胎實現每加侖油跑的里程數增加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.