Weil Gotshal to Provide Legal Counsel to CSE
Internationally renowned law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges will be providing the MIT-Fraunhofer CSE with legal counsel in regards to contracts and IP agreements under the terms of a new partnership drawn up earlier this month. Weil Gotshal joins the CSE's larger network of existing sponsors, including National Grid and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.

MTC Becomes Founding Sponsor for CSE
On April 12th, 2008, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) signed an agreement with the CSE, making it the first official sponsor of the new Center. Under the terms of the agreement, the MTC will provide the CSE with a grant of $5 million over the course of the next four years.

National Grid Joins CSE Industry Alliance
Utilities provider National Grid has joined the CSE as the first member of the newly-created CSE Industry Alliance. Under the terms of the partnership, Jennifer Zschokke, National Grid's Vice President of Sustainable Development, will also be joining the CSE's Board of Advisors. 

Fraunhofer and MIT Establish Research Center for Renewable Energy 

The research scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE will in future be working in close cooperation with the scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT. The new Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems is located in the immediate vicinity of the MIT campus.

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