Innovate Mississippi has been, and continues to be, an important partner of the 25x’25 National Alliance. The staff and advisors at Innovate Mississippi support and guide local leaders, economic development partners and clean energy entrepreneurs in a new direction for Mississippi’s energy future. Their work at the state and regional level to bring together innovation thought-leaders to evaluate some of the latest achievements in development, demonstration and deployment of renewable energy technologies and applications will help our nation achieve the goal of consuming 25 percent of our energy needs from renewable resources by 2025.”Brent Bailey, state activities coordinator of the 25x’25 Alliance