arstechnica.com - 10/28/2009
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Earlier today, President Obama spoke at the opening of what's now the largest photovoltaic power installation in the US, using the opportunity to announce the funding of a different energy project: the modernization of the US electric grid. The two might seem ...
reuters.com - 10/26/2009
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce
the largest investment of economic stimulus funds in clean...
energy during a visit to Florida, an Obama administration official said on Monday. The announcement will involve the smart grid, ...
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Obama plans big smart grid announcement
energy.gov - 10/27/2009
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energy.gov —
ARCADIA, FLORIDA - Speaking at Florida Power and
Light's (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President...
Barack Obama today announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of ...
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President Obama Announces $3.4 Billion Investment to ...
earth2tech.com - 10/27/2009
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earth2tech.com —
As we wrote on Monday , Tuesday is
the day of reckoning for the smart grid biz....
The Department of Energy this morning has announced the recipients of the $3.4 billion in stimulus grants for 100 smart grid projects (25 large and 75 small) that are ...
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Smart Grid Stimulus Funding Revealed!
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Obama's $8-Billion Plan to Modernize the US Power Grid [Solar]
Gizmodo —
... more power efficient devices. Do you think this is a lot of money? It is, especially since it only covers a small part of the grid. But here's what we are getting in return: $20 billion in savings during the next decade, plus increasing the reliability of the grid to avoid power outages that cost $150 billion a year to the US economy. I can only hope this goes well, and we keep modernizing the rest of the grid as soon as possible. [Miami Herald and Ars Technica]
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