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Recovery Act funding will upgrade the electrical grid, save energy and create jobs
COLUMBUS, OHIO – At an event in Columbus, Ohio this afternoon, Secretary Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will help build a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid. These 32 demonstration projects, which include large-scale energy storage, smart meters, distribution and transmission system monitoring devices, and a range of other smart technologies, will act as models for deploying integrated Smart Grid systems on a broader scale. This funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be leveraged with $1 billion in funds from the private sector to support more than $1.6 billion in total Smart Grid projects nationally.
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Applicants say investments will create tens of thousands of jobs, save energy and empower consumers to cut their electric bills
(Reference: US Department of Energy)
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 technologies that will spur the nation’s transition to a smarter, stronger, more efficient and reliable electric system. The end result will promote energy-saving choices for consumers, increase efficiency, and foster the growth of renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
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After 12 months of Technical Evaluations; Poland’s PGE Selects PCN and its Advanced Technology that Leverages Legacy Infrastructure to Accelerate Establishment of Smart Grid
San Diego, Calif. – (Oct 20, 2009) PGE (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), the largest utility in Poland and one of the biggest in Europe has chosen PCN Technology Inc. for its Smart Grid pilot launch in Warsaw. The only American company selected, PCN will play a critical role in transforming the utility’s system into a totally integrated infrastructure with smart meters and underlying data and energy networks to deliver smart grid service benefits to PGE customers.
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A coalition of 25 local, national and global organizations under the leadership of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), University of California, San Diego and CleanTECH San Diego has been established to transform the San Diego region’s electrical grid into a digital smart grid.
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California’s commitment to renewable energy and energy efficiency got two major boosts recently. For renewable energy, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order on September 15, requiring the state’s utilities to get a third of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. The state currently has a 20% renewable power requirement by 2010 for investor-owned utilities only, but the executive order extends and increases that mandate, while also expanding it to include public power utilities and other electricity providers. The governor’s directive calls for the California Air Resources Board to adopt new regulations to implement the renewable mandate by July 31, 2010. Three years ago, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill to achieve a 25% cut in statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, and the new renewable energy requirement will help to meet that goal. See the governor’s press release.
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