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Solar article in the Star Tribune: Smartening the Power Grid
Nice article in the Star Tribune about the federal investments in the smart grid and how some of the funds are getting distributed to the regional power companies:
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President Obama stood in front of a field full of solar panels this week during a visit to the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Fla. The president announced the allocation of $3.4 billion in government stimulus dollars to help modernize the U.S. power grid.
The nation's energy transmission infrastructure needs major improvements, and the federal government is kick-starting the effort with $3.4 billion in grants for a so-called smart grid. Minnesota, however, is getting only a tiny sliver of the money.
By GEORGE BENNETT, Cox Newspapers
Last update: October 29, 2009 - 7:05 PM
ARCADIA, FLA. - Invoking America's construction of the Interstate highway system half a century ago, President Obama this week called for creation of a "clean energy superhighway" in remarks at what Florida Power and Light Co. (FPL) bills as the largest photovoltaic solar plant in the nation.
The president announced $3.4 billion in federal grants for "smart grid" projects aimed at boosting the efficiency of the nation's electricity network and enabling consumers to conserve energy and cut their utility bills. The $3.4 billion includes $200 million to FPL and more than $44 million to five other Florida recipients.
Minnesota didn't fare as well, getting just $1.54 million for Minnesota Power, a unit of Duluth-based Allete Inc.
Standing amid 90,500 solar panels at FPL's $152 million Next Generation Solar Energy Center on 180 acres in DeSoto County, Obama compared improving the national power network to President Dwight Eisenhower's push for a national four-lane highway network in the 1950s.
"It's time to make the same kind of investment in the way our energy travels, to build a clean energy superhighway that can take the renewable power generated in places like DeSoto and deliver it directly to the American people in the most affordable and efficient way possible," Obama said.
check out the full article at: http://www.startribune.com/business/67335762.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3...
Zach Boyden-Holmes, Getty Images
President Obama stood in front of a field full of solar panels this week during a visit to the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Fla. The president announced the allocation of $3.4 billion in government stimulus dollars to help modernize the U.S. power grid.
The nation's energy transmission infrastructure needs major improvements, and the federal government is kick-starting the effort with $3.4 billion in grants for a so-called smart grid. Minnesota, however, is getting only a tiny sliver of the money.
By GEORGE BENNETT, Cox Newspapers
Last update: October 29, 2009 - 7:05 PM
ARCADIA, FLA. - Invoking America's construction of the Interstate highway system half a century ago, President Obama this week called for creation of a "clean energy superhighway" in remarks at what Florida Power and Light Co. (FPL) bills as the largest photovoltaic solar plant in the nation.
The president announced $3.4 billion in federal grants for "smart grid" projects aimed at boosting the efficiency of the nation's electricity network and enabling consumers to conserve energy and cut their utility bills. The $3.4 billion includes $200 million to FPL and more than $44 million to five other Florida recipients.
Minnesota didn't fare as well, getting just $1.54 million for Minnesota Power, a unit of Duluth-based Allete Inc.
Standing amid 90,500 solar panels at FPL's $152 million Next Generation Solar Energy Center on 180 acres in DeSoto County, Obama compared improving the national power network to President Dwight Eisenhower's push for a national four-lane highway network in the 1950s.
"It's time to make the same kind of investment in the way our energy travels, to build a clean energy superhighway that can take the renewable power generated in places like DeSoto and deliver it directly to the American people in the most affordable and efficient way possible," Obama said.
check out the full article at: http://www.startribune.com/business/67335762.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3...
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