Proposals from chip designer Intellon Corp. and white goods giant Whirlpool were among the 100 selected Tuesday (Oct 27) to share $34 billion in federal funds to accelerate deployment of smart electric grids.
Intellon will receive nearly $5 million to help fund the design of a low cost powerline networking chip for use in smart meters and in-home devices. Whirlpool will get $19 million to design and deploy a million networked clothes dryers that can respond to fluctuations in grid demand and pricing.
via Embedded.com – NEWS – Intellon, Whirlpool snag smart grid grants.
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