After years of talking about a needed overhaul of the United States’ electrical infrastructure, the federal government decided to do something about it by awarding US$3.4 billion in smart-grid project grants on Oct. 27.
Billed as “the largest single energy-grid modernization investment in U.S. history,” the funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is designed to expedite the country’s transition to a smarter, more robust, more efficient and more reliable electrical system.
via INFRASTRUCTURE — Site Selection magazine, January 2010.
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