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Mojave Desert DOD Project Tests SmartGrid Concepts [graphic]

greenbiz.com — The Department of Defense and GE are teaming up to prototype a Micro SmartGrid. Utilizing the vast Twentynine Palms Base, a Marine Corps Combat Center that occupies 932 square miles in the southern Mojave Desert, the project will test the viability of intelligent microgrids -- which are basically smart, site-specific power grids.

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  • MissOthmar, on 07/09/2009, -1/+10This seems like a pretty typical use of Recovery Act funds: Take an operation that's independent and self-sufficient from an energy standpoint, and make it independent and self-sufficient from an energy standpoint. $2M in taxpayer dollars well spent!
  • danreeves, on 07/10/2009, -1/+6"Utilities that use it are expected to be able to control smart GE appliances -- refrigerators, dishwashers, washers, dryers, microwaves, ranges and hybrid electric water heaters -- whose owners are participating in demand response programs."

    G.E. to random consumer: (shuts off stove from control panel) "NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!"
  • luvstech, on 07/09/2009, -1/+5For years, my father said they ought to be a way of harnessing power out in the desert. Now we can see how well the DOD does it.
  • huff51, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3im surprised they didnt use windows 7
  • yacks, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3Looking at that thumbnail, I thought they were harnessing power by blowing things UP!
  • Super6, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3They're taking a military complex and letting GE industrialize it?

    So I guess that means building a military-industrial complex. Zing!
  • merky1, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3And soon, thanks to cap and trade, GE will have the only approved technologies on the marketplace, with research funded by the same people paying for the caps.
  • WiseGuy1020, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Nuclear power plants + reprocessing plants + electric cars = No more global warming + No more money to terrorists.

    ***** YOU OIL COMPANIES, YOU TRAITOROUS BASTARDS.
  • LBWayward, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1When can i get mine?
  • EverybodyPanic, on 07/10/2009, -2/+0The government should write its memos on clay tablets. It does the job just well, I don't see a reason to replace it with newer technologies. Sending emails and buying BlackBerrys seems like a waste of taxpayer dollars to me.

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