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To: jrhana who wrote (9056)6/5/2009 4:30:36 PM
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Now why is it that projects like these in the US are going to Japanese firms? This is a sure sign that we are falling behind in the technology race to deliver renewable energy projects. We need to get our collective heads out of our butts asap. $20-30B of our taxpayer money going to a foreign company. US renewable energy companies need to get more competitive to win our own government contracts.

Japanese Firms to Construct Smart Grid Project in US
greencarcongress.com
5 June 2009

Nikkei. A consortium of Japanese firms, including Hitachi and Toshiba, is expected to construct a small smart grid project in the US that could be operational by the end of 2010.

Construction of the grid is to begin around October in an undetermined New Mexico city with about 1,000 families. The project will be led by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, or NEDO, with the Japanese government to shoulder the initial costs of 2-3 billion yen [US$20-30 billion].

Although NEDO will solicit participants publicly, the firms that sign up are expected to be mainly those that took part in a Japan-US research project in April. This includes power-related companies Hitachi, Toshiba and Fuji Electric Holdings Co. unit Fuji Electric Systems Co., as well as such others as general contractor Shimizu Corp. and electronics giant Panasonic Corp.

The smart grid is expected to include a solar power generation system and battery-based energy storage system.
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