US Invests In Smart Electric Grids

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, guys. Thank you very much. Please, have a seat. Thank you so much.

Well, first of all, let me thank Lew Hay and his visionary leadership at Florida Power & Light. It's an example of a company that is doing well by doing good. And I think it's a model for what we could duplicate all across the country.

To Greg Bove, who just gave me the tour and was a construction manager for this facility, congratulations. We've got a couple of special guests here: Representative Kathy Castor from Tampa, a great friend. (Applause.) Arcadia Mayor Dr. Roosevelt Johnson. (Applause.) And State Representative Keith Fitzgerald from Sarasota. (Applause.)

And I want to once again thank Lew for the generous introduction. I want to congratulate you and all the workers who are involved in this outstanding facility for Florida Power & Light.

It's an honor to be here on a very big day not just for Arcadia but for the cause of clean energy in America. With the flip of a switch, FP&L will -- has moved the solar panels behind me into a position where they can catch the sun's rays. And now, for the very first time, a large-scale solar power plant -- the largest of its kind in the entire nation -- will deliver electricity produced by the sun to the citizens of the Sunshine State. And I think it's about time.(Applause.)

This plant will produce enough power to serve the entire city of Arcadia. Its construction was a boost to your local economy, creating nearly 400 jobs in this area. And over the next three decades, the clean energy from this plant will save 575,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions, which is the equivalent of removing more than 4,500 cars from the road each year for the life of the project. Think about that, 45,000 [sic] cars from the road each year for the life of the project.

And yet, to realize the full potential of this plant and others like it, we've got to do more than just add extra solar megawatts to our electrical grid. That's because this grid -- which is made up of everything from power ...

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[smtlive]

Solar energy can get smarter with smtrail.com

transportation, solar power plant and power transmission lines in one

[pacificcresttrans]

Smart Grid technology helps build operations in the power network...The benefits of implementing Smart Grid technology are reduced costs, increase in reliability and energy saving. Transformers play a critical part in the energy distribution network...Pacific Crest Transformers has information related to transformers and the 'smart' system.

[joskemom]

Is this company still in buisness? Many people who have appeared with Obama in video promo footage has since been laid off. One of the 'green' companies Obama made a speech at laid off about 150 of its employers. The Cap and Tax bill should be 'shovel ready' for a grave somewhere.

[joskemom]

@littleheidiband I see a man on LSD.

[littleheidiband]

When peace makes money the suffering will stop. I see a landscape in the near future of windmills. I see solar on every house. I see a people in bloom. It is all about the love. Pick one thing to save. And it will happen.

[useENERGY]

stupid lier

[XionXXXX]

Smart Drill Baby Spill Grids? If not where's the energy coming from then?

I didn't know Drill Baby Spill Grids was so smart...

[CO2Junkie]

Last thing, just to clarify our differences.

As you can see, I'm having trouble worrying about your economic catastrophe scenario based on the Federal tax scheme. I could see a problem because of continued population growth & the pressure it is putting on our growth & debt based economic system. So what I am saying is - I am more threatened by people who have 3 & 4 or more kids. It's easier to reverse a tax than to find 1.5 times more jobs in the next 15 years to make up for population growth.

[CO2Junkie]

I see, you were fortune telling.

As for not helping anthropogenic GW, I recently sat in on a lecture by some guys from the NSF who work in the arctic. I saw their data for increases in CH3 output. So we'll have to agree to disagree. I guess we can work it out at the voting booth.

I'm not worried about taxes or inflation. In fact I've been trying to scale down my consumption rate. Also we just got a tax credit for new windows in our home & a friend got 'cash for clunkers'. Thanks Obama et al!

[jjrglobal]

When did I say I wasn't making money. The earlier post was just an analogy, which is why it's starts off "It's as if"

I'm making money, what that money will be able to buy is the million dollar question

Anytime you bring up renewable energy or global warming, it automatically leads to cap and trade. Cap and trade will be the largest tax hike in history on every American including you.Gas,electricity,consumer products will be more expensive and it won't do a damn thing to help global warming.