Title: China Sets to Build Smart Grid to Tap Renewable Energy
Author: Lu Zhe
Org: Xinhuanet.com
Date: March 13, 2010
The "smart grid"
is an intelligent system capable of seamlessly integrating the alternative
sources like solar and wind from power suppliers into the electricity network.
Cai Guoxiong, deputy chief
engineer of the China Electric Power Research Institute under the State Grid Corporation,
said the smart grid has been piloted in big and medium cities since the State
Grid kicked off the construction in May 2009.
A "unified strong and smart
grid" system is to be built nationwide by 2020 to incorporate thermal
power, hydroelectric power, nuclear power and other renewable ones, said Cai,
also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
National Committee.
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