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A Review of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Smart Grid Projects and Their Implications for China

A Review of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Smart Grid Projects and Their Implications for China

Full Title: A Review of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Smart Grid Projects and Their Implications for China
Author(s): Xu Liu, Chris Marnay, Wei Feng, Nan Zhou, and Nihan Karali
Publisher(s): Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Publication Date: January 1, 2017
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Description (excerpt):

The Chinese government has paid growing attention to renewable energy development and has set ambitious goals for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction and energy savings. Smart grid (SG) technologies have been regarded as emerging ways to integrate renewable energy and to help achieve these climate and energy goals.

This report first reviews completed SG demonstrations under the U.S. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA); especially two key programs: the SG Investment Grant (SGIG) and the SG Demonstration Project (SGDP). Under the SGIG, the larger of the two programs, over $3.4 billion was used to help industry deploy existing advanced SG technologies and tools to improve grid performance and reduce costs. Including industry investment, a total of $8 billion was spent on 99 cost-shared projects, which involved more than 200 participating electric utilities and other organizations. These projects aimed to modernize the electric grid, strengthen cyber security, improve interoperability, and collect comprehensive data on SG operations and benefits.

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