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The electric utility companies' transmission and distribution system that links power plants to customers through high power transmission line service (110 kilovolt [kv] to 765 kv); high voltage primary service for industrial applications and street rail and bus systems (23 kv-138 kv); medium voltage primary service for commercial and industrial applications (4 kv to 35 kv); and secondary service for commercial and residential customers (120 v to 480 v). Grid can also refer to the layout of a gas distribution system of a city or town in which pipes are laid in both directions in the streets and connected at intersections.

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Published October 15, 2008, 6:08 pm, Scoop.co.nz

Editor’s Note: This year, the U.S. news media cheered the opening of the $450 million Newseum in Washington, a self-congratulatory celebration of American journalism.

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PGE and partners roll out solar project in Pacific Northwest

Published October 15, 2008, 5:50 pm, Energy Business Review

Portland General Electric and its partners have rolled out a solar project in the Pacific Northwest, which is expected to begin producing up to 1.1MW of electricity for PGE customers by December 2008.

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Science Matters Archive

Published October 15, 2008, 5:30 pm, David Suzuki Foundation

Science Matters is published in magazines and newspaper across Canada, and sent out weekly by email. For media subscription information, please October 10, 2008 The kids are all right The 21st century is an exciting time for young people. Technology like email and social networking...

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Five-year plan to keep F1 on the grid

Published October 15, 2008, 3:50 pm, The Australian

AFTER decades of building the most expensive cars in motor sport, Formula One is to suffer a culture shock as the FIA plans radical cost-cutting measures and the imposition of standardised parts over the next five years in an attempt to save the sport from pricing itself out of existence.

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Washington, DC Launches Crime Text Alerting System for Local Businesses

Published October 15, 2008, 3:33 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

The District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency and the Metropolitan Police Department announced today the launch of DC Police Alert, which enables the MPD to send crime alert text messages in real-time to businesses about crimes committed in their neighborhood.

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Paul Abrams: McCain's Plan: Not Just Worse than Alternatives, But the Dumbest Idea Since Putin Reared His Head

Published October 15, 2008, 2:37 pm, HuffingtonPost

Cutting spending is about the only proposal McCain has made in this campaign that sounds remotely authentic. Authentic, but incredibly dumb.

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It's a Breeze: European Firms Bring Years of Experience to U.S. Wind Power Market

Published October 15, 2008, 2:18 pm, Knowledge at Wharton

European wind-power firms see an opportunity in the United States' increasing interest in alternative energy. Indeed, the inroads that electricity-generating wind turbine technology has made in the U.S. are due in large part to the efforts of companies based in Europe. Gamesa, Siemens and others ply their expertise in a country where public policy has not consistently encouraged domestic ...

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More sops for solar power units in offing

Published October 15, 2008, 2:15 pm, The Economic Times

The government plans to hike the 50 mw cap for providing incentives to solar power plants.

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Constellation Wines (maker of Mondavi, Wild Horse and other big U.S. wine brands) goes solar

Published October 15, 2008, 2:08 pm, ZDNet

Pacific Power Management is building out a 1.2-megawatt solar system that will cover the winery warehouse roof for theConstellation WinesU.S. Gonzales Winery in Monterey, Calif. The system, set to be completed by the end of 2008, is supposed to produce more than 1,700,000 kilowatt hours per year. Here's what it looks like: Ultimately, 6,358 Mitsubishi 185-watt solar panels will make up the ...

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Nation's infrastructure is another crisis for next president

Published October 15, 2008, 1:53 pm, McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — As if the next president won't have enough on his plate — with the collapse of the financial markets, two foreign wars, persistent security threats and a host of other concerns — America's infrastructure is collapsing.

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