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Google Hacks Power Regulators to Build Greener Grid
Google has figured out a brand new way to get cleaner power into old-fashioned power grids. It’s hacking the regulators.
The company has cooked up a plan with North Carolina’s Duke Energy that will let companies like Google pay for cleaner energy — something that’s surprisingly tricky to do thanks to the regulatory restrictions in certain states.
Google wants to introduce a new class of product to North Carolina’s tightly regulated energy market that would allow Duke to sell large volumes of clean energy power at a different rate from the rest of its grid. It gives Google a green alternative to Duke’s grid, which is largely powered by coal and nuclear power.
By Robert McMillan
Full Story: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/google-lenoir/
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