Follow the Green Money: DOE Awards $620 Million in Smart Grid Projects, EDP to Invest $4 Billion in US Wind Energy, Clemson Univ. Awarded $98 Million for Wind Turbine Drive Train Test Facility

The Department of Energy has announced it will be awarding $620 million to 32 Smart Grid projects around the US.  These projects include, smart meters, energy storage, transmission monitoring devices among others.  An additional $1billion from the private sector will be added to support these projects.  Here is a video explaining the benefits of Smart Grid technologies to utility customers

Based in Europe, EDP Renewables has announced it will invest $4 billion in wind energy in the US over the next three years.  Currently EDP has a presence in the US through Horizon Winds which operates a 199 Megawatt wind farm in Indiana. Search for Horizon careers here.

Located in South Carolina,  Clemson University has been awarded a total of $98 million in grants from the Department of Energy and state and private matching funds to build a wind turbine drive train testing facility.  Construction is expected to begin in 2010 and be completed by the end of 2012.