The United States launched the Miami smart energy project

A US federal government stimulus funds "Miami smart energy" project, recently in Miami Florida project launch ceremony was held, the project in the next two years will be stimulated to produce a comprehensive investment of $two hundred million, to strengthen the region's "smart grid" and renewable energy construction.

According to reports, Miami smart energy will be the most extensive smart grid project in the United states. The core of the project is to provide more electricity for Miami Dade County residents to save electricity. Miami Dade County residents and businesses therefore will get more than 1 million smart meters, the meter will help Florida power and lighting company (FPL) users to save electricity, at the same time, the automatic feedback information for the FPL company to more effectively manage the output power meter provides the function. Smart meter management system will be an open platform, a variety of energy-saving programs can be applied on this platform, for example, it can manage and control the use of air-conditioning and household appliances. At the same time, the project can create 800 to 1000 jobs in the short term, to strengthen Florida's leading position in the country's environmental protection practice, will also deal with the long-term significance of the state, especially in the coastal areas of climate change.

Miami smart energy project is organized by the government and the United States well-known large companies organized by the organization. It can be seen that this smart energy project is the degree of concern. FPL chairman and chief executive officer Lewis? Hicence, General Electric (GE) company chairman and CEO Geoff? Immelt, CISCO's chairman and chief executive officer Chambers, Silver Spring network chairman and chief executive officer Scott? Lang and other enterprises are all giants to participate in the project launching ceremony.

Miami city mayor Diaz speech at the launching ceremony in Miami said: "the 'smart energy' project of our city, our residents and the community for a future investment, it will stimulate the production of green jobs, establish a clean energy based economy. The project also supports the Obama administration's goal of investing in renewable energy, reducing dependence on foreign oil and tackling the global climate crisis. I would like to work with large companies involved in the project to create an effective use of the government's economic stimulus plan example. "

According to the introduction, in the implementation of the project, Florida power and lighting company (FPL) will be responsible for the overall implementation of the project, to promote the application of smart grid technology, the company has 4 million 500 thousand power users in Florida, including in Miami Dade County 1 million; GE will provide the main equipment for the project, including smart meters, and may provide advanced home appliances and intelligent power control system; Silver Spring networks will provide wireless network open system; intelligent platform of CISCO company will be responsible for the design and implementation of Miami Dade County electric power transmission network, and provides energy management information and control scheme for a court.

Immelt, chairman of GE, said: "GE is committed to the continuous development and application of energy-saving technologies to create a sustainable energy future. The Miami smart energy project is an excellent example of how an advanced, flexible and intelligent power system can help us achieve the vision of a variety of energy sources. We congratulate and support the Miami municipal government and the public, the Miami action for the United States and the world set an example. "

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Miami smart energy project includes a series of measures to improve the efficiency of power transmission and save electricity and electricity for consumers:

Smart grid automation and information transmission. Compared with the traditional grid, the new smart grid is more like an Internet, through the central information and control system to connect smart meters, efficient transformers, digital substations, power plants and other equipment. The system can monitor the status of power consumption in real time, identify and repair the power failure or the repair of the dispatched personnel.

Smart meter. The first stage of the project will be installed about 1000000 smart meters in Miami Dade City family, in the next 5 years, FPL will be installed in the Florida state's about 4000000 family, the expansion plan will produce a new $500 million investment. Intelligent meter is a multi system communication platform, including a two-way information exchange function of the reader and a set of operation management system and database. The user can through the Internet, to understand their own in a month, one day or one hour with how much electricity, so that the user can according to the different time the level of electricity tariffs, effectively adjust the family or units of electricity scale, thus saving electricity. Smart meters and the network can also help users manage the operation time and mode of household appliances.

Renewable energy integration. Some local universities and schools will install solar power equipment, solar energy storage battery technology can be used for peak hours.

Plug in dual fuel electric vehicle (PHEV). PFL company in Miami Dade County invested 300 vehicles using plug-in dual fuel electric vehicle, and provides 50 new charging stations. At the same time, there will be more PHEV put into use in Miami Dade University, Florida International University, University of Miami and Miami city.

Consumer technology program. The government will make the new technology test of 1000 families in Miami Dade County, to determine what technology can achieve better energy-saving effect and customer satisfaction.