The idea is to outfit the grid with technologies such as "smart meters"--which allow consumers to see when electricity is most expensive--to bolster the grid and make it more efficient.

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Rather than showing up as a pop-up window, the Friends page now gets a dedicated section, where you can see them all displayed in a grid-like fashion.

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The 2012 season will is see a total of six former world champions line-up on the grid, with Raikonnen and Vettel being joined by Mercedes' seven-time winner Michael Schumacher, Ferrari's two-time champion Fernando Alonso and McLaren's championship-winning duo of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.

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These are one of the few ways (but not the only way, see article) that energy from transient sources like the wind can be stored in grid-filling quantities.

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