The federal government should still spend research money in the nowmaturewind and solar sectors because only the government has thedata, modeling and supercomputing to figure out how to best optimizerenewable projects and integrate them into the grid, panelists told USlawmakers Wednesday.The issue is significant because wind and solar power are nowcost-competitive with other types of energy and comprise a growingpart of the resource mix. And while one panelist said governmentresearch should be limited to foundational studies, a federal scientistsaid the sectors still need a massive amount of research.
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机译：联邦政府仍应在当今的风能和太阳能领域花费研究资金，因为只有政府才拥有数据，建模和超级计算的能力，以找出如何最佳地优化可再生项目并将其集成到电网中，小组成员周三告诉美国立法者。 r n这个问题意义重大，因为风能和太阳能现在与其他类型的能源具有成本竞争力，并且在资源结构中占越来越大的比重。一位小组成员说，政府的研究应仅限于基础研究，而联邦科学家则说，这些领域仍需要大量研究。
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