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Will S 29th Jul 2010

Open source code would not be used because it's visible vulnerabilities could be exploited and because there is no control over the direction of the capabilities.

Open source standards could certainly be used, if they meet the NIST requirements.

For those who are unaware of the balancing effect widely dispersed wind farms have show read;

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/03/29/0909075107

And those who think that solar farms can't generate electricity when the sun isn't shining are not aware of the storage of daytime energy in molten salt for night-time release;

http://social.csptoday.com/industry-insight/csp-thermal-storage-increasing-options

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/molten-salt-takes-one-step-further-in-solar-thermal/