Kennedy: Smart grid investment key to renewable energy

FORT COLLINS – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of the late New York senator, told a crowd of about 500 on Monday night that America must invest in a national smart grid that can absorb solar and wind power if a switch from fossil fuel to renewable energy is to succeed.

“We have the best wind energy in the world,” Kennedy, an environmental attorney, told a gathering at the Hilton Fort Collins. “We have extraordinary solar energy. If we were to collect the solar power that falls in an 85-by-85-mile desert in the Southwest, we could provide all the energy needs…