Smart Grid projects in Europe: lessons learned and current developments
October 11, 2011
In the study “Smart Grid projects in Europe: lessons learned and current developments”, the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission’s in-house science service, has presented a review of 219 smart grid projects Europe-wide. By providing a complete catalogue of the projects to date and by using project data and results to support analysis, the report looks into several aspects of the smart grids landscape to describe the state of the art of their implementation, the emerging hallmarks of the new electricity system and some foreseeable developments. This analysis contributed to the drafting of the Commission Communication “Smart Grids: from innovation to deployment”, adopted in April 2011.
This work is intended to be the first of a series of snapshots that the European Commission will periodically prepare on the development status of smart grids in Europe to offer a basis for discussion among smart grid stakeholders and promote the sharing of knowledge, experiences and best practices.
