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Smart?grids:?new?study?highlights?key?challenges?and?trends?in?the?EU? Brussels,? 7? July? 2011? C? Intelligent? electricity? networks? C? smart? grids? C? are? a? key? component? in? the? EU? energy? strategy,? but? substantial? investments? are? needed? to? make?them?a?reality.

?A?new?study?from?the?European?Commission's?in?house?science? service,? the? Joint? Research? Centre? (JRC),? presents? a? review? of? 219? smart? grid? projects? Europe?wide.? The? vast? majority? of? investments,? amounting? to? about? ?5.5? billion,? were? made? in? old? Member? States? ("EU15"),? while? new? Member? States? ("EU12")?tend?to?lag?behind.? By?providing?a?complete?catalogue?of?the?projects?to?date,?the?report?showcases?how? smart?grids?can?help?integrate?more?renewables,?accommodate?electric?vehicles,?give? more? control? to? consumers? over? their? energy? consumption,? avoid? blackouts? and? restore?power?quickly?when?outages?occur.? European?Commissioner?for?Research,?Innovation?and?Science,?Máire?Geoghegan?? Quinn,? says:? The? implementation? of? smart? grids? is? a? significant? opportunity? for? European?industry?to?research,?to?market?and?to?export?new?technologies,?to?create? new?jobs?and?maintain?global?technological?leadership.?We?are?only?at?the?beginning? of? the? transition? to? smart? grids,? and? at? this? stage,? sharing? the? results? of? research? projects?can?help?increase?the?stock?of?knowledge?and?add?impetus?to?innovation?in? this?field.? The?report?shows?that?Distribution?System?Operators?(DSOs)?play?a?leading?role?in? coordinating? smart? grid? deployment? across? Europe.? DSO?led? projects? represent? about? 27%? of? all? projects? and? about? 67%? of? investments.? However,? the? study? underlines? that? current? regulation? in? EU? Member? States? tends? to? promote? cost? efficiency?by?reducing?operation?costs?rather?than?by?upgrading?to?a?smarter?system.? It?warns?that?the?investment?potential?on?smart?grids?will?have?difficulty?accelerating? without? revising? the? current? regulatory? models.? Regulation? should? ensure? a? fair? sharing?of?costs?and?benefits?in?the?set?up?of?services?platforms,?as?power?system? owners?and?operators?are?expected?to?sustain?the?majority?of?investments?whereas? several?players?might?get?benefits?from?smart?grids.? Smart? grids? enable? a? two?way? exchange? of? information? and? power? between? producers? and? consumers,? and? this? leads? to? increased? transparency,? promoting? responsible?energy?saving?measures?on?the?consumers'?side.?Success?stories?in?the? EU15? Member? States? confirm? that? consumer? engagement? is? crucial? to? the? effectiveness? of? smart? electricity? systems? and? needs? to? be? won? through? trust,? understanding? and? clear? tangible? benefits.? For? example,? real?time? information? on? electricity? consumption? and? prices? allowed? consumers? to? save? up? to? 10%? of? electricity.? The?survey?indicates?that?in?almost?all?countries?a?significant?amount?of?investment? addresses?the?integration?of?different?smart?grid?technologies.?Most?technologies?are? known,?but?their?integration???i.e.?how?well?they?work?together???is?the?key?challenge? for?the?success?of?these?projects?and?the?overall?smart?grid?concept. Background? This?inventory?compiled?by?the?Joint?Research?Centre?results?from?a?request?from?the? Directorate?General?for?Energy?(DG?ENER)?to?start?a?data?collection?effort?to?develop? a?catalogue?of?Smart?Grids?projects?in?Europe?and?to?carry?out?a?qualitative?analysis? of? their? results.? The? analysis? contributed? to? the? drafting? of? the? Commission? Communication?"Smart?Grids:?from?innovation?to?deployment",?adopted?in?April?2011? [COM?(2011)?202].? Links? "Smart?Grid?projects?in?Europe:?lessons?learned?and?current?developments"?report:? JRC?Smart?Electricity?Systems?website:? http://ses.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93&Itemi? d=137? EC?Communication?on?Smart?Grids?C?Smart?grids:?from?innovation?to?deployment??? COM(2011)?202,?12/04/2011? http://eur?? lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52011DC0202:EN:HTML:NOT? Contacts? JRC?Press?Office:? Berta?Duane,[email protected]? Francesca?Micheletti,[email protected]