European smart meter rollout to reach 52% by 2016

13.07.11

A research report from Berg Insight has concluded that the number of European smart meter installations will reach more than 130 million by 2016.

The report also predicted that annual investments in smart metering technology would surpass €3 billion by the mid-2010s.

Plans have now been announced for the first major smart metering projects in Central Eastern Europe. CEZ in the Czech Republic and Energa in Poland have both announced large scale pilots, with an eye on full-scale installations in the near future.

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