AMSTERDAM: In Europe, a new pilot study has revealed that the Netherlands can save up to €3.5 million by deploying smart grid technology.
The pilot called ‘PowerMatching City’ is a living lab smart grid demonstration involving 40 households that utilised solar panels, combined heat and power plants and heat pumps to generate their own electricity, heat and water.
The government-subsidised project began in 2007 as part of the EU-funded INTEGRAL programme, with the aim of developing, building and demonstrating an integrated smart grid solution near the city of Groningen, a main municipality in the Netherlands.
