Europe is going to be the next big market for smart meters—and Germany,the continent's most populous nation,could be the biggest single customer in that market.But so far,Germany has lagged behind its Northern European and Scandinavian neighbors in deploying smart meters.It also hasn't matched the big,national smart meter rollout plans of France,Spain and Italy,although it,like every other EU member,is required to have 80 percent of its meters made"smart"in one way or another by decade's end.
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http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2012/12/14/opening-the-german-smart-meter-market/#more-28500
