Whitepaper: The vital role of ICT in smart cities

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Whitepaper: The vital role of ICT in smart cities 14 June 2012 See our latest whitepaper, courtesy of Scottish Development International, which discusses why cities around the world should be on the road to becoming smarter... As the existing Electric Grid moves toward clean energy, a smart grid will become essential to controlling the flow of energy from power companies to the consumer. Meanwhile, the demand for electricity continues to grow across the globe at an alarming rate. It is estimated that the demand for electricity will far exceed the supply in the next ten years. At the same time, the inability of the current electric grid to store energy is creating huge gaps and inefficiencies that need to be answered: “Solving demand by merely building more power plants is no longer an option. Instead, the emphasis is on generating cleaner power as well as using less power ...

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