More Than 237 Million Smart Meters Will Be Deployed in Europe by 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

Europe is embarking on a series of smart meter deployments that will transform the electricity industry across the continent. The adoption of smart metering at this scale across many of the world’s most advanced economies will drive a new wave of technical and market innovation in electricity metering that will have an impact across Europe and on global markets. According to a recent report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant’s Energy Practice, more than 237 million smart meters will be deployed in Europe by 2020, and almost 90 percent of installed electricity meters in Western Europe will be smart.More>>