Nine Year € 2 billion European Smart Grid Initiative EEGI Launched

16 July 2010 Geoff Zeiss

The European Commission’s smart grid initiative has been launched.  The European Electricity Grid Initiative (EEGI) proposes a nine year European research, development and demonstration program to be initiated by electricity transmission and distribution network operators to develop a next generation smart grid electricity network for Europe, which will deployed between 2010 to 2030.  Its objectives are

  • Integration of renewable and distributed sources of electricity
  • Integration of national networks into a single European electricity market
  • Improved reliability of electricity supply
  • Customer participation
  • Support for electric vehicles
  • Efficiency
  • Business opportunities

The estimated cost for the nine-year period is € 2 billion with the financing being provided by the member states of the EU, the European Commission, and industry.  The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) says that the European Commission supports the EEGI through its Seventh Framework Programme, but that the commitment of member states is necessary to support and fund the complete EEGI roadmap.

The roadmap for 2010-2018 and a detailed implementation plan for
2010-2012 have been published.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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