Digitalisation of Energiewende stagnates
German energy industry associations doubt that the so-called smart digital meters that measure and record electricity consumption in households and firms could be introduced by the beginning of 2020 as planned, Andreas Mihm writes for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淲e鈥檒l start at least one year later鈥, Andrees Gentzsch of the German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries (BDEW) said. The reason for the possible delay was insufficient coordination between competent authorities, the article says. Germany鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has confirmed that the planned introduction of smart meters indeed faced 鈥済reat hurdles鈥.
See the 麻豆无码版 dossier The digitalisation of the Energiewende for background.