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| “In 2009, the smart grid industry was valued at about $21.4 billion — in 2014, it will hit at least $42.8 billion, Zpryme’s report says. Given the smart grid’s success in the U.S., the world market is expected to grow at an even more explosive rate, jumping from $69.3 billion this year to $171.4 billion by 2014. And the segments set to benefit the most will be smart metering hardware sellers and makers of software used to transmit and organize the tidal waves of data collected by meters.” |
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