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TheEuropean Technology Platform (ETP)for the Electricity Networks of the Future (SmartGrids) is aEuropean Commission initiative that aims at boosting the competitive situation of theEuropean Union in the field of electricity networks, especiallysmart power grids. The ETP represents all European stakeholders. The establishment of an ETP in this field was for the first time suggested by the industrial stakeholders and the research community at the firstInternational Conference on the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Distributed Energy Resources, which was held in December 2004.
The SmartGrids Platform was started by the European Commission Directorate General for Research of theEuropean Commission in 2005.[1]
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