The Island of Texel: Towards a Sustainable Future

Texel, a Dutch island in the North Sea, decided to become energy neutral by 2020. Supported by Capgemini, Texel launched two projects to achieve this goal: Cloud Power and Smart Public Lighting.

Cloud Power is all about balancing energy supply and demand within a community throughout the day -- a key enabler of maximizing the use of intermittent renewable energy.

Smart Public Lighting allows staff to monitor and control the public street lights remotely through a web portal. Developed and built by Capgemini and hosted in Microsoft's Windows Azure, this web application is helping to cut energy usage and reduce carbon emissions on the island.

http://www.capgemini.com/smartenergy

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