Highlights:
- KPMG, a company that provides audit, tax and advisory services, recently released a report titled "Infrastructure 100: World Cities Edition," which reports on global urban energy projects.
- Global populations are steadily increasing, and the demand for new energy efficient policies intensifies as people leave rural areas to live in cities.
- Many major cities in countries such as Brazil, Canada and South Africa are undertaking urban energy projects in an attempt to create sustainable, low-carbon infrastructures.
Top 10 global urban energy projects:
- Feature Project: Cidade Inteligente Buzios(Brazil)
- Princess Nora Bint AbdulRahman University Solar Heating System (Saudia Arabia)
- Hyllie District Smart Grid (Sweden)
- Jeju Smart Grid Test Bed(South Korea)
- Empresas Transoceanica (Chile)
- Durban Waste to Energy (South Africa)
- UBC Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Facility (Canada)
- Chennai Solar Economic Zone (India)
- Exelon City Solar (Chicago)
- Brixton Solar One (London)
See full detailed project descriptions.
