Which Utilities Are Most Open to Innovative New Companies?

    July 1, 2014
    Idan Edry, acting CEO of Nation-E, identifies which utilities he sees as most open to innovation. In this podcast interview, he also discusses the challenges and advantages of entering the US market. Nation-E is a company based in Israel that brings big data into the energy domain.
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    dan Edry is acting CEO of Nation-E, a company based in Israel that brings big data into the energy domain. In this podcast interview, he discusses the challenges and advantages of entering the market in the US.  Edry also identifies which utilities he sees as most open to innovation.
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