Four utilities fund research in its Institute for Energy and Environment which, with 210 staff, claims to be Europe's largest such outfit, equipped to take new technology from design to operation.

四大事业基金会为了支持研究能源及环境，故而都把研究机构设在该学院，其中有210名研究员，该学院承认自己在欧洲同样性质的机构里面自己是规模最大的，并配有专门设计的机械设备及技术来进行研究操作。

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The Smarter Energy Research Institute represents a new form of collaborative innovation for the energy and utilities industry and is modeled after programs that IBM has successfully implemented with clients in other areas, placing scientists with members from other disciplines and industries, working side-by-side to research and develop new breakthroughs.

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