 The project is significant not only for its long duration but also for its budget, which at 24.8 million Euros, is the largest of any FP6 integrated project.Of this, 15.7 million is provided by the European Commission and the remainder by its 98 contributing partner companies.Since the end of the project, the results of BEinGRID have been taken up and carried forward by IT-Tude.com.