Smart grids in South Korea help the country use more renewable energy sources and cut overall energy consumption." The "smart" in a grid is achieved through an installed software rather than hardware, banking more on the element of intelligence for more consistent upgrades, patterns learning, and timely response to new technologies. The South Korean smart grids include the following components: Internet in South Korea is more robust and developed than in almost any other country, with gigabit wired service being common even in fairly rural areas. Accordingly, Korean initiatives in smart grid and Internet of things largely take reliable backhaul connectivity for granted. The country's
Madrid bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics the Spanish economy, which is expected to start recovering by the last quarter of 2013, and was predicted to grow over the following five years. The 2020 IOC Evaluation Commission Report on the Candidate Cities for the 2020 Summer Olympics was released on June 25. Madrid 2020 gave a presentation of their bid to the IOC at an Extraordinary session in Lausanne in July 2013. In July 2013, the bid launched their "Illuminate the Future" slogan. Prior to the host city election, FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi pledged his support for Madrid's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 125th