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Re-reading smart meter data to find space for low carbon technologies

The utility responsible for delivering electricity to eight million homes and businesses across the Midlands, south west, and south Wales, launched a smart meter data scheme it hopes can facilitate the mass adoption of EV chargers, heat pumps and solar panels by its consumers.

2 years ago

Degrees of separation: the future of DSOs

2 years ago

Weekend Press: Insulate homes now to avoid energy crisis worsening

The weekend's newspapers this week featured a call to action to avoid a worse energy crisis in 2023, a proposal by Centrica to voluntarily cap profits; and energy retailers criticise National Grid's off-peak pricing scheme.

2 years ago

Fracking plans ‘more to do with ideology than true economics’

2 years ago

Concrete plans: Decarbonising utilities means focusing on materials

2 years ago

Utility Week Awards entry deadline extended

2 years ago

Utilities sector pays tribute to the Queen

2 years ago

Establishing independent FSO could cost up to £185m

2 years ago

£3.3m funding to boost next generation of homegrown nuclear tech

2 years ago

Beyond Uber and Airbnb: can the sharing economy enable energy efficiency and innovation?

2 years ago

Equinor seeks consent for offshore wind farm extensions

2 years ago

‘Limited and temporary’ role for hydrogen blending

2 years ago

VacuFuse II: The solution to enhanced grid edge reliability

2 years ago

Government unveils moves to speed up infrastructure consents

2 years ago

Carlton Power secures offtaker for green hydrogen hub

2 years ago

Centrica gets green light to reopen Rough gas storage facility

2 years ago

How can utilities reach recruitment ‘cold spots’?

2 years ago

A call to action on diversity

2 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Utilities and regulators ‘not fit for purpose’

In the latest round-up of the national newspapers for the summer bank holiday weekend, former government advisor and Oxford professor Sir Dieter Helm says the UK’s utilities and regulators are “not fit for purpose”. Meanwhile, the boss of oil giant Shell warns Europe could face years of energy rationing if Russia completely cuts off gas supplies and half of Tory voters support the nationalisation of energy according to a YouGov poll.

2 years ago

Supply-side tech flagged as area of ‘greatest untapped innovation potential’

2 years ago