Smart utilities

Government can no longer ‘shy away’ from behaviour change

Competing with auto switching

Smart electricity meter installations hit 16m in July

Adopting green approaches to business: the road ahead

Quarter of consumers say smart meter rollout not worthwhile

Reactive Technologies raises $15m to export inertia measurement tool

UK Energy Consumer Report: Are UK energy providers ready to serve Generation Z?

Weekend press round-up: Rising tensions over net zero costs

There are rising tensions between the prime minister and the chancellor over the costs of reaching net zero emissions, the Telegraph has reported. Meanwhile, the UN’s climate change panel will warn the planet is on course to hit 1.5C of global warming ten years earlier than previously thought and EDF delays its final decision on whether to proceed with its Sizewell C nuclear plant. This and more in Utility Week’s round-up of the weekend papers.

Rapid charging rollout stalls

July saw ‘worrying growth’ in new hybrid vehicles

Smart meter network more than doubles in 12 months

Running before we can walk

Could a net zero boom lead to supply chain busts?

LV network monitoring: time for a rethink

Utility Week’s report explores the need for change to historical low voltage network monitoring approaches from DNOs and highlights advances in technology which can help them derive multi-layered value from new monitoring investments.

Major firms offer ‘deal’ to Ofgem and government on EVs

‘Flat & flush’ on-street charging trial launches

CO2 removals market could match water sector revenues by 2050

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has advised the government to avoid “picking winners” among greenhouse gas removal technologies and to rapidly introduce market frameworks to support various options. The NIC wants the government to commit to deploying five to ten megatonnes of engineered removals of carbon dioxide by 2030, rising to between 40 and 100 megatonnes by 2050.

Can open banking resolve utilities’ debt fears?

Download Utility Week’s report to discover the factors driving industry pilots of open banking technology to improve debt and payment management in the post-pandemic world.

EDF and Nissan launch commercial V2G service

EDF has launched a commercial vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging service with Nissan, allowing businesses to sell excess energy back to the grid. Launched through the EDF’s subsidiary Dreev - a joint venture with US-based green energy technology company Nuvve - the offer is available to fleet owners of the Nissan Leaf and e-NV200.

Judges named for Ofwat’s £40m Water Breakthrough Challenge