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A year in the life of DSOs | Visibility and open data

To get the most value from their assets, both electricity distribution networks and their customers need to know how they are being utilised and where spare capacity is available. Tom Grimwood looks at how distribution system operators (DSO) have been working to improve visibility over their networks and make this information accessible to others.

1 year ago

Who will Ofgem choose as market facilitator?

1 year ago

Smart meter installations fall to lowest level in years

1 year ago

Utility Week Intelligence Introduces FYLD

1 year ago

Five things you need to know about water smart metering programmes

1 year ago

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Lack of smart meter data for non-domestic consumers ‘barrier to net zero’

4 years ago

Can smart meter data can stop us running out of water?

The UK water utilities industry is under greater stress than at any other time in its history. It’s not just about external forces such as changes in usage trends and climate change as well as scarcity and unpredictability of supply. It’s also partly because most of our water infrastructure was designed and built in the Victorian era, if not earlier (the world’s first city-level water transfer project, completed in 1613, remains one of London’s main water resources). And of course we cannot forget the huge drive towards digital transformation.

4 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Centrica looks to convert Rough to store hydrogen

In our latest round-up of weekend’s papers, Centrica looks to spend £1.6 billion to convert the Rough gas storage site to hold hydrogen and it’s revealed the government’s new green bonds will not be used to invest in nuclear energy.

4 years ago

More than 8.2m SMETS2 smart meters now installed

4 years ago

Gridserve amps up Electric Highway charging network

Gridserve has relaunched the Electric Highway charging network it recently acquired from Ecotricity under its own branding after beginning a programme to upgrade the network with more advanced and powerful chargers, whilst also announcing plans to spend more than £100 million installing banks of ultrafast chargers at 50 of the locations. Utility Week spoke to the company’s founder and chief executive Toddington Harper.

4 years ago