Smart utilities

Build Back Better: WPD’s role in the green economic recovery

Smart meter installs increase year-on-year for first time since lockdown

Consumer trust ‘is essential to energy transition’

Building consumer trust in the energy sector, as well as using technology to drive forward change, will be key components of the energy transition, industry observers have stressed. Speaking during a panel discussion at the annual Energy UK conference, industry leaders discussed the future of energy retail markets following the pandemic.

UU claims world’s largest smart leak detection network

United Utilities has beefed up its arsenal of leakage detection technology with 24,000 narrowband internet of things devices to locate leaks in real time as part of the company's £30 million plan to cut leakage by 20 per cent by 2025

Are we sleepwalking into a two-tier energy market?

Today’s energy customers have a plethora of choice in energy tariffs and access to green technologies. Yet concerns have been raised about the prospect of some consumers being left behind, and a two-tier market emerging in which tech-savvy prosumers benefit from a smarter system while poorer customers miss out. Adam John reports.

Fletcher: Nature-based solutions should be default in PR24 plans

Putting a human face on the energy transition

Expert view: Why adopting the cloud is essential for accurate and accessible energy data

Sustainability in a global pandemic: What role must water companies play?

Arthur Mitchell, engagement manager at PwC's Strategy& division, considers how water companies can support customers through this difficult time while balancing the sustainability impacts of increased consumption during lockdown.

Covid should ‘supercharge’ smart PPM rollout

New EV service launched to support roaming between charging networks

Smart meter deal to solve procurement issues for challengers

Landis+Gyr has renewed its partnership with Calvin Capital in a deal it says will reduce the challenges faced by smaller energy suppliers in procuring smart meters. Under the new deal Landis+Gyr will provide SMETS2 smart meters to challenger energy brands which use Calvin Capital as their meter asset provider (MAP).

EDF MD: Why I was wrong about the pandemic

Six months into the pandemic and EDF Energy has had plenty of time to understand its impact on both its business and consumers. Managing director Philippe Commaret catches up with Utility Week and explains how his fears about the impact on the smart meter rollout have dissipated, how energy consumption patterns bode well for home workers and how a new service is helping customers with a smart meter better understand their usage.

Water ‘centre of excellence’ due in Spring

Meeting the challenges of climate change, over population and PR19 will take innovation and collaboration both within and beyond the water sector. To realise this, a water "centre of excellence" has been conceived and will be launched in the spring.

CMA locks horns with Ofwat on leakage

Calls for UK to lead on AI solutions to net zero

Sales of pure EVs hit almost 22,000 in September

White Paper: 10 Best Practices for Building Effective Dashboards

Total acquires on-street charging network in London

Weekend press round-up: Deadline to fix ‘dumb’ energy meters put back until end of 2021

In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, the deadline to upgrade millions of first-generation smart meters has been “quietly” extended by a year. Elsewhere EDF is set for a showdown with the Treasury over state funding for nuclear power stations. And The Times issues a plea for information about business secretary Alok Sharma, missing since March.