Smart utilities

Securing ageing assets against rising cyber threats

Smart meters or emergency brakes?

Armitt says UK nuclear is on hold until funding model is clear

It is “impossible to see” how new nuclear power stations will be developed in the UK until a framework for financing them is in place, National Infrastructure Sir John Armitt has warned.

WWT Learn@Lunch: Your Choice of Xylem Digital Solutions

The Xylem team will present and discuss digital solutions topics as chosen by the live audience on the day.

Are utilities companies sitting on a passive infrastructure goldmine?

Utilities are in an ideal place to capitalise on the need for connectivity if they can unlock the potential embedded in passive infrastructure assets and move away from siloed operations to wider collaboration. This is the view of BT Wholesale’s Kushal Shah, who sets out his argument for Utility Week readers.

Using blockchain to accelerate decarbonisation

House of Lords should ‘lead by example’ and install EV chargers

The House of Lords should set an example and install electric vehicle (EV) chargers in its car park, according to a Conservative peer, who has said his request to do has been twice turned down.

Tesla becomes first trader to access balancing mechanism through new online route

Labour calls for 2030 phase out of diesel and petrol vehicles

Labour has urged the government to bring forward its proposed ban on new non-electric cars and vans to 2030.

WWT Explains: Wastewater pump optimisation

Energy losses ‘costing consumers £3.3bn a year’

Losses in the energy system last year had a “societal cost” of £1.5 billion, with the amount of billable energy failing to reach its intended destination calculated at more than double that.

Government coordination needed for innovation

Innovation will play a crucial role in the UK’s economic recovery after coronavirus but requires a coordinated strategy from government to allow businesses to grasp the opportunities available, according to a panel of experts. Carolyn Fairbairn, director general of the CBI and Heidi Mottram, chief executive of Northumbrian Water, gave their views at the latter's Innovation Festival.

Energy UK flags concerns over network monopolies competing in flexibility markets

How digitalisation can extend the lives of windfarms and transform the industry

One million smart meter installs so far in 2020

The smart meter rollout showed continued signs of resurgence in August but is still lagging on last year’s figures.

Smart Metering Systems set to hit pre-Covid installation levels

Smart Metering Systems (SMS), which manages 1.3 million meters across the country, has said it expects to be back to pre-Covid levels of installations by the end of the month. Utility Week spoke to chief operating officer Tim Mortlock about the impact of Covid and how government can support a renewed push on installations. He also set out the company’s pipeline of carbon reduction assets, including a trial of a smart heating system with a national hotel chain.

Consumer protection and building a high-trust, low-carbon economy

In his latest column for Utility Week, Energy Ombudsman CEO Matthew Vickers discusses the ways in which the energy market is reshaping before our eyes. He argues that as customers take on more active roles in the energy system, protections and safeguards need to keep pace.

Case study: Ultrasonic transit time technology for sewer flow

Garfield: The environment is our supply chain

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