Smart utilities

A memorandum for transformation

Utilities must forge symbiotic relationships with tomorrow’s prosumers

Expert View: Remote infrastructure is utilities’ Achilles Heel

Utility assets hide in plain sight - from internet cabinets on every high street to water pumps tucked away behind gates. However, does this visibility mean utilities companies are leaving themselves exceptionally vulnerable? Jean-Phillipe Deby of Genetec discusses.

Uniper and Siemens ‘ready to invest’ in green hydrogen

Yorkshire Water tenders for £800m contract

Yorkshire is tendering for £800 million worth of contracts including an innovation fund to encourage bids that develop new technologies while minimising disruption for customers

Utilities and open data: an industry barometer

How keen are UK utilities to adopt open data principles and why? An exclusive industry research report sheds light on the sentiment of technology and business leaders across the energy and water sectors.

How local authorities can play a vital role in achieving net zero

Local authorities should implement a joined-up approach to decarbonisation, focusing on a number of key areas, says Stephen Stead of SSE Enterprise

Getting the most from 5G

Energy networks refresh innovation strategies

The Energy Networks Association has revised its innovation strategies for the electricity and gas sectors and released a new one covering the energy system as a whole. Utility Week talks to key figures behind the documents about the strategy gaps they were aiming to fill.

What we can already learn from the Covid-19 crisis

With the pandemic highlighting how events in one country can have huge effects globally, we need to be more aware of the consequences of our actions on the rest of the world and feed this into our smart climate change policy, according to EUA chief executive, Mike Foster

The fight for net zero must go on despite the current crisis

Even in these difficult times, utilities must continue to focus on the need to reduce emissions and the shift to a zero-carbon economy, says Lawrence Slade.

A bridge to a sustainable future

When we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, we must ensure that any investment in infrastructure to kick-start the economy does not end up accelerating climate change but offers a more sustainable path to recovery. Susan Darcy of Sustainability First discusses.

Send a clearer online message

Julien Rio sets out five tips to ensure consistent messaging across the latest digital channels.

Coronavirus: BSC checks relaxed to reduce burden on code signatories

The Performance Assurance Board for the Balancing and Settlement Code has decided to amend its compliance checks in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The code administrator Elexon has also addressed concerns over the accuracy of the customer profiles used to estimate electricity demand, saying it is still assessing the impact of the lockdown on behaviour but does not believe any changes should be made at the moment.

Smart Metering Systems moves into aggregation market

SMS has acquired energy technology firm Solo Energy, which has developed the FlexiGrid aggregation platform. The company also provides battery storage, microgeneration, and electric vehicle chargers to homes and businesses.

Autoswitching – what’s not to like?

No clear message from government over smart meter rollout

Preparing for tomorrow’s challenges

Total buys stake in floating wind project off Welsh coast

Smart Energy GB appoints new chief executive

The incoming chief executive joins from his own consultancy and has previously worked for Channel 4. Incumbent CEO Sacha Deshmukh will step down in March and Smart Energy GB’s director of finance and operations Alistair Gibbons will be acting as interim until the new chief executive joins in May.