Blog > May 2011
Friday 27th May 2011
Earlier this week
our chief operating officer Chris Shelley spoke at the Westminster Energy,
Environment & Transport Forum: Implementing smart metering - from prospectus to rollout. He
highlighted to delegates the importance of ensuring consumers benefit...
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Tuesday 24th May 2011
Last
week the 2011 All-Energy conference took place in Aberdeen. This year’s event
turned out to be the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference,
with almost 8,000 people from over 50 countries attending.
Why is
this event significant...
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Thursday 19th May 2011
I’m sure you’ve all had a chance to cast your eyes on
the Government’s latest Carbon
budget. But just in case you haven’t, Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, has
set out some bold targets for Britain, proposing a 50% cut in emissions by
2025.
These aggressive...
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Tuesday 17th May 2011
There
has been a lot of talk in industry about the
value of data for the smart grid. But I’m still surprised every time I read
a story about data and data mining.
The reason
for my surprise of course is that most industry bodies, energy providers and
energy...
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Thursday 12th May 2011
The
latest issue of Marketing
Week features a story that immediately caught my attention. It reported that the Co-operative is set to
launch its own energy company that will compete with the ‘big six’. There are
two reasons why I think this news is important,...
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Tuesday 10th May 2011
This
morning, thousands of consumers across the UK woke up to find that their
already cash-strapped household budgets could soon take another hit, with
national newspapers reporting on projected energy rises.
Many
householders are still dealing with...
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Thursday 5th May 2011
There
was some interesting news from the IT world recently, with IBM
and C&W announcing collaboration on a UK smart energy cloud, as
reported by ITProPortal.
The
partnership between IBM and Cable&Wireless Worldwide will see the two
companies...
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Tuesday 3rd May 2011
Pressure
continues to mount for utility companies. Ofgem is overhauling the energy
supply industry, tasking energy companies to simplify their tariffs to make it easier for consumers to
compare prices.
Utility companies are also being tasked
with...
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