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Navigating National Grid’s Virtual Energy System

National Grid’s head of digital transformation and innovation strategy, Carolina Tortora, deconstructs the ESO’s new energy system replica and explores how digital twin technology has helped drive both the Covid vaccine rollout and Mercedes’ recent success in Formula One.

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Water Excellence

Meet the Innovators: Steve Kaye, UKWIR

02/12/2021

Interviews

Electricity transmission/distribution

Integrating climate adaptation into asset management ‘business as usual’

30/11/2021

Analysis

Network Excellence

Building the case: Preparing for a policy decision on hydrogen

25/11/2021

Analysis

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Building the data foundations for a net zero energy system

What will it take to make energy network data fit to support the net zero carbon transition and ensure the right systems are in place to allow innovation to proliferate? The critical building blocks for future proofed energy data strategies are explored in this Utility Week Explains report.

02/12/2021

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Water Industry Innovation Conference: cultural transformation and game-changing technology

Utility Week Innovate WWT’s upcoming Water Industry Innovation Conference seeks to foster collaborative problem solving, learning and proactive thinking in the face of global challenges.

22/11/2021

Market insight

Marine simulation tech: cutting the £51 billion cost of decommissioning North Sea oil and gas

With the help of the National Decommissioning Centre’s Malcolm Stone and Roger Esson of the Net Zero Technology Centre, Utility Week Innovate dives into the application of a ‘smart city’ approach to North Sea asset management.

19/11/2021

Analysis

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Is water ‘well ahead’ of COP?

Experts from the water sector share their thoughts on how and where innovation can boost post-COP progress and discuss whether or not the industry is already ahead of the conference’s collaborative curve.

18/11/2021

Analysis

Keeping tabs on ‘invisible’ network assets with blockchain-based innovation

Energy Web CEO Jesse Morris reflects on the role of blockchain-based technology in recent efforts to enhance the position of Australia and California’s distributed energy assets in their respective grids.

09/11/2021

Analysis

Meet the Innovators: Jethro Yates, Thames Water

Thames Water’s head of data science Jethro Yates caught up with Utility Week Innovate off the back of wins at the UK IT Industry Awards for both data science and digital transformation projects of the year.

22/11/2021

Interviews

Innovation in lead management: removal, regulation and recycling phosphate

Water UK’s policy manager Charlotte Owen discusses two key areas of innovation for managing lead levels in water – and one potential blocker.

19/11/2021

Comment

Data literacy boost needed to tackle industry ‘fear factor’

Professor Naomi Brookes of the University of Warwick offers insight into new research emphasising the need for a widespread data literacy and digital drive across the utility sector.

18/11/2021

Comment

A glass half full? The outlook for innovation in drinking water quality

Amid a rising tide of new commitments and changing customer behaviours, experts gathered at Utility Week Innovate’s Drinking Water Quality Conference to tap into the industry’s innovation pipeline.

04/11/2021

Analysis

Data literacy boost needed to tackle industry ‘fear factor’

Professor Naomi Brookes of the University of Warwick offers insight into new research emphasising the need for a widespread data literacy and digital drive across the utility sector.

18/11/2021

Comment

Meet the Innovators: David Watson, Cadent Gas

David Watson – Cadent Gas’ head of energy transition – discusses the role of curiosity, openness and agility in sector innovation.

15/11/2021

Interviews

Meet the Innovators: Yasmin Ali, BEIS

UW Innovate caught up with Yasmin Ali – energy innovation project manager at BEIS – to reflect on her 11 years in utilities ahead of her appearance at Utility Week’s Adapting for Net Zero Conference 2021.

10/11/2021

Interviews

Driving change at Uber: positioning data at the heart of empathetic customer service

With insight into Uber’s approach to processing 400 million service tickets per year, utilities experts examined the role of data and digitalisation in enabling more agile and empathetic customer interactions.

12/11/2021

Analysis

Meet the Innovators: Yasmin Ali, BEIS

10/11/2021

Interviews

Trialling open banking: tales from two utilities

A recent Utility Week Innovate webinar explored the experiences of two utilities trialling open banking to help address mounting challenges around affordability and debt. Here we explore key lessons and talking points.

20/10/2021

Analysis

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