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Bringing together virtual power plant technology and innovative energy supply models

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Event
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  • Wednesday, 23 May 2018
  • 12:23 - 12:23
  • Duration: 10 mins
  • Publication date: 08 Jun 2018
  • Location: Customer Solutions Theatre, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Utility week Live 2018

About the session

Full presentation title: Bringing together virtual power plant technology and innovative energy supply models to unlock value from energy storage and flexible loads.

The smart meter rollout represents many challenges for suppliers. But as it gathers pace, the opportunities attached to the data that fully capable smart meters, deployed on a large scale, could open up to utilities are becoming more tangible.

Consumption data from meters, coupled with other innovations for the connected home or electric vehicles, could unlock boundless diversification avenues for companies that are nimble enough, and smart enough in themselves.

What barriers still stand before the scale-deployment of SMETS2 meters, with their advanced smart capabilities? And what moves are market participants already taking to capture the full value of smart meters as enablers of a transformed customer relationship?

Keywords:
  • GDPR
  • climate change
  • cloud migration
  • cyber defence
  • data governance
  • decarbonisation
  • electric vehicle
  • energy
  • energy crisis
  • energy sector
  • fuel bank
  • npower
  • power consumption
  • priority services
  • renewable
  • smart meter
  • smart meter data
  • water sector

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    Toby Ferenczi

    OVO, Director of strategy

    Toby is our Director of Strategy. Prior to his current role, Toby was COO and MD of VCharge, an award winning tech company acquired by OVO Group in 2016. Before joining VCharge, Toby was CEO of Hanergy Solar UK, one of Europe’s largest residential solar installers. At Hanergy he launched a partnership with IKEA, making it possible to buy PV through its stores in four countries. His previous experience includes founding Engensa (a solar company sold to Hanergy) and working for General Electric in renewable energy. Toby has a PhD in solar energy from Imperial College London, and a BA and MSci in Physics from Cambridge University.
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