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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

💡 With simple incentives, we can actively match demand to abundant renewable supply - a potential win-win for reducing curtailment and bringing down bills. 👀 Watch this space for the final analysis and get in touch if you have insights to share. 🔗 www.centrefornetzero.org/papers/mobil...

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🏠 Flexibility comes from electrification. Customers with low carbon technologies - EVs, heat pumps and solar & batteries - exhibited larger responses. A similar pattern was found for customers on time-of-use tariffs.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

💸 Households increased demand when incentivised. Demand increased significantly when electricity was discounted or free in both Great Britain and Spain. Doubling the discount from 50% to 100% resulted in roughly double demand turn-up.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

⚡🌬️☀️ What happens if households get free electricity when renewables are abundant? We tested this with 120,000 Octopus Energy consumers in 🇬🇧 & 🇪🇸 - the results are pretty striking 🧵

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

👐 If you just want to get your hands on a ready-made dataset, explore 10 million synthetic smart meter profiles through our @linuxfoundationeu.bsky.social OpenSynth repository: lfenergy.org/projects/ope...

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Using @octopusenergyus.bsky.social household data, we found: 1️⃣ An increase in household electricity consumption that was notable, but not unseasonable 2️⃣Smaller and shorter-lived impacts vs. Winter Storm Uri in 2021 3️⃣Flexibility, including pre-heating, could help manage peak system stress

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

💡 Time to rethink building performance. 📣 UK gov has confirmed that reformed Energy Performance Certificates will include a new smart metric to capture microgeneration and flexibility. 💪 Great to see following our campaign with @energysyscat.bsky.social and our cross-industry coalition

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🇬🇧 The Warm Homes Plan is a welcome step towards smart, low-carbon tech playing a central role in home upgrades. ⚡🏠 As empirical backing for that shift, our research shows that heat pumps cut carbon ~70%, while solar + batteries can slash bills for fuel-poor households (even below zero in summer).

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

4️⃣ See seasonality. See how power consumption varies across the year - spring, summer, autumn and winter.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

3️⃣ Map regional variation. Visualise our synthetic version of how typical daily household electricity consumption varies across Great Britain.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

2️⃣ Explore household variation. Quickly explore the data and gain insights into how different types of households consume electricity.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

What can you expect from the latest update to the app? 1️⃣ Build your own dataset. Define custom household types - detached homes with EVs, or terraced homes with solar PV - and generate data for your population.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🚗 NEW report from CNZ + @rockymtninst.bsky.social + @ecioxford.bsky.social answers a critical Q for policy-makers: how can we scale the EV S-Curve - and tip into the phase of mass adoption❓ 🔗 centrefornetzero.org/papers/doc/s... Details in 🧵 Thanks to @carbonbrief.org for featuring!

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

3️⃣ Intelligent managed charging provides significant provides significant load shifting across all markets, with EV charging demand spiking by an average of 0.4 kWh overnight.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

2️⃣ Customers quickly get used to automated charging, with charging overrides decreasing over time – indicating that automation strategies are successful in meeting customer needs.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

1️⃣ AI-managed charging works everywhere, with customers regularly plugging in in the evening, and plugging out in the morning, to take advantage of cheap periods of electricity.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🚨 We’ve updated our open access generative AI model, Faraday, which outputs synthetic smart meter data ❓ This latest version has locational awareness AND is trained on even more of the latest @octopus.energy customer data 🚪 Want access? You can sign up directly - check out details & 🔗 in 🧵

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

💡 Can the UK leverage renewables to power data centres at speed and low cost? 🆕 Our latest analysis compares the cost & speed to power data centres in the UK by leveraging renewable microgrids versus nuclear small modular reactors Check it out 🔗 + 🧵 microgridai.centrefornetzero.org

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

🚗 Can AI make EV charging cheaper and greener? CNZ ran the world’s largest AI-managed EV charging trial with 13,000 UK households. Check out the results 👇 Summary & working paper 🔗 www.centrefornetzero.org/papers/ai-in...

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

⚡ Britain's high electricity costs aren't a net zero problem — they're a legacy of outdated markets designed for fossil fuels 🖊️ CNZ’s Chief Economist @rmetcalfe.bsky.social wrote to @economist.com about the root causes of high UK energy prices 👇 Check out this week’s print edition or see link in 🧵

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

📢 Open data community OpenSynth is expanding beyond demand data. Our first grid topology dataset, RTE7000, is now live! It contains a series of snapshots in node-breaker topology of the 7k nodes across the 🇫🇷 transmission grid 👇 Learn more via our blog: www.centrefornetzero.org/news/opensyn...

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

🤔 What happens when homes switch to heat pumps? 🌡️ Check out NEW updates to our HP paper - ft additional temperature analysis: www.centrefornetzero.org/news/what-ha... 🔗 Working paper: www.centrefornetzero.org/papers/decar... @rmetcalfe.bsky.social @lbernard.bsky.social @the-scheining.bsky.social

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🥵 As @metoffice.gov.uk has highlighted today, extreme weather is a new UK norm. But how to harness the corresponding abundance in ☀️ & get the benefits to consumers that need it most? Check out results from CNZ's research trials in @businessgreen.bsky.social👇 www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4516...

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🚗 Can dynamic pricing slash the cost of public EV charging? 🔍 Last month we released the results of the world's first national study evaluating the impact of a demand flexibility approach to public EV charging - covered by @politico.com @eenews.bsky.social 👇 See 🧵 for more info

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

This work has important implications for grid flexibility, renewable integration, efficient infrastructure use, and policies for public EV charging:

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

3️⃣ The result? Substantial consumer welfare gains from dynamic pricing. For consumers without access to home charging, it offers the potential to reduce EV running costs to levels comparable to - or below - those of petrol vehicles.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

2️⃣ Price signals create demand at discounted chargers during periods of high renewable generation, rather than displacing demand from other available charge points.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

What did we find out? 1️⃣ EV drivers are highly responsive to price signals in public charging. A 40% price reduction led to a 117% increase in charging demand. A smaller 15% price cut still resulted in a 30% increase.

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

🚗 Are EV drivers responsive to public charging prices? 🆕 Check out our latest paper: 'The Impact of Dynamic Prices on Electric Vehicle Public Charging Demand: Evidence from a Nationwide Natural Field Experiment' Find out more 🔗 www.centrefornetzero.org/papers/the-i... Details in 🧵

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

🚀 NEW policy paper: Synthetic Data for Smart Energy: Applications for AI-Generated Smart Meter Data 📣 Our latest paper details 5 key applications, from green finance to network modelling, featuring insights from UK, US & Europe Check it out 🔗 www.centrefornetzero.org/papers/synth... Summary in 🧵

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

❓ How is #GenAI being used to create high value synthetic energy datasets at speed and scale? And how can we use this to decarbonise global energy systems? 📅 Join us online next week to find out, on 24th April at 16.00 BST 🎟️ Sign up now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decarbonis... See 🧵 for details

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

❓ How can we use synthetic smart meter data to accelerate global energy transitions? What do emerging, real-world applications look like? 📣 Join us for the online launch of our new policy paper on 24 April at 16.00 BST to find out! 🎟️ Sign up now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decarbonis...

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

#EnergyUnplugged is back with episode 234! This week features Centre for Net Zero's CEO, Lucy Yu, and Jon Norman, President of Hydrostor. They join @auroraer.bsky.social's Head of Research for Western Europe & India, Marc Hedin to discuss clean power grids 🍃💡 🎧 Check it out 👉 auroraer.com/podcast/

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🏠 What happens when you install solar PV and batteries on fuel-poor households in the UK? 📊 Using real-world evidence from @octopus.energy customers, CNZ has done some early analysis whilst we run a randomised control trial. Check it out 👉 www.centrefornetzero.org/news/evaluat...

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

📰 Thanks to @financialtimes.com for publishing our call for the cost of public charging to fall, to unlock the next wave of EV adopters 🚗 We're doing a trial w/ @octopus.energy funded by the Department for Transport to understand the £ elasticity of public charging demand 👀 Results out in April!

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

❌ Access to data is 🔑 to the acceleration of AI development in energy. But it's hard to share demand data due to privacy issues. 🇺🇸 CNZ joined @eprinews.bsky.social's AI & DX in Electric Power Summit in Cali to show how we're overcoming this via the creation of synthetic smart meter data. Info in 🧵

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Centre for Net Zero @centrefornetzero.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

💡 It’s time to fundamentally rethink building performance as we decarbonise energy systems 📣 CNZ & @energysyscat.bsky.social are calling for a measurement of a building’s ability to flex its demand to align with clean electricity Summary 🔗 bit.ly/3PV1ISE Full report 🔗 bit.ly/40Cpo31 Details in 🧵

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