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News Release from: London Technology Network
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2007
Industry and academics discuss smart
metering
The latest LTN event, held at the RCOG, explored both the economic and technological barriers to making the UK's 27 million installed electricity meters and 22 million gas meters more efficient.
More than 100 experts working in energy and utilities from both industry and academia met this week to explore the latest technological and business case issues surrounding smart metering There are 27 million installed electricity meters and 22 million gas meters in the UK, which need to become more energy efficient in light of the concerns featured in the recent Stern report
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The latest LTN event, held at the RCOG, explored both the economic and technological barriers to moving forward.
Representatives from companies including E.ON, Smart Utility Meters and Philips explored technology displays from University College London, University of Surrey and Oxford University, among many others.
The evening began with talks on the latest advancements and challenges in the field from Philip Davies of Ofgem, Ashley Pocock from EDF Energy, Mohammad Gavami of King's College London and Robert Thurlby of BT Global Services.
Attendees were then invited to network among displays of the latest technologies - representing work from universities across London, the east and south-east of England.
They included the latest in grid-enabled control of power generators from Brunel University and new work on sensing and displaying of resource consumption in the home from the University of Sussex.
"Thoroughly recommended", said David Simmons, Systems Architect, Smart Utility Meters.
""With large companies it's difficult to find the right person to contact - and certainly the right person came to the LTN event last night".
"We requested five meetings with industry contacts and another five that we hadn't previously considered wanted to speak to us on the night", said John Carroll, Professor of Computer Linguistics, University of Sussex".
"The event was definitely worthwhile and the biggest opportunity of the night was to see the breadth of research in universities in London and east and south-east England", said Peter Lang, Principal Network Specialist, EDF Energy Networks Branch.
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