“How much energy will we need to power our cities in the future? Where will that energy come from? How will it be distributed, stored and accessed?” These are the questions asked by a new report published by Smart Energy GB, which reveals the changing future energy demands of eleven major British cities. The Powering future cities report, carried out by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), is the first time that predictions about future increases in energy demand in the UK have been analysed and published on a city level. Smart Energy GB, dubbed “the voice of the smart meter rollout,” aims to help UK residents understand smart meters, the national rollout and how to use their new meters to get their gas and electricity under control. Using the more than 3.5 million smart meters already installed in Great Britain, useful data is already being generated to analyse consumption patterns and consider […]