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Analysis
Does flexibility risk widening the fuel poverty gap?
As flexibility markets expand across Britain's energy system, the financial rewards seems to be being realised mostly by households who can afford solar panels, batteries and smart meters. We look at whether renters, lower-income consumers and younger households, who NESO data shows are already under-represented in flexibility schemes, risk being left to cover a growing share of network costs while missing out on the benefits.
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Analysis
The future of gas in a changing energy world
Ben Bradshaw, Senior Strategy Specialist at SEFE Energy, examines why natural gas remains essential to Europe's energy security even as the shift towards electrification accelerates. He argues that decarbonising gas, through efficiency measures, biomethane and eventual hydrogen conversion, offers a more realistic path forward than an abrupt switch off.
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Analysis
Future of Utilities - Expert Voices - Jonathan Morris
Jonathan Morris, head of Tower Hamlets' Future Energy and Water Systems team, argues that local authorities must take an active role in delivering net zero, not simply follow central government direction. Using the borough's own Local Area Energy Plan as a blueprint, he sets out how councils are uniquely placed to bring together utility providers, politicians and residents to ensure the energy transition benefits the public it serves.
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Analysis
Changes cycles are compressing - how does the energy industry keep up?
Three years of Future of Utilities Summit agendas tell a story that goes beyond conference themes. AI has arrived as the sector's defining priority, flexibility has found its commercial footing, and ambition has given way to a focus on delivery.
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Analysis
AI, Flex and the End of Debate: A Future of Utilities Roundup
The Future of Utilities Summit 2025 marked a turning point — AI is no longer a conversation topic, it's an operational imperative. From flexibility markets to customer debt, the sector is done debating and ready to build.
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Expert Voice
Future of Utilities - Expert Voice - Aarth Saraph - United Nations
How the UN are supporting on the energy transition - and bringing innovative energy projects to the developing world
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Expert Voice
Future of Utilities Expert Voice - Simon Banham - UK Department of Business and Trade.
In this interview from the Future of Utilities: Energy Transition Summit, Simon Banham from the UK Department of Business and Trade shares his perspective on the UK's role in delivering the energy transition.
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Expert Voice
Future of Utilities Expert Voice - Tim van Amstel - EON One
How big utilities are helping to deliver the energy transition by translating big ambition into real world execution.
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Analysis
Energy Transition Amsterdam 2026: What Six Conversations Told Us
Six on-camera conversations from Future of Utilities in Amsterdam reveal an industry that has converged on why it is transitioning, but not on what to fix first.
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Expert Voice
If You Wanted to Get There, You Wouldn't Start From Here
Industry experts on the six things they would change if they were building the energy system from scratch.