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Spotlight on…designer Meg This post is from Octopus Energy Blog, you can read more about this at Read More You can get £50 cashback when you sign up to Octopus Energy through our referral link. Look round the Octopus Energy Cashback website to find a link and read about the great service that Octopus Energy […]

Everything you need to know about a standing charges. This post is from Octopus Energy Blog, you can read more about this at Read More You can get £50 cashback when you sign up to Octopus Energy through our referral link. Look round the Octopus Energy Cashback website to find a link and read about […]

The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE), is a cutting-edge engineering institute designed to hone the engineers of tomorrow. Read our blog to find out more about our partnership with them. This post is from Octopus Energy Blog, you can read more about this at Read More You can get £50 cashback when […]

This paper looks at the evolving mix of technologies connecting to distribution networks, and assesses what new challenges and opportunities they introduce that should inform local market design. We review the current tools being used to manage local congestion (DNO flexibility markets, dynamic distribution charging and flexible connections), their pros and cons, and recommend a […]

This paper analyses the results from Octopus Energy’s Saving Sessions campaign – part of ESO’s Demand Flexibility Service and the largest ever consumer flexibility campaign. Over 700,000 customers shifted over 1.86GWh of demand flexibility, proving that consumer flexibility is ready to deliver a low-carbon, cost-effective resource to the grid at gigawatt scale today. We look […]

The GB grid is broken. Renewable developers are facing queues of up to 15 years to get projects connected. In this paper, we make six recommendations – across a number of different areas that should allow networks to make better use of consumer flexibility to manage constraints, provide users with better visibility about where it’s […]

4 reasons why there’s no time like the present to get solar PV and battery installed at home. This post is from Octopus Energy Blog, you can read more about this at Read More You can get £50 cashback when you sign up to Octopus Energy through our referral link. Look round the Octopus Energy […]

Today, the dominant form of heating in the UK is gas boilers. We are very aware of this, so much so that we’re currently one of the nation’s biggest suppliers of natural gas. And as a company who loves our customers we do the best possible job for them. This post is from Octopus Energy […]

Assessing the impact that large demand users siting in response to regional prices – moving from South to North – could have on their bills, all GB consumer bills, carbon emissions and the need for new network infrastructure. This post is from Octopus Energy Blog, you can read more about this at Read More You […]

It matters that our industry represents the world we live in. That’s why it’s our mission to make our workplace and world a more diverse and equal place. Here’s how. This post is from Octopus Energy Blog, you can read more about this at Read More You can get £50 cashback when you sign up […]