📢 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...

Everyone needs to be able to plug into the electric vehicle revolution Electric vehicle charging has a pricing problem. While at-home charging can cost as little as 7p per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the UK, drivers reliant on the public charging network face rates up to 10 times higher, a factor that could undermine the UK’s ambition for 100% of new vehicles for sale to be electric or hybrid by 2035.

🚗 Everyone deserves access to affordable EV charging – not just those with a driveway

📣 Our CEO Lucy Yu is in @reuters.com this week promoting our trial with @octopus.energy Electroverse which proved that EV drivers respond to dynamic pricing outside their own home 👇

🥵 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...

How managing energy demand got glamorous Technology and power come together

⚡ 'Demand-side approaches to managing energy have been disregarded in the past, but no longer.'

🗞️ Check out @economist.com latest article on the power of VPPs & distributed energy resources, featuring CNZ's modelling that quantifies the whole-system benefits of domestic flexibility in GB 👇

🚗 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...

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This is a really nice summary of how things are going with the UK energy transition

Interested in use cases for synthetic energy data? Our Faraday and OpenSynth projects have the potential to be used in many different ways. Join our online event to find out more.

❓ 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...

Release v0.0.6 · OpenSynth-energy/OpenSynth What's Changed Ported GMM from scikit-learn to Pytorch to support using GPUs to train GMMs Implemeted dataloaders using LitData to support streaming large out of memory datasets EnergyDiff algorit...

🚨 OpenSynth update alert!

Check out release v0.0.6 on github & PyPI
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👐 OpenSynth is an open data community founded by CNZ, sourced under @linuxfoundation.org's LF Energy, democratising access to synthetic energy demand data

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The how, why and benefits of synthetic smart meter data | Smart Energy International Synthetic smart meter data has all the benefits of real data while protecting the privacy of customers, Gareth Jones.

Synthetic demand data will help us accelerate the decarbonisation of global energy systems. My thoughts on how and why: www.smart-energy.com/industry-sec...

We're running an important and exciting trial to understand the impact of free solar panels and batteries for vulnerable households. Here's some early analysis on how this can reduce grid demand, bills, and carbon emissions.

Really enjoyed this event, and the many great conversations on using synthetic data to open up access to energy data. Thank you @eprinews.bsky.social and @stanforduniversity.bsky.social, as well as my excellent panelists!

💡 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

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