Solarpunk technology

2417 readers

36 users here now

Technology for a Solar-Punk future.

Airships and hydroponic farms...

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

poVoq

KeraKali

bot

UK smart meter network to be upgraded to 4G connectivity (www.renewableenergymagazine.com)

submitted 1 week ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/technology

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] houseofleft 1 points 1 week ago

Just to make the case for the smart meter. The UK energy industry is trying to bring something called market-wide alf hourly settlement into play, which is meant to make more energy use data available and therefore make it easier and more efficient to respond to changing demand.

Assuming you think it'll work, then smart meters will play a role in enabling greater renewables in a way that "dumb" meters can't.

I don't really like the idea of things being phased out so quickly either, but at least (unlike phones, TVs, computers, ebooks, smart watches etc) smart meters are being phased out to bring out to potentially lessen overall environmental impact.