DEFChats
DEFChats are our ongoing commentary and views on anything that takes our interest in the market today. They are intended to be informal insights into topical matters and so we also publish them on LinkedIn and Twitter where we welcome your responses.
Reflections on Utility Week Live 2018
Are you an Energy Rule Taker or Rule Breaker ?
June 2018
Last week we attended UK Utility Week Live 2018 in the Birmingham NEC. Unsurprisingly the show focussed on the...
Concentrated Solar Power
A place in the sun?
March 2018
Distributed Energy Futures is supporting a young company optimising Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) installations. CSP technology promises to deliver...
Electric cars: solution or new problem?
Battery car challenges
March 2018
A little while ago, two of us visited Brussels for the Smart Energy Demand Coalition forum. The forum was held in one...
Leadership behaviours
Behaviours in times of uncertainty
February 2018
Working with a Board at times of change can be tricky. On one occasion we were called to design...
The energy change challenge
Electric vehicles – how will we cope?
January 2018
Recently two of us visited Brussels for the Smart Energy Demand Coalition (now SmartEn – Smart Energy for Europe)...
Electricity markets
New Energy, New Job?
December 2017
At Distributed Energy Futures we spend a lot of time talking to some of the big energy players. We...
Distribution Grid
What will electric trucks do to the distribution grid?
December 2017
Tesla recently announced an electric truck. Currently this is a prototype with a target selling price of $200k, which...