Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group)

⚡️An impact-driven research institute, founded by Octopus Energy. Focused on making the future energy system a reality.

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💡 With simple incentives, we can actively match demand to abundant renewable supply - a potential win-win for reducing curtailment and bringing down bills.

👀 Watch this space for the final analysis and get in touch if you have insights to share.

🔗 https://t.co/7UedCpiL7D

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⚡🌬️☀️ What happens if households get free electricity when renewables are abundant?

We tested this with 120,000 customers across @OctopusEnergy 🇬🇧 & @OctopusEnergyES 🇪🇸 - the results are pretty striking 🧵

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🔄 In Great Britain there was some evidence of load shifting from periods before and after the event.

💰 And survey responses showed financial incentives far outweigh environmental or civic motivations for taking part.

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👐 If you just want to get your hands on a ready-made dataset, explore 10 million synthetic smart meter profiles through our @linuxfoundation Energy
OpenSynth repository: https://t.co/qrLD69zZMT

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🕵️ Ever wondered what goes on under the hood of our generative AI model?

⚡Our model, Faraday, generates synthetic, half-hourly, household-level smart meter data that helps researchers and policymakers understand electricity demand - without compromising consumer privacy.

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👩‍💻 To help users get the most from the model and dataset, we’ve also released a new user guide within the Faraday App, covering best practices, model assumptions, and highlights of Faraday in action to inspire your own experiments.

https://t.co/fpnICdvOdE

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⚡As electrification increases and extreme weather events become more frequent, understanding how household demand responds, and how flexibility can be deployed, will be essential to winter resilience.

🔗Read the full analysis here: https://t.co/ztPZxMCbwM

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🥶 How does household electricity demand respond to extreme winter temperatures?

🌨️ In our latest piece, we analysed how electricity use in Texas responded during Winter Storm Fern in January 2026 — and what that tells us about managing winter stress in ERCOT.

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Using @OctopusEnergyUS household data, we found:

1️⃣ An increase in household electricity consumption that was notable, but not unseasonable
2️⃣ Smaller and shorter-lived impacts vs. Winter Storm Uri in 2021
3️⃣ Flexibility, including pre-heating, could help manage peak system stress

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👉 Our @CentreNetZero and @EnergySysCat proposal for net zero building metrics can be found on our website: https://t.co/yMVFwlk2ie

👀 Find out more about what government has said here: https://t.co/SLpaKSesBe

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💡 Time to rethink building performance.

📣 UK gov has confirmed that reformed Energy Performance Certificates will include a new smart metric to capture microgeneration and flexibility.

💪 Great to see following our campaign with @EnergySysCat and our cross-industry coalition.

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🇬🇧 The Warm Homes Plan is a welcome step towards smart, low-carbon tech playing a central role in home upgrades.

⚡🏠 As empirical backing for that shift, our research shows that heat pumps cut carbon ~70%, while solar + batteries can slash bills for fuel-poor households (even below zero in summer).

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🚪 How can you get access to Faraday? Our model is open access. You can sign up directly by visiting https://t.co/71M65coTWw

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🚨 We’ve updated the app for Faraday, our open-access generative AI model for synthetic smart meter data.

❓ The latest version includes a dataset builder and a dataset explorer, leveraging the @LFE_Foundation OpenSynth repository

🚪 Want access? You can sign up directly - check out details & 🔗 in 🧵

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4️⃣ See seasonality.

See how power consumption varies across the year - spring, summer, autumn and winter.