Gareth Jones

COO at @CentreNetZero, making a fully sustainable global energy system a reality. Ex @benevolent_ai @Microsoft @SwiftKey @VodafoneGroup @IBM

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

⚡🌬️☀️ 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 🧵

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

💼 New year, new job?

📢 CNZ is hiring for a new Director of External Affairs to work with our CEO Lucy Yu and the rest of our talented team

👀 We're looking for highly motivated candidates with strong energy, comms & policy creds

📅 Deadline - 12pm, 18th Jan 2026

https://t.co/IISTRskxYS

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

🚗 NEW report from CNZ + @RockyMtnInst + @ecioxford answers a critical Q for policy-makers: how can we scale the EV S-Curve - and tip into the phase of mass adoption❓

🔗 https://t.co/fnfq2yzRqa

Details in 🧵

Thanks to @CarbonBrief for featuring!

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

🌍 Do EV drivers charge in the same way across the world?

At @centrefornetzero, we analysed anonymised data from @OctopusEnergy’s Intelligent Octopus tariff in the 🇬🇧UK, 🇪🇸Spain, 🇩🇪Germany & 🇺🇸Texas to find out.

🔗 Explore the full analysis & 10 charts: https://t.co/X2oVjlgBQL

[Gareth Jones @garethj]

If you want to understand UK electricity demand, this is the place to do it. Super excited about this Faraday release - please use our new easy sign-up process to play with the tool, or just download the open data.

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

🚨 We’ve updated our open access generative AI model, Faraday, which outputs synthetic smart meter data

❓ This latest version has locational awareness AND is trained on even more of the latest @OctopusEnergy customer data

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

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

💡 Can the UK leverage renewables to power data centres at speed and low cost?

🆕 Our latest analysis compares the cost & speed to power data centres in the UK by leveraging renewable microgrids versus nuclear small modular reactors

Check it out 🔗 + 🧵 https://t.co/BEdZ9eOxaM

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

🚗 Can AI make EV charging cheaper and greener?

CNZ ran the world’s largest AI-managed EV charging trial with 13,000 UK households. Check out the results 👇

Summary & working paper 🔗 https://t.co/G4bYQ5MMtA

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

⚡ Britain's high electricity costs aren't a net zero problem — they're a legacy of outdated markets designed for fossil fuels

🖊️ CNZ’s Chief Economist @RDMetcalfe wrote to @TheEconomist about the root causes of high UK energy prices

👇 Check out this week’s print edition or see link in🧵

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

🤔 What happens when homes switch to heat pumps?

🌡️ Check out NEW updates to our heat pump working paper - featuring additional temperature analysis: https://t.co/IipVZxh9AV

🔗 Link to full working paper: https://t.co/IP1KuQXw6B

@RDMetcalfe @a_r_schein @LouiseB99517942

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

📢 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 French transmission grid

🌍 OpenSynth is becoming the place to access AI-generated synthetic datasets AND real or synthetic system data to train advanced AI models

👏 Thanks to @LFE_Foundation @rte_france & Cresym - check out our blog for more info: https://t.co/ygXn0pHJgf

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

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

📣 Our CEO Lucy Yu is in @Reuters this week promoting our trial with @OctopusElectro which proved that EV drivers respond to dynamic pricing outside their own home 👇https://t.co/AuMO4P3AfG

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

🥵 As @metoffice has highlighted today, extreme weather is a new UK norm. But how to harness the corresponding abundance in ☀️? And get the benefits to consumers that need it most?

Check out early results from CNZ's research trials in @BusinessGreen 👇 https://t.co/rUcVlYReSd

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

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

🗞️ Check out @TheEconomist's latest article on the power of VPPs & DERs, featuring CNZ's modelling on the whole-system benefits of domestic flex in GB 👇

https://t.co/ldJJTpdmS7

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

🚗 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 🔗 https://t.co/J7z7aoK5Xg

Details in 🧵

[Gareth Jones @garethj]

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

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

❓ How's decarbonisation going in the UK?

⚡️ Our CEO & CP2030 Commissioner Lucy Yu was invited to chat to @drvolts about the journey so far!

🎧 Listen now https://t.co/dXo68uFhYx

[Gareth Jones @garethj]

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.

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

❓ How is #GenAI being used to create high value synthetic energy datasets at speed and scale? And how can we use this to decarbonise global energy systems?

📅 Join us online next week to find out - 24th April, 16.00 BST

🎟️ Sign up now 👉 https://t.co/JHX4IwbeJD

See 🧵 for details

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

❓ 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 👉 https://t.co/00sdf1OK2A

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

🚨 OpenSynth update alert!

Check out release v0.0.6 on github & PyPI
🔗 https://t.co/n1EZofbb8k
🔗 https://t.co/CmvCVKGLLh

👐 OS is an open data community founded by CNZ, sourced under @LFE_Foundation, democratising access to synthetic energy demand data

What's new? See 🧵

[Gareth Jones @garethj]

Synthetic demand data will help us accelerate the decarbonisation of global energy systems. My thoughts on how and why: https://t.co/BeI6ksMxI8

[Gareth Jones @garethj]

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.

[Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) @CentreNetZero]

🏠 What happens when you install solar PV and batteries on fuel-poor households in the UK?

📊 Using real-world evidence from @OctopusEnergy customers, CNZ has done some early analysis whilst we run a randomised control trial.

Check it out 👉 https://t.co/TEaRRrTTb8