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Last broadcast on Sun, 8 Aug 2010, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Huge hopes and vast sums of money are being pinned on the so-called Intelligent Grid: a new network of electricity systems feeding information about supply and demand across the grid all the time. Linked to new compulsory smart meters, it will extend into every home. Peter Day asks what's happening to our power supplies and why.
Producer: Sandra Kanthal.
Contributors to this programme:
Petter Allison
Director of Smart Metering, Centrica, UK.
Nick Winser
Transmission Operations Director, National Grid
Andy White
President and CEO of Trilliant
Jeremy Rifkin
President, Foundation on Economic Trends
Dimar Annen
Senior Manager, Accenture
Robbert van Leeuwen
Chairman of the entrepreneur’s association in Climate Street and café owner in Amsterdam
Jon Arnold
Worldwide Utilities Industry Manager, Microsoft
Pilgrim Beart
Founder, Alert Me
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Broadcasts
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Thu 5 Aug 201020:30
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Sun 8 Aug 201021:30
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