Social license to automate: A critical review of emerging approaches to electricity demand management
The latest publication from the Social License to Automate Task (Adams et al 2021). Highlights include: Critically examines the role of a ‘social license to automate’ in automated DSM.
Business Models and Systems Task launches Fit to Serve platform
As the Business Models and Systems Task ends its work program, they have gathered the main results of the Task into one outreach channel, the Fit to Serve platform
2020 Annual Report published
The 2020 Annual Report is now available to view, download it here. This report provides an overview of the activities and outputs of the UsersTCP and its Tasks during
Plug and Play Devices project gets started with Energy Systems Catapult
The joint project on Plug and Play Devices with the Electronic Devices and Networks Annex of the 4E TCP has commenced, with Energy Systems Catapult leading the research. The
First Policy Brief from Behavioural Insights Platform
Following on from the December 2020 publication of the report ‘Behavioural insights for demand-side energy policy and programmes: An environment scan’, the Energy Sector Behavioural Insights Platform has prepared
Plug and Play? Researchers wanted to investigate the usability of smart energy-saving devices
PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for submission of proposals extended to 25 January 2021. The UsersTCP and the 4E TCP seek a consultant to undertake a study, within a budget of
Behavioural insights for demand-side energy policy and programmes report published
During its first year of activity, the Behavioural Insights Platform of the UsersTCP, with the IEA, has developed an environment scan report assessing how behavioural insights have been applied to demand-side
INATBA Launches Task Force with Global Observatory on Energy Trading (GO-P2P)
BRUSSELS, October 22, 2020 Initiative will tackle standardisation gaps around energy trading using distributed ledger technologies The International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) and the Global Observatory on
A message from our Chair – Q2 2020
1 May 2020: Resetting or restarting the global economy – How can this crisis help us fight the next? As behavioural scientists are well aware, disruptions break habits and
Energy Sector Behavioural Insights Platform launches international survey
1 May, 2020: The Energy Sector Behavioural Insights Platform is conducting research on how organisations are leveraging behavioural insights to shape energy policies and programmes. The IEA and UsersTCP
IEA publishes Annual Global Energy Review 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades, with the drop in demand this year set to dwarf the impact
New Users TCP Task on Gender and Energy gets the go-ahead
5 April 2020: We are excited to announce that a new international research collaboration – Empowering all: Gender in policy and implementation for achieving transitions to sustainable energy –
Canada joins the UsersTCP
31 March 2020: We are delighted to welcome Canada as the first country to join the UsersTCP since we relaunched in Melbourne, Australia late last year. Abla Hanna, Senior
Cancellation of the UsersTCP Day, 1 April 2020, Vienna
Owing to the continuing spread of COVID-19, the UsersTCP Day in Vienna has been cancelled. The Executive Committee will meet via video conference on 2 and 3 April 2020.
Highlights of the 2nd Meeting of the Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Task- Feb 2020
Our second event took place on 17-18 February 2020 in Florence, Italy, at the European University Institute (Florence School of Regulation, FSR). The event was attended by 65 stakeholders
Anne Bengtson (1954-2020) – the foundation upon which the UsersTCP is built
Anne Bengtson, the UsersTCP Secretary and eceee’s Executive Assistant, has suddenly left us after a brief period of illness. Her passing came as a devastating blow to all of
Users TCP Workshop at the Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference – 4 December
Users TCP Workshop at the Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference 3:30pm – 5:30pm, 4 December 2019, Rex Hotel, Canberra, Australia Citizens of which country claim to trust their energy providers
