I recently asked if personal emissions data could encourage people out of their cars by helping us to better understand our environmental impact. Road transport contributes to ~12% of global emissions, and makes up a higher proportion in countries like the UK (20%), New Zealand (17%) and US (23%). Even…

I recently took a leap from the world of energy to start a business in traveltech called Modal. We’ve developed first-of-a-kind technology that detects train journeys made by individuals (in real-time) using open transport data. Our tech is used by a popular app for train commuters, All Change. As we…

As insiders know, time-of-use (ToU) tariffs aren’t a new concept to the UK electricity industry - they’ve been available to consumers for about 40 years. The most common domestic tariffs have a fixed rate (p/kWh) at all times of the day, whereas ToU tariffs have rates that can change within-day…