into services at a consumption level , such as demand response , remote building control , home energy management and energy optimisation for commercial and industrial customers . The opportunity for creating efficiencies is vast .”

The age of electric mobility “ The electrification of mobility is a transformational trend in the energy industry . Growth in EV adoption is accelerating rapidly and 2017 will be the first year to see sales of more than a million vehicles globally . The automotive industry , which is inherently customer-centric and fast paced , is embracing the change by investing in R & D and aggressively marketing EVs . This , coupled with government targets to ban combustion engines , is driving market momentum .

“ The merging of e-mobility and energy is clear . There will be opportunities to address charging infrastructure and grid balancing , as well as the deployment of millions of EVs creating a network of distributed energy storage points . The integration of EVs , solar PV generation and home energy storage is driving the emergence of vehicle-to-home ( V2H ) concepts . V2H solutions maximise

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