Val Jervis spoke at the1st Energise Workshop on Smart Grids

Val Jervis spoke at the 1st Energise Workshop on communication infrastructure strategies for Smart Grid applications. The aim of the 1st ENERGISE workshop was to gather smart grid experts from NRAs, national ministries and industry associations in Europe.  Val’s presentation addressed the challenges of collaboration between utilities and telecommunication operators, what the communications requirements are to support effective smart grids and how the communications requirements might be achieved by exploring the options (advantages and disadvantages) of shared networks (fixed and cellular).