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Power Play

Huge sums are being put into designing a new Intelligent Grid and the smart meters that will feed data into the system. Peter Day looks at how our power supply is evolving.

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.

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28 minutes

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Sun 8 Aug 2010 21:30

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  • Thu 5 Aug 2010 20:30
  • Sun 8 Aug 2010 21:30

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