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Dr. Ben Hall, UK Utilities Lead at Palantir Technologies, explains how companies can develop a culture of iteration and how many energy companies, like PG&E and Sonnedix, use the Palantir Foundry Ontology to accelerate their transition to cleaner, renewable energy.

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This interview was filmed in November 2022 at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany

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Note: At the publication date, Dr. Ben Hall, UK Utilities Lead at Palantir Technologies, has since left the company.

Carol Johnston, VP – Energy, Utilities and Resources, IFS, expands on what’s holding organisations back from starting, or completing, their digital transformation journey, and where the biggest ROI for digital transformation lies.

Additionally, she highlights some of the key actions for utilities to achieve operational excellence and deliver value to their customers.

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This interview was filmed in November 2022 at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany

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In addition, he expands on how Italgas is playing an active role in supporting the energy transition process.

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International Affairs Analyst, Alice Bertazzoli, describes these companies and their respective technologies, which are enabling the energy transition.

“In all areas in which the energy transition will decline, we see extraordinary development opportunities for our companies. In this context, the showcase represented by Enlit Europe will consolidate its importance in the coming years,” she said.

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For more information, you can visit ANIE internazionale@anie.it

With the ongoing fight against climate change, Mike says that with the investment and industry working together with the government, it can be done; however, not without its challenges.

Mike talks about the need to accelerate the adoption of low-carbon technologies for a successful energy transition, and comments on what we could expect come COP28.

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Proofpoints on how utilities can take advantage of the digital representation of their power grid are Fingrid and AEP from the U.S. having seamlessly integrated their IT/OT infrastructure.

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It has been almost a year since Huawei Electric Power Digitalisation Business Unit was established in March 2022. Please share what the business unit has achieved thus far.

Huawei officially set up the Electric Power Digitalisation Business Unit on March 30, 2022. The concept stems from Google’s organisational form, a group of PhDs, scientists, engineers, and marketing experts.

The establishment of the Business Unit has enabled Huawei to shorten processes and integrate resources successfully. Vertically, the R&D team can better understand customer requirements and continuously improve technologies. Horizontally, Huawei’s ecosystem partners can work together to deliver customised, scenario-based solutions for customers.

We have summarised the global development trends as T³ transformation framework and have been working around the strategic model of this framework:

Energy transition

The new power system is faced with five challenges, namely:

• the green energy structure
• flexible power grid regulation
• interactive power consumption mode
• energy-storage collaborative interaction with extensive distribution on the power generation-grid-load sides, and
• complex electricity-carbon trading system

Therefore, the Digitalisation Business Unit launched the intelligent power plant solution on the source side. On the network side, we developed a range of solutions focused on intelligent transmission line inspection, intelligent substations, digital converter stations, power distribution IoT, and power distribution communication networks. On the load side, we have a zero-carbon campus and integrated energy solutions.

Currently, the Business Unit is focused on the future development of the power industry and fully leveraging Huawei’s advantages in platforms, technologies, and products to build end-to-end solution capabilities to help power customers go digital.

Digital transformation

Our goal is to gradually digitalise business scenarios through the Spark Architecture, top-level design, methodology construction of good business models, and business scenario breakthroughs.

Huawei’s power communication network builds a solid communication base for the new power system of the China Southern Power Grid.

Regarding power transmission and transformation, Huawei’s transmission line inspection solution helps achieve video inspection in remote, unpopulated areas of Deqing in Yunnan Province.

Using Huawei’s digital converter station solution, State Grid can continuously improve the operation efficiency of its UHV converter stations in Shaoxing and Yinan, laying a solid foundation for a prosperous service application ecosystem.

The State Grid Shaanxi and Huawei jointly launched a software cloud orchestration innovation pilot project, achieving service display and provisioning on the equipment diagram and streamlining the ‘last mile’ of power supply services.

In addition, Huawei cooperated with partners to develop an intelligent inspection solution for substations, which has been successfully applied in Saudi Arabia.

In the service field, Huawei continuously cooperated with Indonesian power companies in power bandwidth operations, exploring new models of power asset monetisation.

Huawei’s intelligent net-zero carbon campus solution won the Champion Prize at the WSIS, World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2022.

Zero-carbon transformation

Through digital transformation, we will empower the upgrade of the power industry and finally realise the vision of green and zero-carbon development. Huawei strives to work with partners – In China and globally – to create new value together.

As you mentioned the intelligent net-zero carbon campus solution and the WSIS Prize. Can you introduce the solution and highlight some of the features of its project?

Huawei’s intelligent net-zero carbon campus solution, which is based on Spark Architecture, won the Champion prize at WSIS on June 2022.

Based on this solution, the Yancheng Low-Carbon and Smart-Energy Innovation Park ranked as one of the top 10 global projects of the 2022 Paulson Prize for Sustainability on December 2022.

The project was jointly delivered by State Grid Yancheng, the Jiangsu Power Design Institute of China Energy Engineering Corporation, and Huawei’s Electric Power Digitalisation Business Unit.

By focusing on the three scenarios of smart energy management, carbon management, and campus management, the project integrates digital technologies and energy technologies and implements 100% of smart terminals in the innovation park, increasing clean energy supply to 85%, and reducing carbon emissions in the inner campus by more than 40%. The project is a showcase of an intelligent and low-carbon campus that contributes to a green, low-carbon, safe, and efficient modern energy system, which is a future solution for our clients globally.

Read more: T3 Transformation: A New Chapter for Net-zero Carbon Intelligent Campus

What are the capabilities of the business unit and what will be the core focuses in the new year?

In 2023, we are focusing our strategy on providing the electric power industry with greater value together with our global partners; helping customers achieve safety, reliability, efficiency, and low carbon. By building a partner ecosystem outside of China, we will work together to create new value for the power industry.

Based on the Spark Architecture, we will deeply integrate digital technologies with electric power technologies. Firstly, the power communication network and power ransomware protection solution help ensure the security and reliability of power production and operations for our clients.

Secondly, there is an increased need for more efficient remote inspection technologies, specifically in substations and along transmission lines. Huawei is developing and providing low-cost solutions to connect cameras and AI technologies with our fiber network, which is a solution to regions such as Saudi Arabia where there are fewer people on site.  

Huawei’s intelligent net-zero campus solution and integrated energy service solution help customers achieve green and low-carbon development, which we are already seeing through our partnership with the State Grid of China.

Through building an ecosystem around the world, we will strengthen cooperation with local and Chinese partners in joint innovation and project expansion.  For example, Huawei and Precise System and Project Co., Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on deepening their strategic cooperation.

In the context of Europe’s 2030 GHG reduction goals, and 2050 net zero target – what is Huawei’s role when it comes to innovation with green and sustainable solutions?

Huawei has always been driven by digitalisation and low carbonisation. Based on the T3 transformation model, Huawei coordinates power customers and global partners to promote the low-carbon, green and sustainable development of the whole society.

In Europe, we follow the EU’s green and digital transformation strategy. Based on the comprehensive development framework of the Green Deal, we carry out in-depth cooperation with the energy and telecom industries in Europe.

In terms of green and sustainable development, Huawei will cooperate with European customers in intelligent inspection, charging pile networks, and green data centers to help them achieve low-carbon and green development goals.

Huawei proactively participates in industry conferences, such as the CIGRE Conference in Paris and the Greece Power Summit. Together, we explore the future development trends of the industry and pursue common goals, contributing to green and low-carbon development.

Huawei’s Electric Power Digitalisation Business Unit will attend the Mobile World Congress (MWC). What are some of the highlights that will be showcased at the show?

At this year’s MWC, we will introduce the Business Unit’s latest strategic plan, capability map, partner strategy for international markets, and showcase four (4) new solutions.

In addition to the exhibition booth, we will set up a joint showcase and workshop with our clients and global partners to explain several scenarios to the electric power industries. Several senior executives of our power customers will showcase their global practices.

Watch the full video interview with Anthony Hu, and Jonathan Spencer Jones, Specialist writer at Smart Energy International, below.

To learn more about Huawei Electric Power visit – e.huawei.com/en/industries/grid

Gridspertise offers end-to-end cloud-edge platform solutions and services to accelerate the digital transformation of electricity distribution grids.

The Company’s portfolio is designed as an open ecosystem, easy to integrate with Distribution System Operators'(DSOs) legacy systems, combining intelligent grid devices with ready-to-use modular applications, running at the central level as well as on the edge.

Headquartered in Italy with offices in Spain, Brazil, India and the United States, Gridspertise works with more than 50 DSOs of different sizes and in different geographies.

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This interview was filmed in November 2022 at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany

For more details visit the Gridspertise website at www.gridspertise.com

With her vast expertise in the global energy industry, Michelle offers valuable insights into the challenges we face in our grid infrastructure and explains how Alfen’s solutions can overcome them.

Specifically, she discusses the growing demand for renewable energy sources and the need to accommodate them in the existing infrastructure, as well as the increasing adoption of electric vehicles and the challenges it poses to the grid, along with the growing concern for grid stability and security.

Yves shares practical examples of Alfen’s solutions in action to overcome these challenges.

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He provides an inside look at the Association’s mission, and the initiatives they are leading to drive the development and adoption of Grid Edge Computing.

Lazzarotto talks about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the industry and how DLMS UA is working to bridge the gap between regulated and consumer energy markets.

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For more details visit the DLMS UA website at www.dlms.com

• Which characteristics, features and benefits convince them to transition to green and digital AirSeT medium-voltage technology
• The importance of MV equipment legacy
• Why it’s critical for true innovation to be designed for ease of adoption

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Part 1: Why the energy transition cannot compromise on SF₆
Part 2: Air – the outstanding sustainable alternative to SF₆

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To successfully evolve and achieve the energy transition, Sellmann highlights the importance of collaboration and strong partnerships, which are essential for the business to scale.

In addition, she stresses the importance of making the end customer a part of the transition process; her biggest ask to utility companies.

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This interview was filmed in November 2022 at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany

For more details please visit the SAP website at https://community.sap.com/topics/utilities

Paolo Bassani, Chairman of Meters and More, unpacks the Association’s role in the energy transition and underlines the value and benefit of joining an industry body in these times.

The global non-profit industry association maintains a protocol for bi-directional data transfer in combined smart metering and smart building infrastructure systems, referred to as Chain 1 and Chain 2.

This powerline communications protocol, internationally recognized by CENELEC, is one of the most widely deployed protocols for remote meter management.

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This interview was filmed in November 2022 at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany

Visit the Meters and More website here for more information – www.metersandmore.com

Bodo expands on how Landis+Gyr’s solutions in Smart metering, Grid edge intelligence, and Smart infrastructure are helping utilities shape the future of energy, mobility, and water.

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This interview was filmed in November 2022 at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany

Visit the Landis+Gyr website here for more information – www.landisgyr.eu

In addition, he provides a status update on the NorFlex project, an innovation project run by Agder Energi (the project owner), Glitre Energi, NODES, and Statnett.

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This interview was filmed in November 2022 at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany

Visit the NODES website here for more information – www.nodesmarket.com

Ioannis Vlachos, Commercial Director EMEA at Energy Web Foundation, highlights the biggest hurdles to accelerating the digital transformation, and the solutions to tackling these barriers.

Highlighting the critical importance of partnerships when it comes to certain overcoming certain barriers, Ronald Weststrate, Vice President of Product Management at KORE Wireless, shares his views on collaboration, especially when it comes to successful IoT deployment.

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Visit the Energy Web Foundation website here – www.energyweb.org

Visit the KORE Wireless website here – www.korewireless.com

Given the global call for change sparked by pressing trends such as climate change, decarbonisation, and electrification, businesses within the energy and utilities industry are increasingly facing challenges as part of the ongoing transformation.

Future of cellular IoT

IoT, especially cellular, carries advantages for energy and utility enterprises on a digital transformation journey. Cellular is future-proof, which is key due to the long investment cycle within the industry, requiring extensive planning horizons.

Cellular IoT provides the benefit of addressing multiple use cases simultaneously while at the same time catering to future use cases via future-proofed technologies such as eSIM/eUICC. This provides a unique opportunity for enterprises within the energy and utilities sector to support asset lifecycle management without a need to change their connectivity hardware as new use cases emerge.

However, to unlock the potential of IoT, energy and utility companies still face several barriers that vendors need to address. At the top of the list is the ease of integration and usage, scalability, control, and security.

Partners are key in the transformation journey

To successfully continue to accelerate digitalization and adoption of IoT solutions within the energy & utilities industry, Ericsson and its partners can provide support and facilitate the transformation journey, enabling enterprises to easily deploy, manage and scale their global IoT business from a single IoT connectivity management platform.

Jess Thompson-Hughes, IoT Enterprise Sales Director and Energy & Utilities Segment Business Lead at Ericsson, unpacks how the company is playing an instrumental role within the energy and utilities sector.

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This interview was filmed in November 2022 at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany

For more information, you can visit the Ericsson website here – www.ericsson.com/en/industries/energy-utilities

Global IoT cases: https://www.ericsson.com/en/internet-of-things/cases

Per Christian Honningsvåg, EMEA Business Leader – Energy and Resources Industry at Microsoft, shares his views on how digital technologies are accelerating the energy transition, and what Microsoft’s role is in contributing to this evolution.

Energy operators and providers now have access to a global partner ecosystem and modern productivity platform at the scalability and reach they need with the security to protect their IP assets, operations, and data.

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This interview was filmed in November 2022 at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany

Microsoft enables companies to drive digital transformation, decarbonise, and achieve growth. For more information, you can visit the website here – www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/energy

Senior Vice President of Networked Energy Services Corporation, Mark Ossel, explains how using OSGP protocol provides greater insight into the dynamics of the LV Grid.

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These technologies are being developed to achieve secure and reliable communications around the world as well as to create market opportunities to invest in the near future.

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For more information, you can visit the PRIME Alliance website here – www.prime-alliance.org

In this interview, Ya Chen, Vice Product Director, and Michael Koening, Business Development Executive, at Shenzhen Kaifa Technology, tackle points about going green as a business, increasing product costs, and quality of products and service offerings.

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This interview was filmed in November 2022 at Enlit Europe in Frankfurt, Germany

For more information, you can visit the Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (Chendu) Co, Ltd. website here – www.kaifametering.com

CLOU provides core technologies and system solutions in the fields of smart grid, energy storage, new energy vehicle charging and operation, and integrated energy services.

As a leading company in smart electricity meters, CLOU provides various standards of smart energy meters, acquisition devices for electricity information and AMI solutions for State Grid, China Southern Power Grid, and international smart grids.

Reshaping the management of power distribution and power consumption with IoT technology, CLOU provides a complete solution for smart energy management.

Energy Storage

In the energy storage field, CLOU has a large-scale energy storage, grid-connected laboratory for renewable energy of National Energy Administration. In the aspects of battery PACK, PCS and EMS, CLOU owns core products with features of modularization, high-energy density and high safety. The company has profitable operating experience and can provide customers with optimal solutions and services.

Smart technology

As a pioneer in the field of smart charging, CLOU is committed to providing customers with overall solutions including new energy charging equipment, station construction and operation management software.

Relaying on high-precision sensing, measurement and control technology, IoT communication technology and artificial intelligence technology, CLOU modularizes various mature energy subsystems and establishes a unified model of energy data communication, a digital simplified model of working principles and economic efficiency data analysis model to provide customers with integrated energy services of electricity, cooling, water, gas, heat and hydrogen.

Integrated energy solutions

The company has about 162,000 square meters dedicated to research and development; 100,000 square meters for production; and large industrial parks for new smart grids in Chengdu, Nanchang, Shunde, and other cities.

CLOU accelerates the pace of internationalization and has provided integrated energy solutions for hundreds of countries and regions around the world with its core technology by independent innovation.

CLOU is committed to becoming the benchmark enterprise in the field of new energy services and a world-class energy services provider.

Visit: www.clouglobal.com

The energy transition needs a system-integrated approach interconnecting multiple sectors, numerous stakeholders, and billions of things into one collective energy system, bringing exponential complexity to be resolved by advanced “intelligence intensity”.

Artificial Intelligence plays a key role in reducing the large investments required for the energy transition. For example, reducing the levelized costs of energy, accelerating grid connection, and optimizing yield.

While advanced ‘intelligence intensity’ has already proven its value, innovation and adoption are lagging behind the true potential.

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In this exclusive, and informative session, we hear from experts on the ‘What and How‘ market leaders in the Utilities industry are successfully doing to accelerate the energy transition.

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Ana Domingues, Energy Director Industry Executive, Western Europe Area | Microsoft

Maximilian Fey, Energy Management Developer | Vattenfall

Na Zhu, Data Engineer | Vattenfall

Sebastian Waldenstrom, Head of IoT & Energy Management AI/ML platform | Vattenfall

Understanding that security is a priority, Gibbels expands on what this means for energy and utility companies.

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AWS is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully-featured services from data centers globally.

Millions of customers — including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies — are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.

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• How will Semtech and the LoRa Alliance® help utilities to combat climate change, protect resources and adopt renewable energies?

• What are the differences of LoRa compared to other connectivity technologies (5G, NB-IoT, Wi-Sun, etc)?

• What are the main applications and best references of LoRa for utilities?

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Unpacking the benefits are Derek Wallace, VP of Marketing for the LoRa Alliance®, and Remi Demerle, Allliance Partnerships & Marketing Director for LoRa Ecosystem at Semtech, Chair of the Smart Utilities Workgroup, LoRa Alliance®.

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“The climate challenge is an energy challenge, it just requires us to reduce our emissions by 10 Gigatonnes per year between now and 2030,” said Lawrence.

Lawrence added that in order to achieve this target, we will need to employ data-driven solutions and connect customers with technology.

He added that solutions including advanced distribution management systems will enable utilities to predict demand, view what is happening on the grid in real-time and in the process avoid grid failures and ensure more renewables are integrated and digitalisation intensified.

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In addition, she explains what the key role of Microsoft strategic partnerships with market leaders in advancing the path to net-zero is all about.

According to Domingues: “AI is key to explore the data in the cloud and to solve the most complex energy transition challenges.”

Domingues explains the investments Microsoft is doing to develop technologies and capabilities specific to the energy industry, to create digital accelerators for wider faster simpler adoption of AI-based energy solutions and of leading-edge technologies, and to advance the formation of new value chains and business models around green energy technologies.

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