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Big data is a big deal for the worlds P&U While most P&U companies understand The inability to deal with real-time
companies. Utilities are grappling with the need to master their data, the analytics
much bigger data volumes along the entire industry is generally less mature than
A shortage of specialist talent
value chain because of numerous trends others in doing so. For most utilities, the
currently impacting the industry: potential of insights from big data to drive Data privacy issues and customers
better decisions and create competitive increasing reluctance to share their data
In generation, the decentralization of
advantage lies unfulfilled, particularly as
supply required by decarbonization Legal issues around data protection
they work to modernize the grid, improve
has created millions of small renewable are a particular challenge. Any big data
customer relationships and offer new
assets, each generating its own data, strategy that fails to consider these
products and services.
with the opportunity to combine them in issues will leave its company vulnerable
a virtual power plant. Overcoming challenges to regulatory and reputational damage.
The relevant risks vary widely by region
Fluctuating and weather-dependent Significant barriers threaten to prevent (see inset box for a comparison of the
renewable energy production made it many P&U companies from making the situation in the US and Europe), making it
profitable to build weather forecasting most of the potential insights offered by essential to seek professional advice from
data for increasingly sophisticated big data. These include: teams such as ours.
production schedules.
Inadequate understanding about
In transmission, the focus on energy how big data can help make business
efficiency and reliability has swelled the decisions and lack of evidence to build a
amount of data produced by controllable business case
substations and improved grid monitoring
systems.
In retail, the trend is toward online smart
meters and smart home applications,
which continuously generate data about
consumption behavior.
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