MANAGING THE UNPREDICTABLE: Three challenges for renewable energy

摘要

Energy sector investments in big data technologies have exploded. In fact, according to astudy by BDO, the industry’s expenditure on this technology in 2017 has increased by tentimes compared to the previous year, with the firm attributing much of this growth to theneed for improved management of renewables. Here, Alan Binning, regional sales managerat smart grid software provider COPA-DATA UK, explores three common issues forrenewables - managing demand, combining distributed systems and reporting.