Top 10 trending insights from the digitally enabled grid

1. Top 10 trending
insights from the
digitally enabled grid

2. Smart grid becoming mainstream1
Accommodate distributed sources of energy Improve grid reliability and outage response
Hybrid will be the
most common model by
Global focus but differing priorities
Hybrid models will
dominate
2
Smart grid/meter deployments
benefits will exceed the initial
forecasts?
Disagree
31%
Agree
69%
Hybrid =
Traditional
technologies
+
Selected deployment
of smart technologies
and distribution
generation
2030
Smart grid is a natural extension
of the ongoing upgrades of the
electricity network?
Europe
100%
4
Improve grid
reliability
and outage
response
Smart value opportunities expand3
89%
Accommodate
distributed
sources of
energy
74%
Improve levels
of service for
end consumers
What value?
93%
No
2%
Yes
98%
North
America
67%
North
America
97% Europe
72%

3. Development of microgrids
in the next five years
Regulatory strategy gains importance6
Lack of regulatory and policy support is one of the main barriers
for the deployment of smart solutions for their network
Potential for technology disruption
may be underestimated
10
IT capabilities are stretched7
Yes
85%
Yes
56%
• Beyond-the-meter solutions
focused on energy efficiency
and demand response
• Data-related services
• Distributed generation
Competition to arise?
What skills?
How disruptive?
The needs? Improvements required?
Competition will
increase
5
Data
management
96%
No
44%
What analytics?
Analytics become
core business
Cyber
security
and privacy
management
92%
Analytical
capabilities
for IT/OT
integration
94%
Data
governance
88%
Closing the skills gap is vital9
Grid operations
analytics
96%
IT skills
90%
Statistical/data
science skills
84%
Asset
management
analytics
92%
Outage
management
analytics
85%
Do not expect development
65%

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