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company’s main IT system has given them
access to resources at all times, topped with
assurance that the data is accurate.
Abroad, Japan’s leading energy provider
and global power giant, JERA, adopted a
Digital Transformation strategy to tackle
its post-merger data silos and extensive
value chain. JERA formed a central data
repository providing unprecedented
visibility across its entire multinational
operation. With the Japanese Government
requiring output reporting every 30
minutes, the centralized data strategy is
essential to this level of exchange.
Other organizations are looking at, for
example, self-healing networks, where the
energy network is equipped with intelligent
devices that detect and isolate faults and
switch the network to restore supply to
customers much faster. This is possible
because operators in control rooms have
granular visibility into those vast networks,
with real-time data helping suppliers not
only react to issues but operate proactively
to predict and plan for future matters.
Nicholas Lambrou, Managing Director A/NZ
at Boomi (a Dell Technologies business)
Data from Australia’s Clean Energy
Regulator highlights the potential extent
of change which we can anticipate in the
utilities sector.
It shows that renewable energy is growing
at a per capita rate 10 times faster than the
global average and according to an ANU
Energy Change Institute Study, Australia’s
energy industry is on track to deliver 50%
renewable energy in 2025 if the rate of solar
and wind power installations is maintained.
Only the eighth major jurisdiction in the
world to do this, the Australian Capital
Territory (ACT) delivered on its ambitious
target to generate 100% of its energy needs
through renewable resources. Although
the nation’s capital doesn’t have the same
energy challenges as other states, it’s taking
on climate change to the ‘nth degree’.
In NSW, initiatives like the City of
Sydney’s $60 million green energy deal
are critical to meeting energy and
emissions targets, and the data surrounding
the provision of energy will only become
more significant as technology’s role in
everyday life compounds.
The providers who unlock and use data
from across their entire organizations to
make business decisions and improve client
services will operate more efficiently and
therefore bolster consumer sentiment at a
time when the nation is anxious about its
energy future. •
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WITHOUT
THE ABILITY
TO CONNECT
SYSTEMS AND
UNIFY THE DATA
THAT RESIDES IN
THEM, UTILITIES
PROVIDERS ALSO
LACK VISIBILITY.
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