Global Digital Power Utility Market Share, Analysis - Segmented by Technology, Sector and Geography - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2018 - 2023)

The concept of digitalizing power utilities is gaining pace amidst recent technological advancements in power sector. Utilities are known as slow adopters when it comes to technology while government regulations have largely dis-incentivized the adoption of latest technology and planning processes. Several power utilities across the world have now learnt the advantages and importance of digitalization which are much prevalent in other industries. Today, several startups and big companies provide technologies and platforms that allow power producers, utilities and other companies in the energy sector to reduce their operating costs, increase revenues and exploit new business opportunities. Some of the key benefits for power utilities by going digital are optimized operation and maintenance, efficient asset management, managing electricity loads, higher customer satisfaction due to the higher predictability of energy ecosystem.

Increase in Renewable Energy Sector and Renewable Integration- Driving the Digital Power Utility Market
The last two decades have shown some remarkable transition in the power sector. A shift from conventional power centric policies to renewable focused policies by several nations have resulted in a significant rise in renewable energy share in the global energy mix. The next big change to impact the power sector is the rapid adoption of digital platforms, and the renewable sector is an early adopter of this technology. Along with several other advantages, digitalization can also help integrate variable renewables by enabling grids to better match energy demand to times when the sun is shining, and the wind is blowing. Digitalization can further facilitate the development of distributed energy resources, such as household solar PV panels and storage, by creating better incentives and making it easier for producers to store and sell surplus electricity to the grid. New tools such as blockchain could help to facilitate peer-to-peer electricity trade within local energy communities. Among all the renewable power generation technologies available in the world, the solar and wind have shown potential growth, attracting significant government spending. The policy landscape of governments and associations all over the world are focused primarily on these renewable power sources.

North America – Among the early adopter of digitalization
North American countries such as the US and Canada are among the few first countries to strengthen its power utilities using digital platforms. Digital transformation in North America is driving utilities to change their business and operating and information models. Further, North American power utility market is highly competitive, and any value addition to its existing services means a great deal to its consumers. With the potential of cleaner energy supply coming from renewable energy and the surge in shale gas in North America, utilities are in a position where they must evolve their supply mix and innovate to protect their customer base.

US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SunShot initiative – An effective step towards digitalization of solar power industry
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SunShot initiative seeks to make solar cost-competitive with other forms of electricity. The initiative funds innovative projects by organizations, universities and national laboratories that drive down the cost of solar technology. The SunShot program has made several mapping applications open-source, in order to assist in siting decisions. PVMapper is an example of a geographical information system that takes into account site location, time zone, sun path and nearby weather station data, among other variables, to optimize the decisions on location and commissioning. Since SunShot's launched in 2011, the average price per kilowatt-hour of a utility-scale PV project has dropped from approximately USD 0.21 to USD 0.11, of which some value can be attributed to better siting. SunShot has achieved roughly 70% of the program's goal after only three years of the 10-year timeline, demonstrating the initiative's impact.

Key Developments in the Digital Power Utility Market
October 2017: General Electric and Microsoft enter into an IoT partnership to cater its North American customers. November 2017 onwards, North American customers and developers using Predix, GE’s software platform for the Industrial Internet, will be able to build powerful industrial apps on Azure, Microsoft’s cloud for businesses.

Digital Power Utility Market Major Players
General Electric Co.
Siemens AG
ABB Ltd.
Accenture Plc
Capgemini SE
Sap SE
IBM
Microsoft Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Wipro Ltd
Infosys Ltd

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