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Digitalization is helping renewables transition from tariff-aided growth to efficiency-aided growth

Mariyana Yaneva • Aug 28, 2018

Using digitalization to make renewables more cost-effective, reliable and mainstream in the next five to 10 years is the mission of energy analytics software company Utopus Insights, recently acquired by Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S.

Renewables Now talks to its Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, Balki Iyer , to find out how US-based Utopus Insights, which continues to operate independently post the acquisition, intends to fulfill this mission by increasing the efficiency of renewable energy generation.

"We are at a pivotal point in the energy industry and in the history of the world in a broader sense," Mr Iyer says. "Driven by digitalization, we are experiencing a rapid growth of data and analytics in every aspect of the modern world."

In renewables-sourced power generation "we are transitioning from an era of tariff-aided growth to an era of efficiency-aided growth," Iyer says.

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