Government Energy Policy, Business and Technology

How Edge Analytics Will Usher in a Renewable Future

Renewable Energy World: Despite the U.S.’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, state governments and corporations alike continue to look to renewable energies to power our future. Similarly, the European Union has adopted a series of initiatives aimed at cutting greenhouse gasses, improving energy efficiency, and producing more power from renewable sources by 2020 to meet its climate and energy targets. Even in developing countries strapped for resources, solar panels now line rooftops of buildings in a drive to combat reliance on imported energy and oil.

But whether managing a wind farm in the North Sea or capturing solar energy in the Nevada desert, utility operators keep running into the same challenges — availability of renewable sources, asset maintenance, and device security.

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