Information technology applied to renewable sources increases productivity and revenues. Investments related to the energy transition need a solid foundation process digitization industrial. It is like this all over the world now. Companies have understood this and for this reason they are looking for lenders and tools that allow them to accelerate internal transformations. The Observatory edition Raptech on digitization in Energy confirmed data and growth prospects. "Clean energy is moving faster than many people think," the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. “For every dollar invested in fossil fuels, $1,7 now goes to clean energy.” These are average values in an unbalanced market that needs information technology. In Italy, where green policies are at a slow pace, the average productivity of a photovoltaic system is 1.122 equivalent hours per year. With digital transformation it is possible to increase the efficiency of photovoltaic assets. Specifically, the management of a plant or a fleet of plants, needs repetitive operations. Conversely, says the Observatory, "if the plants are automated, they can lead to an astonishing improvement both in terms of time and quality of results." From this point of view, all of Europe has the opportunity to recover ground and competitiveness compared to the United States, where the presidency of Joe Biden has opened a technological credit line on renewables.
Cloud digitization
Raptech has a widespread presence in the Italian renewables market and a good share of customers. To strengthen its presence, it has also launched R-Cloud, a web tool for data collection and aggregation. The technological contribution of the Cloud generally increases production peaks. But in Italy the GSE notes that the Southern plants they are much better than those of the North. Because in the South there are "favorable conditions of irradiation and diffusion of large land-based plants, generally characterized by longer production hours". In Tuscany, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Lombardy the data are downwards. “The analysis of the data in our possession comments the CEO of Raptech, Marco Berliocchi, is outlining an increasingly clear trend: the use of IT tools necessarily leads to greater energy production, with an increase in productivity and revenues". In other words, digitization is good for the green economy. In 2022, the productivity of domestic plants using the cloud went from 24% to 28%.
Less bureaucracy for photovoltaics
From the Observatory comes a country with a positive trend towards panels on the ground or on roofs. The overall picture, however, must take into account some variables. The first and perhaps most important are the rules that allow renewables to grow or stop. The Alliance for photovoltaics in Italy , in a recent paper he asked the government to facilitate the authorization processes. “The private capital that the sector is able to attract and inject into the Italian economy is substantial. The annual electricity requirement in Italy is 320 TWh, but only 24 TWh today from photovoltaic systems ». After the authorizations there are the local committees, the credibility of the projects, the financial flows, the national political strategies, the decisions weird of some Region. A synthesis of quality that is not yet seen in our country.
