Analyst Insight: Top Trends Across Energy OT

Utilities face two major changes—one is the shift toward digital capabilities and the other is the spread of distributed energy resources (DER).

Over the past few decades, smart metering, enabled by digital capabilities, has led to the expansion of low-cost sensing and measurement devices throughout the transmission and distribution space. However, utilities are not able to amalgamate and process the data they obtain from these sensing and measurement devices, without effective energy OT systems. With DER and renewable energy, more advanced energy OT systems—especially advanced distribution management systems (ADMS) and DER management systems (DERMS)—are needed to enable more dynamic, flexible, and decentralized grids. Incorporating DER and renewable energy sources with well equipped, reliable management systems will increase the grid’s overall stability.

This Analyst Insight examines the global marketplace for energy IT and cybersecurity software and services. It outlines the drivers and barriers behind the growing market for energy IT and cybersecurity solutions across global markets. It also offers key points of global analysis for ADMS, DERMS, energy management systems, and OMS and SCADA.