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Is the energy transition the same for everyone?

9 October 2017 eric morel 0

In Europe, the energy revolution is underway. Renewable energies are expanding, energy systems are digitized, micro-producers are organizing themselves and disintermediation movements are underway. That sounds a lot; I am convinced that we are only at the beginning of the transformation of the energy sector. […]

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The strategic dilemma(?) of alternative Energy Suppliers

2 October 2017 eric morel 0

The opening up of energy markets to competition has led to the emergence of new energy suppliers. They are not producers. They are not distribution network operators. Their model seems unprecedented on a national scale. I often hear large utilities disdain them as they don’t […]

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The CDO: the king of digitization in utilities?

25 September 2017 eric morel 0

Originally, we knew the CEO (Chief Executive Officer), CFO (Chief Financial Officer) and CTO (Chief Technical Officer). As the CXO concept worked well and was widely adopted even in non-English speaking countries, we saw the CMO (Marketing), the COO (Operations), the CIO (Information) flourish. More […]

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Dear cities and utilities: you are unique!

18 September 2017 eric morel 0

This title, in the style of declaration of love, is inspired by what I observe very often: cities and utilities willing to deploy solutions proven by others. Why would this simple observation justify a particular argument? In the development of energy systems, each situation is […]

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Digitization does not mean the end of humankind

11 September 2017 eric morel 0

A French bank is currently deploying an advertising campaign on this theme. Would it also make sense in the energy world? Sometimes by vision, sometimes also by mimicry, many utilities have embarked on the digitization of their activity: WEB sites, dematerialized processes have developed with […]

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Why do smart cities struggle to emerge?

4 September 2017 eric morel 0

It seems obvious for everyone that the Smart Cities, which have been buzzing for several years, have difficulty to emerge. Not that nothing is happening because there are remarkable initiatives, but the tidal wave announced has not yet arrived. This situation is not unrelated to […]

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Gas between fossil and renewable energies

21 August 2017 eric morel 0

Gas seems unclassifiable in today’s energy world. Some see it clearly as a fossil energy, emitting CO2, and pose on it a reproving glare, in the air of time. Others see in it the fossil energy with the least CO2 emission. Still others do not […]

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Utilities: Several decades are needed to build a cathedral

14 August 2017 eric morel 0

We always learn a lot by paying attention to what the elders did. Cathedral builders have always been at the forefront of innovation; they exploited the potential of new technologies to improve the building: elegance, height, breadth, finesse and everything that contributed to the image […]

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