SAFER SMARTER GREENER

DIGITALIZATION AND
THE FUTURE OF
ENERGY
Respondents by industry

1,919 Solar (29%)

global energy industry
professionals surveyed Wind (35%)

Storage (21%)

Transmission (15%)

DNV GL’s 2019 Digitalization and the Distribution (19%)

Future of Energy report represents a
major international study across the
Efficiency (35%)
entire energy value chain.

www.dnvgl.com/futureofenergy Finance (7%)

DIGITALIZATION EFFORTS

41% 87% 20%

have digitalization say digitalization feel more

as a core part of is part of their advanced than
their public-facing company’s the rest of the
strategy strategy industry

DIGITALIZATION OBJECTIVES

89% 54%
say improving efficiency say creating new products
is a key objective of or services is a key
digitalization objective of digitalization

SKILLS AND INVESTMENTS

Where are energy companies investing in digitalization?

Digital skills training 71%

Cybersecurity 69%
Digital workflow /
Automation 66%

41% 39% 34%

say the lack of a say a lack of say they
‘digital mindset’ is digital skills is a need creativity
a top barrier to barrier to skills in the
digitalization digitalization workforce

71% 41%
need employees say data science
with combined is a top skill for
data and domain the future energy
knowledge workforce

ENERGY MANAGEMENT

14% 35%

say blockchain is say they think it is

having an impact having an impact
within their in the rest of the
organization energy industry

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