| | AUGUST 20248In the renewable energy sector, we work in a fast-paced, ever-evolving industry where the benefits of innovation and automation have high impacts. Years ago, at my first innovation summit, I was advised by a company leader: "Don't automate away your job". While I understand the sentiment, nothing could have resonated less with me. Most of my colleagues in the industry are passionate about installing By Emily Greeno, Director, Energy Resource and Meteorology, Renewables, AVANGRIDmore renewable capacity and want to drive the industry forward. Our engineering and technical jobs should be as efficient as possible to allow us to focus our time and resources on thought-provoking work and problem solving. Not to mention the well-known benefits of automating processes, such as standardizing the use of analytical decision-making and reducing human error.I am currently the Director of Meteorology and Energy Resources for the renewables business at AVANGRID, and my background is in solar energy production modeling. Production modeling requires using large amounts of meteorological and equipment data along with various models to predict energy output. One of the most uncertain aspects of production modeling is determining an accurate irradiance resource for the site. Earlier in my career, I led the creation of an online tool that ran an automatic solar resource analysis based on a specific location. This solution provided consistent, comparable results for any location in the US within a matter of seconds. It also made the analysis more accessible within the industry, as it could be obtained online and at a cheaper cost. This quality of analysis would be impossible in such a short time without digitalization.It can feel like impactful changes aren't possible without access to dedicated digitalization experts, CREATING SPACE FORINNOVATION:A POSITIVE CYCLEBy Emily Greeno, Director, Energy Resource and Meteorology, Avangrid RenewablesEmily GreenoIN MY OPINION
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