processor to retail to consumer .”
Another industry experiencing disruption is energy generation , particularly with the advent of distribution energy resources ( DER ). The total installed base of operational PV systems , to take just one example , surpassed 300GW globally at the end of 2016 . As the solar industry continues to mature , the focus is turning to asset management , a term used in the power industry to describe the financial , commercial , legal and technical management of power plants and other assets .
“ What these industries have in common with oil and gas is a reliance on underlying distributed assets that support some kind of industrial process , whether it is manufacturing hydrocarbons , food , or electricity ,” Freeman explains . “ Gaining insight into the health of those assets , and using analytics to both optimize and safeguard process integrity , is common to all manufacturing . But many industries ’ assets operate outside , spend much of the time in
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“ We have to feed billions off a shrinking land base and farmers have had to adopt technology at a rapid rate ”
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darkness , are exposed to weather or environmental hazards , are often off-grid , and require low power wireless technologies for connectivity . All these are problems that Zedi is good at solving .”
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The company is very good at seeking out trends and innovations , evaluating them , and , where there is advantage , integrating them into its platform .
A case in point is low-power widearea network ( LPWAN ) technology ,
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