AI in Energy: Why Progress Depends on People and Structure
AI adoption in energy operations has moved past debate. The real challenge, as Natalia Klafke, Executive Vice President of Energy and Sustainability at Radix, observed at Impact 2025, is execution: many companies have pilots and dashboards,…
The future of reliable energy: How IIoT is powering smarter microgrids
Industrial facilities worldwide are turning to microgrids as a strategy for energy resilience, cost control, and sustainability, but the true differentiator is how well those microgrids are instrumented and managed. In this IIoT World guide, we…
From Waste to Intelligence: AI’s Role in Powering the Circular Industrial Economy
The industrial sector generates billions of tons of waste annually, yet a growing number of manufacturers are using artificial intelligence to transform those waste streams into new sources of energy, raw materials, and revenue. This IIoT…
When Digital Ambitions Meet Analog Realities: The True Cost of Modernizing Oil & Gas Infrastructure
AI, automation, and digital twins are poised to transform oil and gas operations, but many facilities still run on outdated infrastructure. During the session “Smart Operations in Oil and Gas: Leveraging IIoT for Efficiency” at IIoT…
From Static to Synchronized: The Emerging Role of Time-Aligned Data in Grid Innovation
As energy systems evolve into hyperconnected, data-driven ecosystems, a less talked-about—but rapidly growing—challenge is surfacing: temporal data alignment. In modern energy operations, it’s no longer just about having data; it’s about having the right data at the exact right…
Why Brownfield Digitalization Holds the Key to Cost-Effective Innovation in Oil & Gas
Modernizing Legacy Infrastructure Without Breaking the Bank As digital transformation sweeps across the energy sector, oil and gas operators face a critical question: how can legacy infrastructure catch up with today’s smart technologies? The answer lies…
Energy’s Silent Challenge: The Operational Bottlenecks of Data Volume, Not Data Access
The energy industry generates staggering volumes of operational data from sensors, smart meters, grid monitors, and SCADA systems, yet the biggest challenge is no longer getting access to that data. Instead, the real bottleneck lies in…
How Oil & Gas Operators Are Enabling Remote-First, Low-Touch Operations
A Practical Shift Toward Remote OperationsOil and gas operators are increasingly transitioning to remote-first infrastructures. With mature IIoT platforms, edge AI, and automation, facilities are now being managed with minimal on-site personnel—especially offshore. This isn’t a…
Unleashing the Future: How AI and Edge Computing Are Reshaping the Energy Sector
The convergence of artificial intelligence and edge computing is fundamentally transforming how energy companies generate, distribute, and manage power across increasingly complex grids. From real-time predictive analytics at wind farms to autonomous load balancing at substations,…
Transforming Grid Edge Communication: The Future of Intelligent Energy Systems
The energy sector is undergoing a fundamental shift as distributed generation, battery storage, and electric vehicle charging push intelligence to the grid edge. Traditional centralized SCADA architectures cannot keep pace with the millisecond-level decision-making required at…
Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing with Condition Monitoring
Energy costs represent one of the fastest-growing operational expenses in manufacturing, yet most facilities lack visibility into where energy waste actually occurs at the machine level. In this guide, IIoT World explores how condition monitoring, traditionally…
Standardizing Interoperability in Energy Storage Technologies
As grid-scale energy storage deployments accelerate worldwide, the lack of unified interoperability standards remains one of the sector’s most pressing technical barriers. In this guide, IIoT World examines the protocols, frameworks, and industry initiatives that are…