Webinar Digitalisation is no longer a side enabler — it is becoming central to system-wide acceleration, efficiency and optimisation across the energy sector. In this session, our panel examined how AI and digital tools are reshaping the pace and practicality of the energy transition, while also confronting the realities of cost, scalability, and organisational readiness.
The discussion explored where technology is already delivering measurable impact, from improving grid integration and storage optimisation to enhancing demand flexibility and operational decision-making. Speakers also reflected on the cultural, financial, and structural barriers that continue to slow adoption, and how stronger collaboration between energy companies and technology providers could help share risk and accelerate deployment at scale.
What we discussed…
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Where digital tools and AI are already delivering tangible value in the energy transition
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How digitalisation can help address system bottlenecks such as grid integration, storage optimisation, and demand flexibility
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The key barriers to adoption, including upfront costs and organisational or cultural challenges
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How partnerships between energy companies and technology providers can accelerate scale while sharing risk
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Which digital breakthroughs could have the biggest impact over the next decade
The panel
Managing partner
Digital Energy AI
Group chief technology officer
Lightsource bp
Group strategy, innovation strategy and technology foresight lead
SSE
Co-founder and chair
Innovation Forum
Hosted by
Energy 
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