Energy Transitions podcast: What does a future-ready energy system operator look like?

As we move from legacy distribution networks to fully digitalised systems powered by AI, DSOs need to adapt their strategies to remain relevant. This is especially challenging as bidirectional ecosystems, prosumers and decentralised generation become more ubiquitous.

In this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast, Jeremy Hetzel, General Manager of Distribution at Kraken, unpacks how networks are transforming into intelligent, digital ecosystems and what it means to be a future-ready DSO. 

In this episode, you will learn more about:

1. The strategic shift distribution companies must make to move from managing assets to optimising systems;
2. How Distribution System Operators can maintain reliability and security while enabling broad market participation;
3. Where the most significant areas of technology debt exist within distribution today and the impact thereof on grid resilience;
4. How DSOs evaluate the performance of digital and optimisation tools in real time;
5. The strategic priorities DSOs need to remain relevant in the future;
6. Kraken’s most distinctive advantage in a market still dominated by legacy systems.

This episode is brought to you in partnership with Kraken - an Operating System for utilities, powered by Utility-Grade AI. 

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New energy system rules for the Supergrid era
Applying grid resilience lessons from Spain's blackout

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How Kraken’s utility grade AI is boosting grid resilience
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