The rise of service models in the energy industry

To deliver cost benefits to both businesses end users and enhance resilience and adaptability, energy is moving away from being a universal commodity to an integrated and often digital service (or EaaS).

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Executive summary

From commodities and components to end-to-end solutions

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Shifting the focus towards services and solutions allows companies to reduce asset ownership, allowing them to more easily adapt to technological advances and seize new market opportunities.

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By organizing in massive digital ecosystems, stakeholders can pool resources, spread risk and accelerate the scale of new models and offers.

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The advent of renewables and the growing trend of decentralization adds complexity to the system and renders traditional models ineffective.

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To minimize complexity and increase customer-centricity, energy is moving away from being a universal commodity to an integrated and often digital service.

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Stakeholders across the energy value chain must collaborate, bundle competencies and develop new services together.

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From energy as a commodity to Energy-as-a-Service

To minimize complexity and increase customer-centricity in an increasingly decentralized landscape, energy is becoming more integrated, digitized and service-oriented.

Increased adaptability

By reducing large one-off costs, companies in the energy industry can more easily scale and innovate. OPEX-based financing allows companies to more easily adapt or extend their solutions, and consistently keep up with the latest technology.

A look into the future

The EaaS market is expected to flourish in the coming years, driven by a focus on innovative solutions and optimization services that lower the costs and maximize the efficiency of renewable energy.