How IoT Connectivity Is Transforming The Energy and Utilities Industries
31 January 2022

How IoT Connectivity Is Transforming The Energy and Utilities Industries

31 January 2022

One of the services Telecom26 can provide is the IoT Connectivity that is enabling energy companies to innovate and reduce their carbon footprints, improve distribution, and deliver more intelligent renewable energy.  Our IoT Connectivity networks provide a global platform for companies in the energy and utilities.

Becoming more frugal in our use of energy, and moving towards renewable, is more crucial than ever.

The BBC recently ran a piece titled Why are gas prices so high and what is happening to fuel bills? In it, they discuss how “there's been a worldwide squeeze on gas and energy supplies over the past year. As a result, wholesale gas prices have risen to unprecedented levels. At the end of December, they hit a new record of 450p per therm, which experts think could take average annual gas bills to about £2,000 next year.

Reasons for the increase include:

  • a cold winter in Europe in 2020/21, which put pressure on supplies and, as a result, meant stored gas supplies dropped
  • a relatively windless summer meant it was difficult to replenish those supplies
  • increased demand from Asia - especially China - for liquefied natural gas

There are a number of technical and geopolitical issues at play as well, which mean many countries across Europe are grappling with the same problems”.

Meanwhile, “Oil prices have hit their highest level since October 2014, as rising Middle East tensions add to concerns about tight supplies”.

These figures show why why organsiations and individuals across the world are looking at ways to reduce their consumption of both oil and gas.

For the utility and energy companies that provide us with gas and electricity, the search for efficiencies continues as does the investment in renewable energy, both to fill the energy gaps - and to move us to a greener more sustainable way of life.

Telecom26, IoT Connectivity, Energy and Utilities

In our new briefing document IoT Connectivity for Energy and Utilities which can be downloaded from here, we discuss how Telecom26 provides a global platform for companies in the energy and utilities industries to implement next generation, smart solutions.

Our IoT network enables the innovation these companies need to reduce carbon footprint, improve distribution, and deliver more intelligent renewable energy.

With Telecom26, energy and utility companies can track assets, gather data in real-time and reduce operational costs, safe in the knowledge that their data is travelling on a secure, global IoT network.

Here are just a few ways that our IoT Connectivity can help:

Smart IoT for smarter energy helps organisations to…

  • Manage and monitor remote energy assets
  • Optimise distribution to reduce costs
  • Keep employees safe and connected
  • Build a smarter energy network
  • Reduce carbon footprint

For Solar, wind and renewable monitoring

We provide reliable, rural connectivity with multiple in-country networks providing IoT Connectivity to ensure that remote energy infrastructure can always be monitored including:

  • Solar power plant monitoring
  • Offshore and remote locations
  • Meters, batteries and chargers
  • Alarm-based reporting of deviations

For Distributed grid management, we provide end-to-end IoT Connectivity that enables:

  • Distributed smart grid technology
  • Environmental safeguards/ checksAlarms and remote monitoring
  • Sensor management
  • End-to-end security

For pipelines and mining sites we enable organisations to monitor remote assets including:

  • Pipeline & flow monitoring
  • Employee safety and alerts
  • Collect real-time data
  • End-to-end security

Telecom26 – IoT Connectivity for Energy and Utilities

For more information about how our IoT Connectivity service is being used please and to download our paper IoT Connectivity for Energy and Utilities please click here.

Telecom26 and IoT Connectivity - Not Just for Energy and Utilities

Telecom26 provides solutions to support any IoT application, from traditional SIMs with global coverage, eSIMs for integration with specialised devices, routers to provide local and macro connectivity, all the way to complete private cellular networks that can be assembled quickly, and which can meet the needs of allstakeholders. Whatever your requirement, we can help.

The IoT Connectivity we provide to our customers enables an ever-expanding range of diagnostic, data collection and incident response services.  We can provide traditional SIMs with global coverage, eSIMs for integration with specialised devices, routers to provide local and macro IoT Connectivity, all the way to complete private cellular networks that can be assembled quickly.

In a nutshell, we are bringing optimised IoT Connectivity wherever it is needed across 1100+ cellular networks from over 650+ unique mobile operators in more than 200+ countries and territories.

To learn more about how Telecom26 can help provide your organisation with IoT Connectivity as well as other services for all your other global connectivity needs, please Get In Touch.

And, of course, we’ll be at the next global must-attend event of the year, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 28 Feb - 3 March in Hall 7, Stand 7G10 if you’d like to meet up in-person to discuss your IoT Connectivity and other connectivity needs, please contact us.

Telecom26 is a full operator member of the GSMA and the ITU.

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