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Entrade AG CEO Julien Uhlig had a vision. In 2009, he analyzed his marketplace of energy consumers and recognized a critical need.  There were locations across the globe without access to off-grid power sources that could supply cheap and reliable power in a highly sustainable way. His company, a European-based OEM specializing in machine building, initially thought they would pursue a traditional role of building their state-of-the-art micro power generation plants and then drive profits by selling the machines to customers in need.  Then digitization happened and changed everything. The challenge that Entrade AG was facing involved how to deliver a solution to energy-eager customers without having to hire hundreds of people to manage the micro power generation machines across the globe. Uhlig and his company needed a flexible approach where his machines could be operated remotely in a safe manner. Entrade AG also required a partner with a global presence that possessed a ...

Written by Guest Blogger, Jyo Chandrapati Schneider Electric employees (from left) Sully Lineberger, Bridget Cameron, Boone Jones, Kira Ross, and Jenna Bieller represent the longtime U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon sponsor at the 61st & Peña Station in Denver, Colorado. (Credit: John De La Rosa/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon) It was on a brisk autumn morning in 2017 amidst the breathtaking Rocky Mountains in Denver, CO when it hit me. Change is afoot. I was at the site of U.S. DOE’s Solar Decathlon . The Solar Decathlon is an international inter-collegiate competition that challenges student teams to design and build full-sized solar-powered houses to be part of a temporary microgrid installation . As I watched the teams hard at work constructing and testing their designs, I saw a palpable materialization of our generation’s attempt to take on the grand challenge of environmentally friendly energy sufficiency . The Energy Dilemma It is undeniable tha...