Two years after Covid-19, this health emergency and the consequent confinement to reduce contagion made energy, water, natural gas and telecommunications services become more essential along with the infrastructure that supports them, at the same time as hurricane seasons and warm waves that increased throughout the world due to climate change in that period also made all these assets sensitive.
Technology, changing demographics and user needs will also change public services in situations like those that have stemmed from the coronavirus pandemic, Generac said.
Francisco MarquezVice President and General Manager of Generac Latin Americasaid power companies around the world are being largely transformed by deregulation, climate change, the rise of renewable energy, new technologies, population decline and changing user needs.
“Without a doubt, the global energy market is evolving towards a more open and competitive approach than the current one. It is in this context that at Generac we see six megatrends that will impact the electric power sector, our economies and the way we live,” said Márquez.
For Generac there are six trends that will influence the energy sector in the following years:
Grid 2.0. There is an evolution of the electricity supply networks worldwide, going from being centralized networks to being decentralized. In the latter, energy generation has a high consumption of carbon as a primary source of fuel, giving way to energy generation through cleaner means, in which the conversion of analog energies to digital technologies is observed.
Global warming and climate change. Global warming is causing a disruption in ecosystems. Natural phenomena occur that also have a high impact on the supply of electrical energy. Backup power is therefore becoming more and more of a necessity.
Natural gas. With an increasingly wide and widespread use as a source of energy, natural gas is a more environmentally friendly hydrocarbon, economically more accessible and a fuel increasingly used in the generation of electricity for both home and industry. in Mexico.
Aging current network infrastructure. Every year the investment in infrastructure renewal by governments grows, they update their transport, telecommunications, energy, water infrastructure, etc.
Telecommunications. 5G networks are called to be the future of communication and the forefront of the entire mobile sector. The migration from 4G to 5G technology will require an increase in the construction of towers for the transmission of signals, towers that also use power generators as the only backup power source.
The home as a sanctuary. Today people spend more time in their homes, connectivity is essential at home, it is part of our day to day. In today’s environment, energy losses can result in losing your job, missing school exams, or even being insecure; and that means that backup power is a critical element to be prepared for any event.
With information from Nicholas Lucas.