Energy Magazine April 2020 | Page 133

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133 having on the energy industry and beyond . “ Digital transformation is one of the biggest opportunities facing most markets at the moment ,” says McComas . “ We used to spend lots of time and effort collecting , analyzing and correcting information and data that came to us from paperbased sources . We ’ re flooded by the onset of tools , techniques , processes and data , so it ’ s important that we use it in the right way . With increased efficiency comes the opportunity to be safer , more quality centered , and strategic .

Since its purchase of Acciona Windpower in 2016 , there has been a noticeable shift in operations . “ Acciona Windpower product technology was typically deployed in large wind farms cost of energy focused markets , in comparison to the Nordex technology which was deployed at smaller wind farms in Europe that had specific requirements ,” says McComas . “ Those requirements were prevalent primarily in Germany , Scandinavia and the UK and that technology was very successful in those markets . However , since the

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