DIGITAL INNOVATION
“ While digital investment has been traditionally aimed at the digitisation of internal processes to reduce workloads and save costs , it is now increasingly being aimed at reinventing business models and creating new streams of income through connected businesses ”
MARIA BENINTENDE ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH ANALYST , FROST & SULLIVAN
new streams of income through connected businesses ."
Partnerships flourish to tackle challenges In collaboration with the Spanish Transmission System
Operator Enagás and with Bureau Veritas as field coordinator , the European Gas Research Group ( GERG ) recently set up a first-of-its-kind research project with participation from 13 other European Gas Infrastructure Operators and Gas Associations .
The objective of the research project , ' Technology Benchmark for site level methane emissions quantification ,' is to analyse the accuracy and repeatability of the most promising site level technologies to quantify methane emissions from midstream assets . “ The gas industry typically uses the bottom-up approach to detect and quantify methane emissions , focusing on individual sources and equipment . Therefore , the project ’ s purpose is to provide further insight into how to use new site level technologies for greater accuracy . The top-down approach can provide comprehensive information about emissions at a site or in a region .” Other tie-ups have seen Shell Global Solutions and energy technology company Baker Hughes sign a broad strategic collaboration agreement to accelerate the global energy transition by helping
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