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will increase by 2,450TWh from 2022-2025 , increasing the urgency attributed to switching to green energy sources .
Yet , it is these very energy sources that complicate our power consumption . It presents grid congestion issues like the ones we ’ re witnessing in The Netherlands or US states like California and Texas , stressing the need to deploy an intelligent , local energy system that is not dependent on the central grid . Smart decentralised bi-directional grids stabilize the energy systems while supporting the move to a more decentralised model where power is generated closer to point of use .
There is also value in a local proposition for solutions . For companies that are balanced globally , it is possible to pick one geography where the manufacturing was centralised . However , COVID-19 and the subsequent turbulence have shifted us to shorter supply chains . It has highlighted the importance of supply chain resiliency and we ’ re in the
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