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The next ten years will be an era of fundamental change for the energy sector as more companies leverage digitization with the potential to increase long-term earnings by 25% or more.

Based on assessments of energy venture capital deal flow, market analyses, and conversations with industry insiders, below are four indisputable utility sector trends -- regardless of whether the 2020 craziness repeats itself -- and the emerging, venture-backed technologies on the market to support the energy transition in 2021.

The evolution to a more digital and carbon-free grid and industry will continue.

The new disruptive digital technologies will be "game-changers across industries, across sectors throughout the world"

The modern grid, also known as the smart grid, is interconnected and automated, with many technologies involved, including artificial intelligence (AI), edge computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

There are three primary keys to achieving climate goals: decarbonisation, decentralisation and digitalisation.

As we move forward into a low-carbon future, disruptive innovations in information technology will help us to more intelligently integrate and transition energy systems.

With a rapidly changing energy landscape and rising customer expectations, businesses are being forced to shift from a highly traditional, regulation-driven marketplace to an advanced technology-driven environment to keep up with the growing customer demands,

In a joint statement the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) and the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) launched the ‘Aber’ project, which seeks to evaluate the feasibility of issuing a digital currency for use between the two central banks.

The main question is how to design a better system of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Energy, with low carbon, without reducing the reliability and without imposing undue and unnecessary costs.

Virtual Power Plant technologies are changing the way the electricity grid interacts with Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources.

To coincide with the first meeting of the new United States-United Arab Emirates Strategic Dialogue, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the Department is working to conclude two memorandums of understanding with Emirati government agencies promoting foreign direct investment, innovation, and entrepreneurship as well as the expansion of the International Trade Administration’s (ITA) Digital Attaché Program to Dubai, UAE.

The energy market is rapidly changing. In the past several years, power grids have transformed from a few well-controlled generating units to multiple distributed energy resources connected to a vast system managed by increasingly digital solutions.

OPEN100 online platform serves as a repository for engineering schematics, construction schedules and financial models, establishing a common framework to align technology start-ups, engineering firms, utilities and capital firms.