To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, industrial organizations are introducing high-efficiency equipment and energy management systems aimed at increasing the efficiency of energy use. However, this imposes new burdens in terms of expenses and human resources. Amid this trend, Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd. commercialized Microgrid Energy Supply Service in October 2022 to make it possible to optimize energy use by using high-efficiency energy supply equipment and implementing a digital transformation (DX) while reducing the burdens borne by customers. We interviewed Kenji Sano, a senior manager at the Solution Business Promotion Division's Front Engineering Department about the reasons for commercializing the service, its model use cases and its future prospects. Mr. Sano is involved in the formulation of the project's overall concept and the promotion of it.
