Simona Rossetti

Simona Rossetti, head of sales in South West Europe for Siemens, speaks with Energy.Media about how distribution and digitalization can contribute to decarbonization of the energy sector. She’s particularly optimistic about the ways digital technologies can help verify and track the use of green fuels, and she talks about how Europe can move toward a future powered by sustainably produced hydrogen and methanol instead of fossil fuels.

In this episode, Simona discusses:

• The shift toward a more distributed power system: Increased use of renewable energy is likely to transform power systems. Currently, these systems are centered on utility-scale power plants and large-scale transmission and distribution grids. In the future, distributed solar- and wind-powered generating units linked to storage facilities will make a much greater contribution to the energy mix.
• Digital methods of optimizing renewable energy production and use: Digitalization is crucial, as it can support power systems that make greater use of distributed smaller-scale generating units. Smart digital technologies will make it possible to optimize the consumption and storage of renewable energy so that none of it goes to waste, even when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing.
• Digital methods of verifying carbon intensity: Digitalization can also help assess and verify the carbon intensity of all the electricity handled by transmission and distribution system operators. Blockchain records are likely to prove a useful tool for checking the CO2 certificates issued for electricity production and evolving standardized criteria for those certificates.