AWS for Industries

Category: Power & Utilities

How energy and utility companies can recover from ransomware and other disasters using infrastructure as code on AWS

According to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, “There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination […]

How Greenko uses AWS IoT and serverless for wind monitoring

India is going through a revolution in renewable energy (RE). During fiscal years 2016–2020, the Indian RE generation space saw a compound annual growth rate of 17.33 percent. This was fueled by dedicated support from the government in the form of RE-focused policies such as the Green Energy Corridor Project and increased investment in the […]

Industrial digital transformation: Using AWS to win freedom from pilot purgatory

Introduction Digital transformation is not a buzzword anymore. In fact, the last 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic have upended the very nature of work to the extent that we are currently experiencing what many are calling the “Great Resignation.” The new normal is quite different; remote work is here to stay. If companies do […]

Humans as Sensors for Water

Blog contributed by Mayank Sharma, Chief Data Officer at Vyntelligence. Humans have a vital relationship with water – it is essential for life, it nourishes and delights us, and it has been and continues to be revered as a fundamental element of nature. In fact, our thirst response mechanism is based on a highly sensitive […]

How EDF Transformed its Trading Operations on AWS

Blog authored by EDF Customers UK Team: Julie Meanwell, Director of Transformation EDF UK Neville Towers, Director of Wholesale Markets Optimisation EDF UK Mark Askew, Head of Solutions & Architecture EDF UK Karim Alnakkash, Head of Operational Development & Planning EDF UK Mark Teuton, Senior Manager of Business Solutions EDF UK Who are EDF UK? […]

Top Manufacturing and Industrial Announcements at re:Invent 2021

re:Invent 2021 Industrial companies across manufacturing, automotive, power and utilities, and energy industries are reinventing how they engineer, collaborate, make data driven decisions, lower costs, and improve quality. AWS for Industrial, a curated offering of purpose-built AWS services and AWS Partner Network solutions designed for industrial customers, provides proven and easily accessible capabilities that help […]

Alexandra Coleman (Centrica) and Mary Wilson IAWS)

Centrica is balancing the grid with innovative technology

Blog contributed by Centrica’s Meghan Cunningham. A recent study commissioned by Centrica Business Solutions found that nearly one quarter of Fortune 500 companies have committed to carbon neutrality, 100% renewable power, or other science-based targets by 2030. Centrica itself has committed to becoming a net-zero business by 2045, and helping our customers do the same […]

Updated guide: Understanding NERC CIP compliance for power and utilities

Power and utility companies recognize the benefits of cloud technology to meet the demands of the changing grid landscape and digital transformation. For use cases in scope under the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standards, the industry is working to accommodate the use of cloud technology through proposed modifications to […]

How to securely extend utility OT data to the cloud

Utilities are considering the strategic advantages of modernizing their operational technology (OT) networks to drive business value. OT systems are rich with data that could be used to support simulations, incident response, and business decisions, but the networks they are connected to are often limited by the storage and compute power available onsite. An OT […]

Amazon Renewable Energy Manager

How Amazon Achieves Near-Real-Time Renewable Energy Plant Monitoring to Optimize Performance Using AWS

As part of the goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, Amazon is on a path to powering its operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025—five years ahead of the original target of 2030. In June 2021, Amazon became the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy, reaching 65 percent renewable energy across […]