ARTICLE Digital business strategies Ardian's energy infrastructure assets benefit from the application of the latest digital technology. Hydrogen has a great advantage here. Since every H project begins with a blank sheet, it can2 proceed from day 1 with absolute leading-edge tech. Just 15 years ago, solar and wind farms sold their entire At Ardian for instance, we are able to take decisions quickly, production through feed-in tariffs. Today’s landscape is and to change our focus just as fast. Those abilities are at their completely different. Falling costs and rising capacity have most valuable when they are informed by data, collected and significantly reduced the need for subsidies. analyzed by the most advanced digital tools available. Agile Power producers have turned to Power Purchase Agreements or and efficient models for operational monitoring and ercant risk open-market trading. As a result, the price volatility they face has management allow us to compete. increased. TWO TECH GOALS THE TECH ADVANTAGE Our technology serves two interacting goals: optimizing Utilities have the upper hand when it comes to managing renewable power production, and actively managing and volatility. By combining, on a single balance sheet, their large, hedging merchant revenues’ exposure. For example, monitoring diversified portfolios of fossil and renewables assets with clients tools can be deployed to enhance production by ensuring plants’ who may number in the tens of millions, they can better manage downtimes are minimized. In parallel, big-data applications can top-line fluctuations. Investors are unlikely to be able to achieve forecast demand extremely accurately. That is vital to optimize similar levels of diversification, but they have other advantages bidding strategies and balancing costs. which, when levered through technology, can level the playing The renewable energy we produce can be sold directly to the grid, field. or, in the near future, used to produce hydrogen. Today, most is sold under feed-in tariffs. If we use the electricity to produce hydrogen instead, we will forego the income from the power generated. Digital tools will allow us to optimize the share of renewable energy “By deeply assessing every sold to the grid versus the share utilized for hydrogen production. infrastructure project from a Investing in powerful digital asset management systems is a digital angle, we help to ensure basic cost of entry into the new hydrogen opportunity. Ardian has partnered with a provider of renewable asset performance maximum rewards.” management software, for our 3.5 GW-and-growing renewables 58