据世界能源网7月31日消息称，可再生能源投资者和开发商越来越多地转向数字技术来制定有效的投资策略，近一半(47%)的金融业人士表示，他们将数字化作为公开声明的战略的核心部分。

DNV GL的全新行业报告强调了随着市场摆脱津贴，数字技术在可再生能源融资方面具有优势和挑战。

DNV GL调查了来自能源行业的近2000名高级利益相关者。与其他行业相比，缺乏数字化思维被视为金融业更大的障碍。

调查显示，随着可再生能源项目逐步取消津贴，它们越来越容易受到市场完全波动的影响; 金融家和开发商越来越多地转向数字技术，以便更好地评估与项目相关的价值和风险。大数据分析等技术被用来提供对资产性能、生命周期和发电水平的优化预测。

调查还强调了区块链的影响，30%的金融受访者表示，这项技术正在对他们的行业产生影响，而在所有能源受访者中，这一比例仅为15%。然而，尽管区块链被大肆宣传，40%的金融业受访者表示他们根本没有使用这项技术。

人们普遍不愿利用新的数字技术，是因为数字世界缺乏清晰的收入来源，未来可能产生的清晰收入也不确定。调查还强调，与能源行业的其他行业相比，金融行业缺乏高层次的支持和缺乏数字思维，这是金融行业实现数字化的一个更大障碍。

虽然数字化给金融业带来的好处越来越多，但新技术未经证实的性质以及如何使用它们，再加上缺乏数字化思维，意味着金融业很容易受到新市场参与者的干扰。

DNV GL能源技术与创新副总裁Lucy Craig评论道：“随着市场机制逐渐摆脱补贴，数字技术和数字化有助于确保回报，从而推动可再生能源领域的持续投资。但要让投资者有信心地做出融资决定，金融业需要更好地理解新技术的风险和机遇，以及它们的长期生存能力。”

她补充说:“通过结合对新技术的开放态度和对风险的理解，该行业可以充分利用数字化带来的机遇，创造一个有利可图的未来。”

曹海斌 摘译自 世界能源网

原文如下：

Digitalization Boosts Renewable Sector

Renewable energy investors and developers are increasingly turning to digital technology to build effective investment strategies, with almost half (47%) of the finance industry saying they have digitalization as a core part of their publicly stated strategy.

New industry-wide report from DNV GL highlights benefits and challenges of digital technologies for renewable energy financing as market moves away from subsidies.

DNV GL surveyed nearly 2000 senior stakeholders from across the energy industry. A lack of digital mindset is seen as a bigger barrier in the finance industry compared to other sectors.

The survey revealed that that with renewables projects increasingly exposed to the full volatility of the market by the phasing out of subsidies; financiers and developers are increasingly turning to digital technologies to better inform their assessment of the value and risk associated with projects, with technologies such as big data analytics being used to provide insight into optimized forecasting of asset performance, lifetime and generation levels.

The survey also highlighted the impact of blockchain, with 30% of finance respondents claiming that the technology is having an impact on their industry vs just 15% across all energy respondents. However, despite the hype around blockchain, 40% of finance industry respondents said they were not using the technology at all.

A general reluctance to take advantage of new digital technologies is born out of a lack of clear revenue streams coming from the digital world with uncertainty about clear revenue which could be generated in the future. A lack of senior level buy-in, and a lack of digital mindset was also highlighted in the survey as a bigger barrier to digitalization in the finance industry compared to other sectors in the energy industry.

While the benefits of digitalization for the finance industry are growing, the unproven nature of new technologies and how to use them, coupled with a lack of digital mindset means the finance industry leaves itself open to disruption by new market players.

“Digital technology and digitalization are instrumental to ensure the returns that will drive continued investment in renewable energy, as market mechanisms evolve away from subsidies. But for investors to make their financing decisions with confidence, the finance industry needs to better understand both the risk and opportunity of new technologies and their long-term viability, commented Lucy Craig, Vice President of Technology and Innovation at DNV GL – Energy.

“By combining an open-minded approach to new technologies and an understanding of risk, the industry can take full advantage of the opportunities that digitalization brings, for a profitable future," she added.