In a recent survey conducted by Siemens, 65% of the companies in the energy sector go on to believe that electrification happens to be the most feasible way so as to attain net zero.
74% opine that smart grids as well as grid software are indeed critical enablers when it comes to clean energy transition, speeding up the progress on renewables, energy efficiency, as well as electrification.
Energy industry executives anticipate an increased usage of autonomous systems so as to lower the operating expenditures, enhance energy efficiency, and also offer greater dependence. There is also inference that puts light on the fact that AI is essential for clean energy shift.
The biennial study by Siemens of 1,400 global executives goes on to discover the state of the infrastructure shift throughout energy and industry as well as buildings.
As per the new research done by Siemens, over 70% of the energy sector respondents happen to believe that the digital technologies, especially the likes of grid software and artificial intelligence – AI is essential for clean energy shift. Such technology supports integration of renewables, a move to electrification, and also optimization of energy efficiency, all of which happen to be the key to decreasing fossil fuel use.
It is well to be noted that the Siemens Infrastructure Transition Monitor 2025, which went on to survey 1,400 senior executives, goes on to show that 59% of energy industry leaders look to planning major investments when it comes to autonomous systems for grids, and 68% view them as pretty critical for cutting the emissions. Almost three-quarters, which is 72%, of the organizations in the sector say that, all through the next three years, AI is going to transform how their business functions, with 74% stating that AI is indeed helping to make the critical infrastructure even more resilient.
Respondents went on to indicate that the most likely outcomes coming from increased usage of autonomous systems so as to manage power grids are lesser operating expenses, high energy efficiency as well as greater dependability.
While the 2025 study went on to indicate quite significant growth in terms of a number of significant goals, like the phase-out of fossil fuel energy as well as the expansion when it comes to large-scale energy storage and also renewable generation as compared to the results from the 2023 Infrastructure Transition Monitor, there still happen to be certain opportunities for much greater progress.
The fact is that more than half of companies operating in the energy sector – 58% to be precise, say that the uncertainty on future energy system design is indeed delaying the investment within clean energy technologies. And, while 65% agree that electrification happens to be the most feasible way so as to attain net zero energy systems, 73% go on to report that it is being held back due to grid infrastructure that’s inadequate.
The CEO of Siemens Grid Software, Sabine Erlinghagen, said that the outdated grid infrastructure goes on to pose quite a serious threat when it comes to the clean energy shift. Through harnessing the digital technologies so as to move towards the autonomous grids, it is indeed quite a possibility to boost the grid capacity, thereby ensuring its dependability as well as resilience. In that regard, regulation has to keep pace with the digitalization as well as innovation, hence making sure that their energy systems are well-equipped so as to meet the demands that the clean energy future has in store.