Utility 4.0

Against the background that traditional business models of the energy industry are becoming obsolete in the face of digitization and decentralization, Oliver D. Doleski describes the epoch-making process of change from a monopoly supply company to a digital energy service company. The compact book not limited to the pure description of the transformation process. Rather, it also offers the reader a concise overview of profitable fields of activity of digital energy service companies (Utility 4.0) as well as an application-oriented method for realizing new business ideas in the digital energy world of tomorrow. The book closes with an intuitively understandable guide to the practical implementation of digital transformation in the energy industry.

Oliver D. Doleski is a well-known editor throughout the energy industry. After studying economics at the University of Munich and various management positions in the public sector as well as in consulting and service companies, he worked successfully for many years as an independent management consultant active across different industries. Today, he is intensively involved in the topics of digital transformation, Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities, especially in the energy sector and the process industry. His research focuses on business model development (Integrat-ed Business Model iOcTen) and Digital Decarbonization of energy systems. With the neologism 'Utility 4.0', Oliver D. Doleski estab-lished already in 2016 a concise term for the transition from the analog to the digital energy industry. As a member of energy in-dustry initiatives, he is actively shaping the transformation of the energy industry. As an editor and author, he contributes the exper-tise he has gained in corporate practice and research to numerous industry-wide recognized publications and textbooks.