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30 September 2025

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SCADA vs. Digital Control Platforms: Why Renewable Energy Needs a New Approach

Why are renewable energy operators still using factory floor technology to manage distributed solar and wind farms?

Traditional SCADA systems were designed for centralized manufacturing plants with on-site staff—not hundreds of unmanned sites scattered across vast territories. Digital Control Platforms offer a cloud-native alternative built specifically for renewable energy's reality: faster deployment, better security, lower costs, and no vendor lock-in.

The operators making this shift now are gaining sustainable competitive advantages. Those who delay are getting locked into increasingly expensive legacy systems.

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