Climate change, the energy transition, and structural change are all having a lasting impact on the energy sector right now. This presents Vattenfall, the fourth largest power company in Germany, with a series of major challenges. Its stated aim of becoming a modern, future-oriented company is equally ambitious: it wants to be carbon-neutral within a generation. A new data and analytics platform provides a means of getting there. Using its predefined templates, Vattenfall’s approximately 20,000 employees have a quick and easy way of using corporate data consistently throughout the company.

A joint success story from Microsoft and initions describes how an Intelligent Cloud Platform was set up at Vattenfall and what benefits it offers the customer.