Intelligent Plant at All Energy 2026: Connections, Conversations, and What's Coming Next
- Paul Gowans
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Paul Gowans, Intelligent Plant
Last month, some of the Intelligent Plant team made the trip to Glasgow for All Energy 2026 - one of the UK's largest renewable energy events. It was a busy couple of days and one of the most rewarding events we have attended as a company. Here is a summary of what we got up to and what we took away from it.
A stand in the NZTC Innovation Hub
We were given the opportunity by the Net Zero Technology Centre to host a stand within their Innovation Hub space at the event. For an Aberdeen-based SME like ours, having a presence in that space alongside some incredibly innovative organisations working in the energy transition was a real privilege, and it put us in front of exactly the right people.
The Innovation Hub was busy throughout both days, with a steady stream of visitors stopping to talk, and the conversations diverse - from the Industrial App Store and the AI tools we are developing, to the Inform Prize events coming up in September, and our involvement in the FOREST project, a Horizon Europe funded initiative developing next-generation ocean energy technologies. With most of the team joining across the two days, we were able to cover a lot of ground, visiting other stands and making connections across the event
Steve's presentation
On Wednesday afternoon, Intelligent Plant founder Steve Aitken took to the Innovation Show Floor Theatre to present on a topic that sits right at the heart of what we do: Navigating Value in Renewables: Secured AI, Data Sovereignty, and Real-time Insights for a Sustainable Energy Future.
The session covered how operators in the renewables sector can make use of secured AI and real-time insights to optimise asset performance, and why data sovereignty, keeping industrial data on your own network rather than sending it to third-party cloud platforms, matters more than ever as the energy sector generates increasing volumes of operational data. Steve also discussed how open data architectures can empower operators to drive sustainability without compromising security.
It generated some good conversations afterwards. The themes Steve covered - AI, data security, real-time operational insight - were ones that came up repeatedly across the event, which suggests that industry is grappling with these questions right now.
Who we spoke to
One of the things that struck us about All Energy this year was the breadth of people attending. We had conversations with operators in the wind industry, battery manufacturers, organisations working in data analytics who were interested in exploring partnerships, and students and academics at earlier stages of their careers. That mix felt representative of where the energy sector is right now - a cross-disciplinary space where technology, operations, and research are converging.
What comes next
The conversations from All Energy have continued well beyond the event itself. We have had a number of follow-up discussions with people we met on the stand, and we are looking forward to seeing where those lead.
If you missed us at All Energy and would like to find out more about the Industrial App Store, our AI developments, the Inform Prize, or the FOREST project, we would be happy to hear from you.
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