Abstract
With integration between machine automation and data being the hallmark of industrial revolution 4.0, the resilience of energy infrastructure in modern economy has taken a new significance. The study aims at discussing the potential and examining the impacts of the Internet of Things (IoT), which are smart devices with embedded sensors and connectivity, enabling data exchange to the energy sector. This technology contributes towards enhancing industry’s sustainable practices through the industrial internet of things. With data from the “edge of the grid,” these sensors assist in efficient energy consumption, providing constant monitoring for the regulatory authority, particularly on pollutant emissions. IoT technology may complement the national electric smart-grid, enhancing its reliability by feeding these raw data into machine learning neural network for the optimal operation. All these technologies shall complement one another, as Malaysia transform from a net energy exporter into an energy importer. Practicing efficient energy consumption can reduce this external dependency, and enhance national energy security. This paper derives statistical data sourced from the Energy Commission and technical data from publications of other scholars. On smaller scale, IoT implementation in manufacturing plants may resulted in 15% operating cost reduction. The benefits on national level implementation however remains unknown.
Highlights
The story of industrial revolutions is an epic tale of energy manipulation, technological refinement and the resulting symbiotic interdependence between the two
The creation of transistors, and later microprocessors as the replacement for vacuum tubes has made the manufacturing of digital computer to be economical and portable leading to its widespread adoption (Drath & Horch, 2014; Ramamurthy & Jain, 2017; Schwab, 2016)
Other studies suggested that implementations of Internet of Things (IoT) in other sectors not exclusive to the manufacturing industry, could cut up to 63% from 12.1 Giga-tons of carbon emissions, whereas combining LED street lighting with smart controls may reduce CO2 emissions by 50%-70% (Goerlich, 2016; Jankowski, 2014)
Summary
The story of industrial revolutions is an epic tale of energy manipulation, technological refinement and the resulting symbiotic interdependence between the two. The creation of transistors, and later microprocessors as the replacement for vacuum tubes has made the manufacturing of digital computer to be economical and portable leading to its widespread adoption (Drath & Horch, 2014; Ramamurthy & Jain, 2017; Schwab, 2016) By this point, access to energy is ubiquitous in most developed world and by the last decade of the 20th century, internet gained worldwide proliferation, accelerating transfer of knowledge and ideas and facilitating inter-continental communication. Within the same period the final energy demand nationwide has increased by 719.87%, from 6,385 thousand tons of oil equivalent (ktoe) in 1980 to 57,219 ktoe in 2016, signifying an average of 6.37% average annual demand growth (Suruhanjaya Tenaga, 2017b) This is evident as shown in the following Figure 1.
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