Clean Data, Clean Energy: How enSights Is Fixing the $Trillion Performance Gap in Renewables

The renewable energy market is booming — but most solar and storage assets are quietly underperforming, and nobody knows it. Alon Mashkovich, CEO and Co-Founder of enSights, is on a mission to change that. A 2026 BIG Innovation Award winner, enSights built an energy business management platform that gives asset owners real-time visibility, clean data, and actionable insights across their entire portfolio.Alon shares how a decade of painful manual spreadsheet work led him to build what the industry was missing. Spoiler: over 70% of systems aren't meeting planned output. enSights is fixing that.Chapters[00:00] Introduction & 2026 BIG Innovation Award[00:27] Alon's Background — From energy consultant to co-founder[01:21] The Market Analogy — Renewables today = cable TV in the 1970s[03:26] How enSights Was Born — Manual data pain that sparked the company[05:30] What the Platform Does — Portfolio monitoring & one-click reporting[08:11] The Shocking Discovery — 70%+ of systems underperforming silently[10:04] Building an Industry Data Advantage[11:35] AI + Renewables — Why clean data must come before AI[15:15] The Solar-to-Storage Shift — Storage as the dominant growth engine[17:33] The Energy War — Data centers, EVs, and the grid under strain[21:00] Advice to Operators — Own your data. Trust your data.[22:03] What's Next for enSightsKey Takeaways70%+ of renewable systems aren't meeting planned output — most owners don't know where losses are coming fromClean data must come before AI — enSights prioritizes data quality above all elseAverage company spends 2 weeks generating reports that are already outdated by deliveryStorage is the next massive wave in the industryAsset owners who don't control their own data are locked into someone else's decisionsLinks🌐 enSights: ensights.ai🎙️ The Winners' Circle: bintelligence.com/podcast🏆 BIG Innovation Awards: bintelligence.comEnjoying the show? Subscribe and leave a review — it helps us keep bringing you conversations with the innovators shaping tomorrow's industries. Know someone who deserves recognition? Learn more at bintelligence.com.