Cloudberry fuels clean energy mission with AI agents

Challenge
As a leading renewable energy company in the Nordics, Cloudberry recognized the importance in leveraging AI for a strategic competitive advantage. The company identified that teams were spending valuable time on administrative tasks that could be better invested in advancing their renewable energy projects. With employees proactively adopting various AI tools across the organization, Cloudberry's forward-thinking leadership saw an opportunity to implement a unified, secure AI solution that would both protect sensitive data and maximize productivity.

Outcome
Through its partnership with Sana, Cloudberry transformed security concerns into productivity advantages by implementing a single, secure AI platform with proper controls. The standardized system significantly reduced time spent on administrative processes, allowing teams to redirect their focus to value-creative tasks directly aligned with the company's renewable energy mission. Employees can now leverage AI agents to accelerate mission-critical tasks and find new ways to improve processes.

Using AI-driven efficiency as a competitive advantage

At Cloudberry, we're driven by a clear purpose: creating more renewable energy today and for future generations. We develop, own, and operate hydropower plants, solar plants, wind farms and energy storage across Norway, Sweden and Denmark, placing us at the heart of the green transition. This mission guides everything we do, including how we adopt new technologies.

We are a growing renewable energy company. Our agility is one of our greatest strengths. We can make decisions and implement them almost immediately, giving us a distinct edge in the renewable energy sector.

Our team recognized that by implementing AI strategically, we could redirect valuable resources from administrative tasks toward our core mission. Like many organizations, we were spending considerable time on documentation, reporting, and administrative processes—time I knew could be better invested in advancing our renewable energy projects and engaging with stakeholders.

As we began exploring AI solutions, we discovered that teams across our organization were already using various AI tools independently. As a publicly-listed company handling sensitive data, this raised important security and compliance considerations. We needed a unified, secure approach to leverage AI while maintaining proper controls over our information.

Finding the right partner for this journey was crucial. When we found Sana, the difference was immediately apparent. Unlike other solutions we evaluated, Sana offered a comprehensive platform that addressed our security concerns while ensuring we are set for AI success. While other AI platforms suggested we find third-party consultants to help with adoption, Sana built this expertise directly into their offering. They understood that technological excellence and cultural transformation are both crucial.

What truly sealed our choice was how quickly we could implement Sana Agents and start seeing results. The platform's intuitive design meant our teams could begin using it without extensive training or setup time. I also connected with Sana's innovative culture, which mirrored our own approach to challenging industry norms. In Sana, we found more than just a technology provider — we found a partner who understood our mission and could help us accelerate the renewable energy transition through operational excellence.

Accelerating our supply chain audits

Our first “aha” moment with Sana Agents came while doing a supply chain audit with limited resources and tight deadlines. We were to conduct a thorough assessment, create standardized documentation, and deliver a comprehensive report — all within a timeframe that seemed almost impossible with conventional methods.

So we put Sana Agents to work. We quickly created an AI agent grounded in all the supply chain background data and had the agent record, document, and synthesize all the supplier interviews. The results impressed both us and the supplier. The process was three times quicker than the comparable manual workflow, and Sana Agents generated conclusions that perfectly aligned with our own assessment. We would have never made the deadline without it.

From then on it was clear we should use Sana Agents across the entire company as quickly as possible.

Becoming AI-first takes more than tech

A successful AI implementation requires more than just introducing new technology — it demands a cultural transformation. Many AI solution providers we evaluated focused solely on technical capabilities, overlooking the human element of change.

This is where Sana truly distinguished itself. Their approach centered on enabling a cultural shift throughout our organization with structured change management that aligned perfectly with our needs. Rather than simply delivering a tool and leaving us to figure it out, they provided a framework for integrating AI into our daily operations.

A key component of their approach was the adoption strategy. Sana helped us conduct workshops across all four of our business segments, established an AI ambassadors program to champion adoption, and set up weekly AI help desk sessions to support our teams. We have made AI a regular topic at our town hall meetings and have created informal learning opportunities like "AI morning coffees" where team members can share experiences and use cases.

The response has been remarkable. Instead of the hesitation or resistance often seen with new technology, I have witnessed genuine enthusiasm spreading across our organization. Team members who initially approached AI with caution got excited as they experienced the benefits firsthand. Everyone wants to rally around this idea of automating routine tasks to free up time for more meaningful work.

This transformation came from Sana's understanding that technology adoption isn't just about features and capabilities; it's about people and purpose. Their commitment to supporting this change journey made all the difference in our success, creating a foundation for sustainable AI adoption rather than a short-lived initiative.

Creating more renewable energy today and for future generations

The efficiency gains we've achieved through our work with Sana serve a purpose beyond simply saving time. They directly support our core mission by allowing us to redirect our resources toward the activities that truly advance renewable energy development — namely: building strong strategic relationships with our stakeholders.

Meeting with local stakeholders is essential to our success. Renewable energy projects require community support and understanding, which can only be built through genuine human interaction. These conversations build trust, address concerns, and create the foundation for successful project development in the communities where we operate.

The benefits extend beyond face-to-face relationship building. Our teams can now conduct more site visits and spend more time exploring innovative approaches to renewable energy challenges.

There is tremendous potential in integrating AI even more deeply into our business processes to further enhance our productivity. This will include deeper connections between our various databases, and more sophisticated analysis of the data we collect to develop more renewable energy.

In this respect, AI is an enabler to our purpose, not an end in itself. By embracing these technological advances while maintaining unwavering focus on our mission, we're creating more renewable energy today — and building the foundation for a sustainable energy landscape that will benefit generations to come.