EVN: Modernising grids with field management software
KEY INFORMATION Business Challenge Managing an expansive infrastructure amid fragmented data and incomplete asset information. EVN faces significant challenges in maintaining its expansive infrastructure across Austria, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia, all while striving to ensure daily and uninterrupted electricity supply, regardless of external conditions. The company struggles with fragmented data sources and incomplete asset information, […]
Alliander: Capacity management with Open Source
Source: https://www.alliander.com/en/open-source/ Open Source collaboration projects were started for key digital capabilities. The Open Source license allowed other organisations to reuse the software, modify it for their own applications and contribute their improvements. Under independent governance of the Linux Foundation Energy these key software projects are continiously improving in quality and applicability. The Open Source collaboration […]
CGI: National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) Smart Meter Innovation and Test Network (SMITN) Project
Source: Smart Meter Innovations and Test Network (SMITN) | ENA Innovation Portal (energynetworks.org) Digitalisation Solution or Approach The project established a validated LV test network against which algorithms using smart meter data can be tested. Objectives The objective of the digitalisation effort is to extract additional value from smart meter data in order to address challenges […]
E.ON SE: Introducing low voltage observability and congestion management
Source: E.ON – Ihr zuverlässiger Energiepartner | EON Overview: Digitalised distribution grids in Germany are an essential part of a green transition as yet another significant increase of intermittent renewable resources is expected in upcoming years. According to German “Osterpaket”, which is a climate protection program by the German Government, a total of around ten million […]
GE Vernova: Automated congestion management
Source: GE Vernova Digitalisation Solution or Approach The approach leverages a number of areas of digitisation: Objectives The solution for automated constraint management aims to tackle common challenges faced by DSOs: The overall aim is to provide DSOs with a secure, scalable tool to automate the process of efficiently managing congestions through the use of flexibility […]
Enline and Red Eléctrica de España (REE): Dynamic Line Rating
Source: https://www.enline.energy/ Enline’s Technology: Sensorless Digital Twins and A.I-driven Enline uses Digital Twins as the baseline of the technology, which involves creating virtual replicas of physical assets, such as Distribution/transmission lines, in a digital environment. These replicas are not static models but dynamic simulations that mirror the behavior and characteristics of their real-world counterparts in real-time […]
Fugro: Digitalisation of Clearance Monitoring to Maintain Regulatory Compliance
Source: Assess, monitor, and maintain your powerline network | Fugro Digitalisation Solution or Approach The case study provides a specific digital solution for vegetation inspection and management. However, there are several ancillary solutions that it provided to other parts of the DSO particularly in asset management. This included GIS conflation, identification of pole lean, low ground […]
RaySun and Urbio: Grid impact of large-scale deployment of Decentralised Energy Systems (DES)
Source: RaySun Within this context, RaYSun employs the AI-powered capabilities of the Urbio platform to expedite the process of identifying the most economically viable energy communities. This approach is not just about accelerating the transition towards renewable energy but also ensuring that it is done in a way that maintains grid reliability and optimizes resource allocation. For a regional Distribution […]
Siemens: Maintaining grid stability with NXpower Monitor
Source: Siemens Xcelerator: Digital Substation Jabel This case study examines a specific IoT solution provided by Siemens for electrification and automation. Siemens AG is a focused technology company that combines the real and the digital worlds and helps customers to meet the great challenges of our time. Maintenance is a key factor in ensuring maximum uptime […]
Siemens: Proactive Outage and DER Management
Source: Gridscale X™ LV Insights – Siemens Global Digitalisation Solution or Approach The case study offers an overview on how a modular, SaaS solution can be leveraged as a general approach towards grid digitalization, leveraging data and cross department workflows, to solve several use cases across departments, through a fast implementation. Objectives Gridscale X™ LV Insights enable […]