Digital native + digital twin to unlock the value potential of energy transition and decarbonization

In practical applications, to accelerate the digital transformation of the power grid system, it is necessary to take the collection of power data as an important starting point. Only by further releasing the value of data elements can we continuously strengthen the value role of power data and promote the evolution of digitalization to a larger scope, higher frequency and deeper level.

In addition to releasing the value of power data, in recent years, digital technologies represented by digital twins can also provide comprehensive digital support for auxiliary planning and design, operation and maintenance management, scheduling and command, fault handling, intelligent intervention and other scenarios of power projects. In this regard, the future grid solution also includes the world’s leading sustainable enterprise platform covering electrical design, simulation, engineering and operation – ETAP electric system digital twin platform, which is committed to further strengthening the digital capability of power grid, new energy and other power projects throughout the life cycle, promoting the transformation and upgrading of enterprises and green sustainable development. Proactively embrace the digital transformation of the power system, for example, it can provide technical support for enterprises to adjust electricity load, peak cutting and valley filling and other demand-side response applications.

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Especially for the industry’s widespread concern about the consumption of new energy, ETAP electrical system digital twin platform can also provide practical assistance. It can provide complete solutions and system engineering delivery throughout the full life cycle of new energy consumption from design, construction to operation and maintenance. For example, its distributed energy access analysis and verification and power quality analysis and improvement functions can effectively ensure the safety and stability of the power system before and after new energy access, so that the value brought by new energy consumption is more clearly visible.

Frederic Godemel is confident about the strategic future of the grid, saying: “Although we talk about the ‘grid of the future’, it is already a fully fledged solution. By adopting the latest technology in Schneider Electric’s own office facilities, we have achieved a return on investment cycle of less than five years on our energy bills – Schneider Electric’s IntenCity project, which opened in 2020, not only consumes less than a tenth of the average energy value of a European building, but also achieves net zero carbon emissions from the day of commissioning. “