Unlocking the Potential: DNV Highlights Industry Collaboration for UK Energy Digital Twins

Unlocking the Potential: DNV Highlights Industry Collaboration for UK Energy Digital Twins

(IN BRIEF) DNV’s latest research report underscores the critical role of collaboration and trust in harnessing digital twins to drive the UK’s energy transition. Titled Connected Digital Twin Insights: Rising to the Challenge across the UK Energy Sector and Beyond, the report emphasizes the necessity of industry-wide cooperation and confidence in digital twin technology to realize its full potential. Interviews with key stakeholders reveal insights into the UK’s path to net-zero objectives, highlighting the imperative of digitizing the energy system to accommodate emerging low-carbon technologies. Proposals for a “National Digital Twin” and insights from industry leaders like Hari Vamadevan, Justin Anderson, and Corinna Jones emphasize the transformative potential of digital twins in managing the complexities of the energy landscape while ensuring safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

(PRESS RELEASE) BÆRUM, 10-Jun-2024— /EuropaWire/ — In a newly released research report, DNV sheds light on the pivotal role of industry collaboration and trust in leveraging digital twins to drive the UK’s energy transition. Titled Connected Digital Twin Insights: Rising to the Challenge across the UK Energy Sector and Beyond, the report delves into the potential, challenges, and risks associated with connected digital twins in the UK energy landscape.

Interviews with key stakeholders, including regulators, asset owners, consultancies, and government innovation agencies, offer valuable insights into the trajectory towards the UK’s net-zero objectives. Among the core inquiries addressed in the report is the crucial question of trust in digital twins, a technology poised to revolutionize the energy sector.

The report aligns with the UK’s Energy Digitalization Strategy, which underscores the imperative of digitizing the energy system to accommodate the influx of data from emerging low-carbon technologies. With projections indicating a substantial increase in energy CAPEX, digitalization presents cost-saving opportunities amid the sector’s inherent volatility and complexity. However, ensuring trust and data integrity remains paramount, particularly in light of cybersecurity concerns.

DNV proposes the establishment of a “National Digital Twin” to simulate and interconnect assets, processes, and systems, emphasizing the need for collaboration and trust across the sector to facilitate effective data sharing and integration.

Hari Vamadevan, Senior Vice President and Regional Director UK & Ireland, Energy Systems at DNV, highlights the transformative potential of technologies like connected digital twins in driving the UK’s energy transition. Justin Anderson, Director of the Digital Twin Hub at Connected Places Catapult, stresses the importance of data sharing collaborations in realizing the benefits of digital twins.

Corinna Jones, Head of Innovation, National Gas, underscores the fundamental role of digital twins in understanding the impact of transitioning to cleaner fuels like hydrogen. She emphasizes the significance of digital twin technologies in managing the complexities of integrating hydrogen into the existing gas infrastructure.

Vamadevan concludes by affirming DNV’s commitment to fostering trust in digital twin adoption, emphasizing the importance of striking a balance between openness and security through industry-driven frameworks and standards.

Through collaborative efforts and a foundation of trust, digital twins hold the potential to significantly accelerate the UK’s energy transition journey.

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SOURCE: DNV