Hitachi’s Digital Twin Solution Fortifies India’s Energy Transformation

A flip of a switch makes your house ready to face the ominous in a day. What if we could do the same to face climate change and its impact? During a storm, a power grid that supplies renewable energy to a remote part of India is showing signs of struggle. It sputters and sounds close to shutting down. With Hitachi’s advanced digital solutions, managing energy infrastructure is becoming simpler yet smarter, easier yet safer. In particular, Hitachi Energy’s digital twin solutions IdentiQ™ is a game-changer; it is a virtual simulation running in parallel to the energy system is drawn, a solution is proposed, and the button to resolve issues appears on the screen. Subsequently, even an employee without the standard high-level specialized expertise can be enabled to deal with crises.

Overcoming Challenges with IdentiQ™

A virtual representation designed to accurately reflect physical HVDC (high-voltage direct current) and power quality installations, providing insight into the systems’ performance and lifecycle.

Issue in Machinery

IdentiQ™ provides a clear overview of what the issues are

It identifies solutions in parallel simulation

Displays supporting data and solution options

Approve to resolve issue in machinery

The Key to Energy Security

India’s ever-evolving landscape proves challenging as we move towards a green energy future with sustainable and resilient grids. With Digital Twin technologies in place, the energy future of India would be able to:

Test resilient power grids prior to manufacture
Understand data to serve better
Improve efficiency and productivity

Reduce downtime of machinery
Manage grids in real time
Create a safer working environment onsite or through remote monitoring

What is Digital Twin Technology?

A digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical, functioning device or human. Every digital twin needs 3 major components to function.

The physical device in the real world
The virtual representation (the digital twin)
The data that connects these two together

Digital Energy Twin

Energy Management
Smart Grids
Improved Operational Efficiency
Decarbonization

Data

Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning Models

Virtual Demonstration
Predictive Modeling
Optimization

How will IdentiQ™ utilize digital twin technology?

IdentiQ™ will be able to create an ecosystem of value-adding solutions that utilize digital twin for sustainable, flexible and secure power grids by significantly enhancing the transmission grid reliability and resiliency in an efficient manner during emergency operations. With this powering the future, renewable energy in India will be:

Safe

By providing virtual training on on-site procedures, required clothing and evacuation routes before visiting a site

Sustainable

By enabling comprehensive remote analysis and support

Eco Efficient

By digitalizing paper-based information on older installations

Flexible

By adapting to continuously changing asset performance needs over the entire lifecycle;

Secure

By complying with industry-leading cybersecurity standards and protecting all asset data and information from being misplaced or destroyed

Hitachi is ready to change the game by giving access to safe, reliable energy for all; thus, contributing to India’s achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7- a world with affordable clean energy for all.

IdentiQ™ will enable customers to improve the management of power grid assets by clustering all information into one digital location for seamless access by all operational functions. This approach stands at the core of Hitachi Energy’s vision for digital twin technology: delivering the right resources and information to the right people at the right time for optimized operations and smarter decision making.

The Digital Twins offer promising solutions for smart grid challenges related to the optimal operation, management, and control of energy assets, for safe and reliable distribution of energy.

Due to energy expansion and large-scale adoption of renewable resources, IdentiQ™ is needed to accelerate Industry 4.0 and usher smart grids of the future. Hitachi is in close partnership with India, guiding the country its digitalization of energy infrastructure and fortifying a sustainable energy future.