DSO4DT launched to advance digital twins for DSOs
The Horizon Europe DSO4DT project has launched to address the role of digital twins in strengthening Europe’s DSOs.
DSO4DT, which is being coordinated by the DSO Entity, is aimed to support the organisation in the development of digital twins for the energy sector as a tool to improve the management and operation of the power grids.
Bringing together DSOs and digitalisation experts among other stakeholders including the Horizon Europe TwinEU project, DSO4DT is structured around three core objectives.
These are to mobilise DSO Entity members to support European digital twin activities, to boost the uptake of digital twins and other innovative grid technologies and to enhance the DSO Entity’s expertise to empower its members.
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Broadly the proposed approach of the project, which started in January and runs for 36 months, is to establish a working level approach with digital twin activities to identify needs, then to outreach more widely to DSOs and others impacted by digital twins and to promote their uptake through knowledge sharing, drawing on real world examples that have demonstrated a measurable impact on the energy system.
Deliverables expected will primarily be in the form of a series of reports, including a ‘state of digital twin for the electricity grid across Europe’ series, with the final iteration providing a comprehensive overview of the European digital twin landscape, mapping challenges faced by system operators.
Stephan Gross, Senior Coordinator at the DSO Entity, in an overview at the launch event of DSO4DT, explained: “The project aims to foster collaboration, share best practices and build a strong community to support digital twin advancements in the energy sector.”
The DSO Entity’s work on digital twins has its origin in the EU’s energy sector digitalisation action plan and the collaboration with ENTSO-E to develop a digital twin of Europe’s electricity grid as well as indicators for monitoring investments and measuring progress in developing smart grids.
In that connection a joint DSO/TSO task force is working on a blueprint for the adoption of digital twins, due by the end of 2025, but its work is expected to continue beyond.
Originally published on Enlit World.
