FUTURE DIGITAL TWIN
A proven path to maximizing trust, confidence and returns on your digital investments Digital transformation is key to safeguarding energy supply while decarbonizing and electrifying our society. Without digital transformation, it will be significantly harder for organizations to join the energy transition in a meaningful and efficient way.
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igitalization not only helps improve efficiency and sustainability, but also opens new opportunities in the energy market. While significant investments have been made in digitalizing the energy sector, digital twins represent an opportunity for organizations to make significant returns and outpace their competition. Currently, most organizations use digital twins as complementary tools for less critical decisions and are therefore not maximizing their value.
complementary sources of information. • It is very hard to get value from advanced solutions without a solid foundation. • Artificial intelligence has significant potential but is currently not yet widely used. • There is a growing awareness of the importance of data quality. • Digital twins need to be integrated in work processes to be sustainable. • A common digital architecture is emerging. • There are significant investments in new information models addressing the entire life cycle. • Most organizations show an increased awareness of cyber security threats. We also believe that the introduction of the EU AI Act, with its broad definition of artificial intelligence, combined with initiatives from national authorities, will result in increased regulatory complexity.
How can we move towards a reality where digital twins are trusted as the main source of information for critical decisions, and ultimately used in an automated way? This reality requires organizations to build trust in their digital assets. DNV works with global energy companies, leading platform providers and agile technology vendors to increase the quality and robustness of both transformation processes and digital twin solutions. Throughout the work we have undertaken we have observed that: • Digital twins are mainly used as
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Figure 1: This graphic illustrates the structure of a digital twin by its capabilities and areas of application.
