TwinEU delivered a set of tools that have been demonstrated in 8 pilots across 11 EU countries, with the aim to ensure the replicability of the developed solutions in different geographical and market set ups testing a wide variety of use cases.
The digital twinning is approached on multiple layers throughout the demonstrations in the field:
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Digital twinning for cyber-physical grid resilience
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Digital twinning for grid management, operation and monitoring
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Digital twinning for forecasting and optimal grid and market
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Digital twinning for smart coordinated planning of the grid
In this pilot, TwinEU will make use of a series of digital twins and a common framework for the interaction between them, oriented to enhance the security and resilience of the whole Iberian energy system…
Through the development of an integrated balancing market optimization model, the demo aims at providing actual and realistic scenarios for …
This demo will develop a digital twin-based based artificial neural network (ANN) conductor temperature monitoring for transmission lines, a co-optimisation algorithm with dynamic…
The primary aim of the pilot is the examination of the environment for the grid operators that is dictated by the rapidly growing penetration levels of the distributed energy …
The activities in this demo focus on key extensions towards grid monitoring, grid planning and an end-2-end flexibility management with focus on congestion management…
This pilot will take place in 2 locations. In Sardinia, a digital copy of the island’s power system will be updated real-time with the means of a digital twin to consider the real status of the physical…
The main objective of the demo is to upgrade the existing network operation and stability management process, which will be based on increased system observability and controllability…
This pilot aims at creating mutual benefits for TSO and DSO by providing computationally efficient and numerically trustworthy tools for anticipating and preventing…
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Iberian Peninsula [Spain, Portugal]
The Iberian demonstrator used digital twins to support coordinated grid planning across Spain and Portugal. It addressed the challenges of integrating increasing shares of renewable energy, distributed generation and flexible consumption by connecting digital representations of transmission and distribution grids.
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Eastern Mediterranean region [Greece, Cyprus]
This demonstrator developed digital twins for the Greek and Cypriot electricity systems, addressing system balancing, grid stability and coordination between transmission and distribution networks. It explored how digital twins could support market operations, flexibility activation and secure operation under future system conditions.
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Hungary
This demonstrator combined digital twins, dynamic line rating and co-optimised intraday market clearing. It used AI-based virtual sensors to estimate transmission-line temperatures and available capacity, enabling market calculations to reflect actual grid conditions more accurately.
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Bulgaria
The Bulgarian demonstrator applied AI-based forecasting and optimisation to help energy-market participants manage the challenges of the green transition. It focused on predicting relevant power-system parameters and optimising connection points for renewable generation and battery storage.
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Germany
The German demonstrator integrated digital twins into distribution-grid management to support renewable integration, grid stability and coordination between transmission and distribution system operators. It combined real-time grid monitoring, flexibility management and grid-planning tools, using standardised interfaces and data-space structures to facilitate data exchange.
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Italy
The Italian demonstrator developed a real-time digital twin of selected sections of Sardinia’s high-voltage grid to simulate and assess protection strategies for power-system stability and security. Hardware-in-the-Loop testing connected the real-time simulator with physical devices, allowing protection and control solutions to be evaluated under realistic conditions.
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Slovenia
This demonstrator developed a Dynamic Stability Assessment tool based on digital twins of the transmission grid and relevant distribution networks. By providing near-real-time stability information to control-room operators, it supported faster responses to potential stability issues and explored fast frequency response as an additional grid service.
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Netherlands-France
The Netherlands–France demonstrator explored how digital twins could strengthen grid stability, cybersecurity and control-room operations. The Dutch pilot modelled power-system operation and communication dynamics to assess cyberattacks and their physical consequences, while the French pilot developed a digital twin of the Control Room to both train operators and to test new decision-support assistants using existing state-of-the-art tools and frameworks.
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