Energy system: National Digital Twin Programme (NDTP)
The demonstrator aims to model the island's electricity network, from the 132kV聽interconnectors to local 400V transformers.
Aim
- to test how digital twin-related technologies and processes聽can facilitate delivery of long-term policy objectives
- to聽aid the Isle of Wight in聽understanding how it can deliver on its ambition of聽becoming an Energy Autonomous Community, self-sufficient in electricity from renewable聽sources, and achieve their net-zero target by 2040
- to examine how聽digital twin-related technologies and processes聽can support improved聽delivery of聽regulatory requirements and strategic frameworks
Key stakeholders
The key stakeholders of this demonstrator are:
- Isle of Wight Council鈥�
- Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks鈥�
- Isle of Wight Energy Hub鈥�
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Outputs
The demonstrator will be used to test and refine the playbooks and tools developed in other NDTP demonstrator projects. Further outputs will be scoped shortly through an聽engagement and collaboration process with key stakeholders.鈥�
Description
The demonstrator aims to model the island鈥檚 electricity network, from the 132kV聽interconnectors to local 400V transformers.
Through the concept of a flexible marketplace that聽optimises controllable heating, storage, and e-mobility services, the tool will enable聽understanding of how better balancing of demand and generation could be delivered, as well as聽the potential for聽additional renewable energy sources to meet the island鈥檚 energy need.
At the聽core of this endeavour is the ability to test different scenarios in the digital space, and聽to聽begin聽to be able to answer crucial 鈥榳hat if鈥� scenarios.鈥�
Next steps
The commencement of the Energy System demonstrator development process necessitates the聽identification and understanding of the needs of key stakeholders, as well as the delineation of聽the central problems that require solutions. Through refining our understanding of these聽challenges, we can develop an optimal solution and draft an MVP, which will then progress into聽the testing phase.鈥�
The ethos of our approach is grounded in the principle of continuous refinement, cognisant of聽the reality that plans evolve and improve with practical application and feedback. It is with this聽mindset that we anticipate the Energy System demonstrator will contribute meaningfully to the聽energy sector鈥檚 transformation on the Isle of Wight, underpinning its ambitious goal of energy聽autonomy and attainment of net-zero targets.鈥�