Digital twins for electric utilities

Enhance grid resilience while improving asset management

Revolutionizing utility operations with digital twin technology

Kartorium's digital twin technology revolutionizes the electric utility space by providing comprehensive virtual models of power distribution systems, enabling utility operators and engineers to immerse themselves in and interact with the grid's intricacies from anywhere. This digital transformation strategy not only facilitates advanced training and deeper familiarity with system operations but also enhances the strategic planning and management of the electrical grid. Through the innovative application of digital twin software, Kartorium simplifies the complexities of grid management, empowering utilities to adopt a more efficient, informed, and forward-thinking approach. The result is a significant enhancement in operational reliability, efficiency, and customer service, ensuring that utilities can meet today’s demands while planning for tomorrow’s challenges.

Enhanced Grid Visualization and Documentation

Unlock a comprehensive and dynamic 3D view of your entire power grid system. Our digital twins provide a detailed understanding of all of your assets, with options for enabling real-time data monitoring for utility companies.

Maintenance and Asset Management

Enhance your approach to maintenance and data management, utilizing detailed insights from your digital twin to facilitate timely repairs, break down data silos, and uphold asset integrity, supporting sustained operational excellence.

Operational Efficiency and Cost Reduction

Achieve superior operational efficiency and significant cost savings when you have the data you need, when you need it, all facilitated by the actionable intelligence provided by digital twin technology.

Features for electric utilities

Kartorium's digital twin technologies are tailored for the electric utility industry, integrating digital twins with a robust Geographic Information System (GIS) environment to streamline the management of complex utility networks. This integration enhances spatial analysis and visualization, allowing for a seamless overlay of critical operational data on geographic maps, made possible by storing data in the cloud. By incorporating asset tags, Kartorium significantly improves asset management, connecting the visuals to detailed tracking, performance monitoring, and maintenance scheduling for each component within the utility infrastructure. Additionally, our platform facilitates virtual walkthroughs of intricate facilities, providing an immersive experience that aids in the accurate documentation and understanding of operational environments in the energy and utility industry. With Kartorium, utility operators gain unparalleled digital transformation, enabling more strategic decision-making and ensuring the resilience, efficiency, and sustainability of power delivery systems.

GIS Environment

Leverage Kartorium's GIS-enhanced digital twins to overlay critical power grid data with all the capabilities of geographic information systems, enabling precise spatial analysis of all geographic data and a holistic view of your utility network for smarter, location-aware decision-making.

Asset Tags

Utilize Kartorium's asset tagging feature within your digital twins for effortless data integration. Connect every component of your utility infrastructure, from substations to distribution lines, to relevant information, ensuring optimal performance and streamlined maintenance scheduling.

Virtual Walkthroughs

Experience the intricacies of your power plants, energy storage systems, and substations through Kartorium's digital twin virtual walkthroughs, offering an immersive, detailed exploration that enhances documentation accuracy and operational familiarity.

Definitions

  • Digital twins are virtual representations of physical assets. Digital twins facilitate predictive maintenance, decision-making, and process optimization by allowing for artificial intelligence integration, real-time monitoring, scenario simulation, and performance analysis.

  • Virtual walkthroughs are immersive, interactive explorations of complex systems or environments, facilitated through a detailed virtual model hosted on a cloud platform. This kind of digital twin allows users to navigate and examine the intricate details and operational dynamics of a space.

  • Grid resiliency refers to the ability of an electrical grid to prepare for, withstand, and recover from adverse conditions, including natural disasters and equipment failures. It encompasses the grid's capacity to maintain or promptly restore services in the face of these disruptions, ensuring a continuous and reliable supply of electricity.

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