Track: Energy / Utilities

This Panel will showcase the Energy generation industry and showcase the roadmap to clean energy using nuclear reactors augmented by hydrogen energy. The session will go over the actions that a current US utility company is taking toward clean energy. We will showcase the nuclear infrastructure for fission, including the role of clean hydrogen. Additionally, it will go over the strengthening of the cyber-security of the nuclear facilities and how digital twins play a role in this process. We will also discuss the longer-term roadmap for clean energy ecosystem and how to manage the sustainability goals.

Industry faces the challenges of Net Zero targets and rising energy costs. Expert analysis of data from digitally connected motors and drives can identify the best potential ones to boost energy efficiency. This is where we can monitor and evaluate data in ways that were never possible before. This keynote will discuss how a digital powertrain energy appraisal has a lot to offer industrial companies as they take action towards Net Zero targets and look for ways to cut energy costs. Identify the best opportunities that yield great returns with just small improvements across entire fleets of motors.

The inside of data centers is loud and hot — and keeping servers from overheating is a major factor in the cost of running them. It’s no surprise then that the big players in this space all look for different ways of saving cooling costs. This session will explore how Google is looking to its AI models for some extra savings.

This session explores how the future of space will be advanced with Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit. Led by principal partners Blue Origin and Sierra Space, Orbital Reef will open the next chapter of human space exploration and development by facilitating the growth of a vibrant ecosystem and business model for the future. Designed to open multiple new markets in space, Orbital Reef will provide anyone with the opportunity to establish their own address in orbit. See how this unique destination will offer research, industrial, international, and commercial customers the cost-competitive end-to-end services they need including space transportation and logistics, space habitation, equipment accommodation, onboard crew support, and ground operations.

Tapping into valuable data is a must for powering digital twins and AI, but trust is an issue. Many companies are still reluctant to move valuable operational data off premises—not just for costs, but due to security—making it hard to run analytics and discover insights. Of course, they are willing for the right use case, but the industry has been stuck trying to find these cases, while lacking the data to do so. Accenture and Schneider Electric share how new protections address customer concerns to enable increased data sharing and IP reuse.

Data products serve as a competitive advantage when they simplify how users across the enterprise and partners access and unlock value from data. What’s new is an emerging data mesh trend that offers a decentralized means of publishing and managing products so that different LoBs and partners can make different choices in technology, models, and SLAs—and still work together. Accenture, bp, and Schneider Electric share how adopting data products accelerates data value realization across their companies and with their partners.

Billions of IoT devices will connect with the cloud over the next five years. Organizations are unlocking their data to create new business models through these connected devices, coupling them with artificial intelligence and driving outcome-based analytics that enhance customer experiences, optimize operational efficiencies, streamline asset management, and improve workflow safety. This session highlights new innovations in IoT and robotics that are helping commercial, industrial, and automotive organizations securely and reliably transform business and operations by sending data to the cloud and bringing actionable insights back to the device to effectively deliver business value.

Eneco is an international energy company with the mission: ‘everyone’s sustainable energy’. They help consumers and businesses switch to sustainable energy. To achieve this, the company has built an IoT platform that can communicate with the thousands of heating systems in its network, of which is currently being expanded to solar and wind energy systems. This session will explore how, from cost savings to resource management, the platform is a key enabler of Eneco’s environmental ambitions. Learn how they capture the value of IoT by improving the performance of assets (availability/asset lifecycle costs), walk away with a clear understanding of how Eneco keeps IoT scalable, and discover how this new access to data opens up endless new avenues for Eneco.

IIoT devices are providing automated, continuous, and actionable data to accurately measure methane emissions that can be baselined and subsequently reduced. Current periodic or estimated emissions see only a snapshot of the real picture, therefore how can industry truly report progress on sustainability targets when they don't know all of the facts? Only by improving visibility and identifying previously unseen process venting through IIoT devices integrated into automated software solutions that provide actionable insights can industry be confident of improved sustainability performance & profitability.

How to turn climate challenges into actual innovation opportunities to foster energy sobriety and sustain carbon neutral economy? Given the climate challenges that we are all facing globally, ENGIE has set big targets for renewables 80 GW by 2030 and contribution to a Net Zero world by being Net Zero Carbon by 2045. Innovative services that leverage on IoT, digital solutions (…) are key to reach those objectives. Some use cases will illustrate how our strategy in action makes it real.

This session will present how Nalco Water is leveraging digital to drive advancement with sustainability and improve business outcomes by using advance algorithms, predictive analytics, and digital twin technologies. We will provide an overview of our Climate Intelligence solution which provides rapid results to meeting 2030 climate ambitions by helping businesses make informed decisions on how to balance productivity and sustainability goals in a complex environment. Recognize how digital enables companies capture and action on sustainability targets. Understand the smart water management impact to achieving greater efficiency and productivity. Gain insights on how to integrate and utilize digital twins to support decarbonization.

Vortex Bladeless, a Spanish technology startup, developed an aerogenerator with no blades as a solution to avoid the current problems of wind turbines and achieve advantages of solar energy. In this session, discover how they defined, designed, and optimized the prototype and continued with the development of a digital twin to accelerate the development process. Learn how IoT capabilities enabled them to monitor and control the asset in real-time while performing advanced data analytics to improve decision-making and extend the equipment's lifetime.

Valencia’s Digital Twin has been used as a decision support system tool to manage the water distribution network of the city and the metropolitan area, assisting the design of new infrastructures and supporting the daily operation for over 15 years. Valencia’s Digital Twin was the first use case of GoAigua Digital Twin. This platform integrates and normalizes information provided by sensors and different systems already deployed in the utility. This system keeps the model running live, having a holistic view of the system performance.

‘Knowledge is Power’ is a common saying. And companies around the world have very wisely used modern digital solutions to make better decisions about their electricity-intensive operations. The key has been the combined power of Condition Monitoring and the Digital Powertrain Energy Appraisal. Discover how Waggeryd Cell, a pulp mill in southern Sweden, and others, have leveraged the deeper knowledge gained to help them make better-informed decisions regarding factors that impact overall energy efficiency – and, of course, energy cost.