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Digital twin for sustainable, flexible and secure power grids

itachi Energy recently launched IdentiQ makes HVDC and power quality
its IdentiQ offerings, its digital assets more:
Htwin1 solutions for HVDC and • Sustainable and eco-efficient: By
PQ solutions. IdentiQ2 will help to enabling comprehensive remote
advance the world’s energy system analysis and support and by digitalising
to be more sustainable, flexible and paper-based information on older
secure, accelerating the transition installations;
towards a carbon-neutral future. • Flexible: By adapting to continuously
IdentiQ is the digital twin of a changing asset performance needs over
HVDC converter station, STATCOM the entire life cycle;
or other power quality solution. • Secure: By complying with industry-
It provides all the relevant asset leading cybersecurity standards
information, analytics and operational and protecting all asset data and
data in an intuitive and easy-to- information from being misplaced or
navigate dashboard, which users destroyed;
can customise to match their needs. • Safer: By providing virtual training on
IdentiQ includes 3D interactive on-site procedures, required clothing and Malvin Naicker, Hitachi Energy managing
visualisation of the complete asset, evacuation routes before visiting a site. director for sub-Saharan Africa
combined with one-click access to all
the associated plant and equipment Digitalisation is essential to making technologies such as machine
information, including engineering electricity the backbone of the entire learning, artificial intelligence,
documentation, operational and energy system and advancing a advanced data analytics, hybrid cloud
maintenance procedures, safety sustainable energy future for all. It is key management and cybersecurity; and
training and live operational data for to the integration of bulk and distributed • EconiQ – launched in April
monitoring and analytics. renewables, as well as the electrification 2021, providing an eco-efficient
“IdentiQ is a game-changing digital and decarbonisation of sectors like portfolio of products, services and
twin solution built on our unique transportation, industries and data solutions which deliver exceptional
domain expertise and leadership centres; and empowering countries and environmental performance
in power grid technologies and companies to meet their carbon emission compared to conventional solutions.
innovation,” said Niklas Persson, reduction goals.
Managing Director of Hitachi Both portfolios are integral to
Energy’s Grid Integration business. IdentiQ integrates with a range of Hitachi Energy’s Sustainability 2030
Niklas added, “It is a significant enterprise business systems, including strategic plan, which draws on the
addition to Hitachi Energy’s digital Hitachi’s Lumada platform and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
offering and supports our customers’ Lumada suite of Asset and Work to deliver social, environmental and
efforts to continuously enhance the Management software, and together they economic value.
efficiency and reliability of their grid provide system-wide visibility – from the
investments.” site to the boardroom. IdentiQ is part of Notes
IdentiQ will enable customers Hitachi Energy’s ambition to drive the 1. A digital twin is a virtual
to improve the management of pace of digital and eco-efficient innovation representation which is designed to
power grid assets by clustering all in power grid technologies and accelerate accurately reflect a physical asset
information into one digital location the transition towards carbon-neutral or system, providing insight into the
for seamless access by all operational energy systems. The launch builds on a systems’ performance or lifecycle.
functions. This approach stands at year of powerful innovation from Hitachi 2. IdentiQ™ stands for accuracy,
the core of Hitachi Energy’s vision for Energy, including: intelligence and quality.
digital twin technology: delivering • Lumada Asset and Work Management
the right resources and information – launched in January 2021, to enable Contact Tamara Chetty, Hitachi Energy,
to the right people at the right time asset-intensive industries to be more Phone 010 202-5093,
for optimised operations and smarter adaptive, collaborative, insightful tamara.chetty@hitachienergy.com,
decision making. and predictive. Lumada features www.hitachienergy.com

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