• 66 000 km of power lines, serving nearly two million people in south-eastern Norway 
• Exponential rise in data and complexity through high penetration of DERs (solar panels, heat pumps, EVs), especially at the low-voltage level of the grid which lacks visibility 
• Highly congested grid: How to increase grid hosting capacity fast? 
• Objective: Stable power supply and quality, despite fluctuating infeed and hardly predictable consumption behaviors

Creating a Digital Twin of the low-voltage grid as a reliable source of truth:

• Leveraging existing data for building one unified grid model
• Intuitive map view delivers data insights on grid status, critical segments and outage management 
• Cloud computing ensures full flexibility, openness and scalability of the grid Digital Twin 

Elvia, Norway’s largest power grid operator, is responsible for operating, maintaining, and developing a power grid that covers an area slightly larger than Denmark. As many European DSOs, Elvia is facing numerous challenges from the rising demand for energy and the energy transition with an exponential increase in distributed energy resources. Already today, Norway has the highest penetration of heat pumps and electronic vehicles sales worldwide. Facts that underline the demand for grid expansion – which takes time and is limited by various factors. Gridscale X LV Insights enables Elvia to take precise investment decisions and squeeze more usable grid capacity out of the existing infrastructure. The Digital Twin of the low-voltage grid provides reliable insights and real-time transparency for multiple departments.