Cosimulating Integrated Energy Systems With Heterogeneous Digital Twins: Matching a Connected World

Journal Article · 12 January 2024 · IEEE Power & Energy Magazine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/mpe.2023.3324886 · OSTI ID:2316017

Palensky, Peter P.  ^[1]; Mancarella, Pierluigi P.  ^[2]; Hardy, Trevor D.  ^[3]; Cvetkovic, Milos M.  ^[1]

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1. TU Delft (Netherlands)
2. Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC (Australia); Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom)
3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Energy system integration promises in-creased resiliency and the unlocking of synergies, while also contributing to our goal of decarbonization. It is enabled by both old and new technologies, glued together with data and digital services. Hydrolyzers, heat pumps, distributed renewable generation, smart buildings, and the digital grid edge are all currently the subject of integration with the power system and the energy sector at large. To plan and operate such a multidisciplinary and multisectoral system properly, insight, tools, and expertise are all needed. Further, this is exactly where the state of the art fails to deliver: tools for integrated energy systems (IESs) are still in their infancy, and many times, even academia treats these sectors separately, producing experts in each of them but not across.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 2316017
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA--191441
• Journal Information: IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, Journal Name: IEEE Power & Energy Magazine Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 22; ISSN 1540-7977
• Publisher: IEEECopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English