Energy companies are building digital twins to accurately model industrial equipment, processes, and workflows—–such as power plants, wind farms, solar grids, and more—for safe, autonomous operations. The solution uses NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo, a framework for developing physics-informed machine learning (physics-ML) models, and NVIDIA Omniverse, the platform for developing OpenUSD applications for industrial digitalization and physical AI simulation. Using industrial digital twins, utilities can enhance safety, improve power generation, and save billions of dollars per year in maintenance.
Autonomous Surface Operations in Energy
Powering safety and sustainability in energy with industrial and scientific digital twins.
AI-Enabled Digital Twins Optimize Industrial Operations
Energy companies can develop physically accurate, AI-enabled digital twins to design, simulate, and optimize products, equipment, and processes in real time before going to production. With virtual assets perfectly synced with their real-world counterparts, this approach maximizes energy production, reduces unplanned downtime, and lowers costs for both enterprises and their customers.
Use Cases
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Industrial Digital Twins
Simulating power plants, grid assets, and distributed energy resources.
Physics-Based Simulations
Predicting renewable energy generation and speeding up workloads.
Site Optimization
Protecting worker health and safety while maximizing productivity.
Pipeline Monitoring
Detecting leaks and intrusions with edge AI and geospatial data analysis.
Worker Health and Safety
Identifying potential hazards from industrial equipment and processes.
Success Stories
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Learn how AI is building industrial digital twins for more efficient industrial operations in energy.
Siemens Energy Speeds Up Grid Asset Simulation Using NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo
Siemens Energy developed AI surrogate models for complex engineering systems using NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo, an open-source framework for building, training, and fine-tuning physics-ML models. The systems include bushings used in power grids and gas-insulated switchgears.
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