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| 8TH - 14TH NOVEMBER 2019 | UTILITY WEEK
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Digital technology company Akselos
is to build a structural "digital twin"
of ESB's Turlough Hill hydroelectric
power station in County Wicklow to
help the Irish electricity company to
allow the plant to operate beyond its
original design life.
ESB says the pilot project will help
it manage its assets better and reduce
carbon emissions. The hydro plant is
vital to ESB's grid stabilisation plan,
which extends beyond 2050.
Akselos has already completed
a digital twin of the penstock and
manifold. According to the company,
the technology complements more
conventional engineering practices.
The sensor-enabled digital twin
responds in real time to reflect the
asset's current condition, and ena-
'Digital twin'
to extend life
of hydro plant
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