Featured in Further upstream – 10-2024

Filling in the blanks

David Robertson, vice president of solutions for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) at Energy Exemplar, explains how solar and other energy asset operators and consultants in Africa use Plexos, the company’s digital-twin simulation modeling engine, to make business decisions despite limited data availability.

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Blathnaid O’Dea

05 Nov 2024

Photo: Sharonang, Pixabay

pv magazine: What is simulation modeling?Our product is based on the concept of a digital twin. We build a representation of a particular energy asset, or set of assets within the software. We represent all the technical characteristics associated with how the asset can operate, and we capture all the economics associated with how the …

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