Italian DSO, AcegasApsAmga, announces the commencement of a project utilising Siemens’ Gridscale X technology to enable full situational awareness of the power grid of the Municipality of Trieste in Italy. This is crucial to advancing the city’s broader electrification strategy, primarily designed to mitigate pollution levels stemming from the Port of Trieste, one of Europe’s most bustling ports.
By developing a digital twin of Trieste’s power grid, AcegasApsAmga aims to proactively manage congestion challenges arising from growing integration of distributed energy resources (DERs), and the substantial energy demands of port operations. Siemens’ Gridscale X software will support the DSO in ensuring a stable and efficient power supply for docked ships. The port currently handles over 70 million tons of cargo annually, making it a critical hub with significant energy needs.
Siemens and AcegasApsAmga collaboration
Siemens and AcegasApsAmga have a long-standing relationship spanning more than 100 years, with the Italian DSO leveraging Siemens’ SCADA system and evolving ADMS functionalities to optimise grid operations. Now, with Gridscale X, the collaboration is taking a major step forward to support the decarbonisation of the municipality of Trieste. By simulating grid conditions, the software can proactively identify congestion points and calculate the energy required to address them, ensuring a stable and reliable grid while accelerating the Trieste Municipality’s electrification and decarbonization programs.
“As the power grid increases in complexity, we need to embrace digitalisation to optimise its performance and resilience,” said Sabine Erlinghagen, CEO of Siemens Grid Software. “Collaborating with the Italian DSO, AcegasApsAmga, presents a key opportunity for the utility to leverage Siemens’ digital twin technology to simulate, monitor, and manage energy flows in real time, ensuring efficient operations and supporting sustainability goals.”
“Working together with Siemens, we aim to gain critical visibility over the grid to proactively identify potential congestion points and calculate the energy needed to mitigate issues. Using Gridscale X, we can do this in an efficient and reliable manner, ensuring there are no disruptions to Trieste’s port operations,” said Carlo Andriolo, CEO of AcegasApsAmga.
