
Arup has been appointed by Britain’s National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) to help identify and articulate the relevant principles for the technical framework of its world-first Virtual Energy System programme.
The Virtual Energy System is a digital replica of Britain’s entire energy landscape, providing a virtual environment to share data, model and predict scenarios that will support the decarbonisation of the energy industry, while supporting a digital-first and sustainable energy network for the future.
Arup will work in collaboration with global non-profit organisation, Icebreaker One, and leading energy system innovation centre, Energy Systems Catapult, to identify the key principles of the common framework that the Virtual Energy System will be built upon. These principles include technical factors such as security, interoperability, and metadata, as well as socio factors such as legal and data sharing agreements.