NextGen GridOps

Navigating the energy transition and striving for net-zero emissions pose significant challenges for energy system stakeholders. Utilities are transforming their approach to managing electricity networks by deploying new digital technologies, which are key enablers of the energy transition.

This involves innovative systems to monitor and control assets, restructuring IT/OT architecture to optimize efficiency, and enhancing decision-making through advanced data analytics. Utilities are modernizing their grid infrastructure and operations to keep pace with industry-wide changes.

Key challenges include: 

• Aligning organizational vision and strategy to support digital transformation
• Defining the right business capabilities and processes to enable efficient grid operations
• Integrating legacy IT and OT systems to achieve data interoperability and real-time analytics
• Ensuring robust cybersecurity measures to protect critical infrastructure
• Navigating the change management required to upskill personnel and adopt new ways of working

About DNV’s NextGen GridOps framework services 

DNV’s NextGen GridOps framework is built on TOGAF 9.2 and supports a wide array of industry standards. Our approach ensures that we provide immediate value to our customers, guiding them from their initial vision through to the transition to business as usual (BAU).

This framework enables the establishment of an internal governance model, the definition of (new) processes and data requirements, as well as clear articulation of how end users are expected to use the new systems. It also provides inputs to tenders, pilot projects, and implementation, which are all aimed at successfully realizing the organization’s business vision.

The framework includes: 

• Business vision
• Business capabilities and process framework
• IT/OT reference architecture and data management
• Cybersecurity framework
• Requirements management
• Roadmap and implementation plan

About DNV’s digital grid operations and SCADA services

As a leading service provider in OT systems, DNV offers a suite of services throughout the NextGen GridOps transformation framework lifecycle. In alignment with our customers' vision and business requirements, we facilitate the development of their smart grid reference architecture and technical specifications.

This suite supports an implementation roadmap for deploying essential OT systems, including SCADA, AEMS, WAMS, MMS, GMS, ADMS, OMS, DERMS, and analytics. We ensure systems integration and cyber security requirements with IT for a fit-for-purpose solution.

Our comprehensive services project lifecycle framework is divided into six stages:

• Plan: Planning regulations and market trends
• Tender: Tender specifications and vendor analysis
• Design: Design standardization and harmonization
• Implement: Implementation configuration and development
• Test: Testing protocols like FIT/SAT and security tests
• Commission: Commissioning trials with cut-over support

Why DNV

We support our customers in their digital transformation as they navigate the evolving energy landscape, providing recommended practices to consider during their program implementation using the NextGen GridOps framework.

With decades of experience across various specialist domains, we provide impartial and current advice on control room technologies, helping customers select and deploy the right OT systems.

DNV’s key staff members have more than 20 years of experience, extensive knowledge of SCADA vendors and related third-party products, and proven project management experience.