Highlights from Kongsberg Digital: Digital twins, offshore energy, & extreme weather alerts

Thank you for following our newsletter. From 11 July to 8 August, we will be sharing a series of weekly highlights from our business areas – key moments and achievements from the first half of 2025.

Glitre Nett Piloted Digital Twin for Condition-Based Maintenance

Glitre Nett launched a pilot project with Kongsberg Digital to explore condition-based maintenance of substations using the Kognitwin Grid digital twin. The initiative formed part of a broader research and development effort to assess how advanced technologies can support smarter, data-driven maintenance practices in the power grid.

Relocated Maritime Operations to Kongsberg Maritime

To align more closely with evolving customer needs and technological developments, KONGSBERG announced the integration of its maritime-focused digital business from Kongsberg Digital into Kongsberg Maritime, effective from Q1 2025.

This move supports the maritime industry's shift towards renewable fuels, energy efficiency, and increased digitalisation – areas where KONGSBERG has made significant investments to drive decarbonisation and operational innovation.

Signed Strategic Offshore Energy Agreement

Kongsberg Digital signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Sinopec Shanghai Offshore Oil & Gas Company to accelerate the digital transformation of offshore oil and gas assets. The agreement, signed in Oslo, marked a milestone in cross-border collaboration, aiming to advance intelligent energy infrastructure through innovative digital technologies.

Formed Strategic Digital Twin Partnership

Kongsberg Digital and Celebal Technologies entered a strategic partnership to deliver scalable digital twin solutions, combining real-time data and Microsoft Cloud technologies to support operational excellence.

The collaboration brought together Celebal’s expertise in enterprise systems, Azure, and AI with Kongsberg Digital’s Kognitwin® platform, enabling intelligent end-to-end use cases for the energy sector and accelerating time-to-value for customers.

Updates and Highlights Worth Noting:

AI Trends Rewiring the Energy Industry

• Kongsberg Digital explored how AI, workforce transformation, and regulatory complexity are shaping the energy sector. The company highlighted the need to close the gap between advanced technologies and the skills required to use them. It also emphasised the role of AI in grid management, the importance of transparent sustainability reporting, and the value of integrating user training with technology deployment through its Digital Performance Model.

Shared Insights on Data and AI in Oil & Gas

• At Data Driven Oil & Gas 2025, Kongsberg Digital’s Miguel Valdez highlighted how digital twins, AI, and contextualised data are helping the industry overcome operational silos, reduce risk, and support decarbonisation. He pointed to real-time data, predictive maintenance, and AI-driven workflows as critical tools reshaping the sector. In a panel titled “AI: Fact vs Fiction”, Valdez emphasised the importance of focusing on practical use cases and clear business outcomes, not hype.

Kognitwin Grid Enables Smarter Loss Management for Utilities

• Highlighted how Kognitwin Grid helps utilities manage grid losses more effectively by moving from delayed reporting to proactive, data-driven operations. By forecasting consumption, running daily power flow simulations, and visualising losses across components, Kognitwin Grid gives operators the tools to identify and reduce losses in real time. This supports both cost efficiency and decarbonisation goals, making loss management a core part of daily grid operations.

Extreme Weather Alerts for Proactive Grid Management

• Added Extreme Weather Alerts to Kognitwin Grid, helping operators prepare for and respond to severe weather conditions affecting the power grid. This new feature enables operational planners and maintenance teams to visualise weather events, simulate their impact, and take preventive action. By converting weather forecasts into actionable insights, Kognitwin Grid supports a more proactive approach to safeguarding grid stability and protecting critical infrastructure.