Trimble Network Optimizer
for revolutionary network planning
Trimble Network Optimizer
for revolutionary network planning
Trimble Network Optimizer is a next-generation planning solution whose power lies in the ability to effortlessly evaluate countless scenarios: a planner provides input, and the solution returns the most optimal network in an instant. Why is this revolutionary?
When designing a network, there are always multiple aspects to consider:
Finding optimal solutions is particularly challenging when a network design must also take into account the effects of e.g. energy transition and urbanization in the future. |
Feels like switching from a bicycle to an electric bikeWhat if you started doing network planning from a whole new perspective? Instead of laborious routines, the planner would select objects and click a button. The planning robot would then generate network models, dimension lines and fuses, locate switches, search for routings, and calculate cost impacts. The power of the planning robot lies in its ability to iterate numerous scenarios and form a proposal for an optimal solution in an instant.
This saves time and effort for the planner. The resulting network designs are consistent in quality and investment decisions can be based on facts. |
Benefits of Trimble Network Optimizer for Electricity UtilitiesThe planning robot instantly produces a proposal for a technically secure and feasible network that minimizes investment, outages, and costs for losses. It is an excellent assistant for the network planner but also brings clear benefits to decision making:
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What is taken into account when optimizing distribution network?There are separate options for Medium Voltage and Low Voltage planning. You can design completely new distribution networks or make renovation designs for existing networks.
Optimization is performed within customer and case specific requirements and rule sets:
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Is your utility concerned about handling increasing loads in the form of Electric Vehicles (EV) or increasing amounts of infeed from Distributed Energy Resources (DER)? Have you ever struggled with the question of where exactly to put your renovated distribution substation – or should there be two instead of one?
Low voltage scenario planning is key to tackling these challenges. It enables you to make better, long-sighted investment decisions with less planning effort regardless of the volume of investments. HOW IT WORKS For example, add EV or DER, or apply load growth in any specific area. Network Optimizer will provide proposals for future renovations. |
Is there a bulk of investments ongoing in your network? Are you struggling with deciding which of the investments should be prioritized to ensure alignment with your utility’s business strategy? With low voltage networks, efficient asset investment management and planning requires sufficiently accurate information on alternative projects. Such plans, if made by contractors, can be costly but still not optimal from the utility’s business perspective. Also, using some rough factors may not provide information accurate enough for prioritization. Network Optimizer beats these challenges by giving accurate information on alternative projects and helping you make the right investment decisions while saving on planning costs, especially when dealing with large investment volumes.
HOW IT WORKS When doing preliminary planning, Network Optimizer automatically collects material quantities and uses them for certain key figures to compare plans and projects. |
Are you using target networks in your MV network investment planning? Do you know what your optimized target network would look like? If so, is your target network up to date and has it been designed with respect to various possible scenarios, such as increasing penetration of DER, or constructing new primary substations?
With Network Optimizer, your target network stays up-to-date and robust enabling long-sighted investments that cover different scenarios in your utility’s changing operational environment. HOW IT WORKS Network Optimizer provides you with an optimized target network that is technically secure and feasible, and minimizes investments, outages, and costs for losses. You can start working towards your target network either when planning a new network or making renovation designs. |
Would you like to make quick savings on interruption costs by making minimal point investments in your MV network prone to faults? Interruption costs directly affect the allowed regulatory profit, and investing in switching devices is a very powerful way to influence this. Find the optimized switching configuration for your MV network and harvest the great saving potential by making only small investments. This solution is available to utilities as a service (SaaS).
HOW IT WORKS Network Optimizer can optimize Medium Voltage switching in terms of location, type, and the state of the switching devices. To perform switch optimization, a valid network is required along with the correct cost settings. The network may also contain existing switches that will be included in the optimization task. |
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Trimble Energy & Public Administration
Trimble Solutions Corporation P.O. Box 1, FI-02131 Espoo, Finland energy.publicadmin@trimble.com tel. +358 30 661 10 |
Trimble Energy & Public Administration develops software solutions for energy, water and public administration industries. The division provides its customers high-end process support tools
from planning to construction, operation and maintenance, and enables building first-class customer service solutions. Modularity, extensive GIS capabilities and interoperability with other systems are essential capabilities of the solutions. |
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