AIDE

AIDE - Advancing Industry, Digitization and Electrification paves the way for a fossil-free industry in Västra Götaland. By developing solutions that meet capacity needs and address bottlenecks in digitization and electrification, the project helps to strengthen both competitiveness and sustainability.

The transition to fossil-free industry is crucial for strengthening both competitiveness and sustainability in Västra Götaland. Through the AIDE (Advancing Industry, Digitization and Electrification) project, industry can meet the growing capacity needs and the bottlenecks that arise as digitization and electrification increase. AIDE's solutions contribute to more efficient energy use and reduced CO2 emissions, while creating new opportunities for sustainable growth.

The project starts in Trollhättan and develops concrete methods to achieve power-efficient electrification, based on two case studies. The first case study involves GKN in Trollhättan, where a large number of machines and furnaces provide a significant energy demand. The second case study takes a system-wide approach, by including Trollhättan Energi to optimize energy supply and reduce the consequences of capacity shortages.

Through AIDE's efforts, valuable outputs are created that include mapping to ISO ICE 61850 standards, development of scenarios and models for collaboration, and potential calculations with broad applicability. The project also enables new levels of data collection, sensor use and system integration, promoting the electrification of industry through advanced digitalization.

AIDE is led by Innovatum Science Park in collaboration with University West and a reference group of industry actors and stakeholders, who together lay a solid foundation for future collaborations and projects.

The project is funded with support from Vinnova, the Innovation and Research Program Advanced Digitization

In-depth: A systems perspective for an electricity-flexible industry

As a complement to AIDE’s work, and for those who wish to learn more about how system-of-systems solutions can enhance the industry’s electricity flexibility, we recommend this article from Avancerad Digitalisering: “Digitalization through system-of-systems is needed for an electricity-flexible industry” – Avancerad Digitalisering