Energy

Full power for the energy transition – with suitable software and hardware solutions

The complex task of restructuring the energy landscape

The energy transition is a true Herculean task and is something we can only accomplish by working together. To keep everything on track, infrastructure must be converted and expanded. Eplan and Rittal offer relevant software and hardware solutions and services, to integrate all of this, thereby helping to increase the tempo for the measures that must be taken.

The energy system transformation is nothing less than an enormous global project. The energy sector plays a major role in achieving the Paris climate targets. After all, the goal is to produce and distribute increasing amounts of cleaner, green energy.

For this to succeed, expanding renewables and adding storage and charging infrastructure for electromobility must be massively accelerated. Furthermore, transmission and distribution grids around the globe will have to be converted and expanded.

However, this reorganization of the energy system is challenging, as it requires the cooperation of many companies and authorities. And under significant time pressure. This is where the expertise of Eplan and Rittal is of great value – after all, we have always been thinking in terms of networked ecosystems. For the energy sector, we bring together component manufacturers, enclosure builders, planners, network operators, and system integrators at one (virtual) table.

Eplan in the energy sector

Enercon
Global Hydro
Nordex
Netz Burgenland

“Around 40 developers across multiple sites carry out cloud-based engineering work using EPLAN."

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Mastering the challenges of the energy transition with Eplan

Eplan and Rittal offer software tools and hardware products for companies in the energy sector. Our philosophy is based on consistent, end-to-end data that can be used from engineering through manufacturing to system servicing and maintenance. This makes operations more secure and changes easier to manage.

Grid operators, for instance, are exploiting the potential of standardization to quickly retrofit or build new substations and transformer stations. Digital twins additionally help simplify servicing and maintenance and accelerate these processes. Manufacturers of wind turbines or charging infrastructure can raise their manufacturing to the next level with the solutions from Eplan and Rittal.

This type of industrialized production is the only way to build a sustainable energy system more quickly and cost-efficiently.

Tangible added value – in every step of the process

Eplan and Rittal solutions enable data to consistently be used end-to-end along the various steps of your value chain. We naturally have the benefits for each of these steps in mind.

Take the example of planning: with digital twins of the plant systems and augmented reality technology, critical infrastructure can be planned without having to be on site. For procurement, you benefit from the automated creation of bills of materials (as just one example). Documents in 2D and 3D make it possible to provide precise information to production.

Working on an Eplan project means consistent documentation is available for the entire system, facilitating operations and service calls.

Major challenges – specific concerns

Would you like to find out just how convincing our solutions are or do you have questions about them? Then get in touch with us – we’re happy to help you!

Jan Oliver Kammesheidt – Eplan Global Vertical Market Manager is responsible for our clients in the energy sector.

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Your added value with Eplan in the energy sector

We make the “new system project” even faster

We rely on standards and digitalization. Working with this philosophy simply accelerates processes. Project implementation becomes faster through standardization and (partial) automation. Thanks to high-quality data and web configurators, ordering takes less time. Training new employees can be completed more quickly with state-of-the-art software. And other processes are also faster because they run more smoothly.

You can count on us

Our certified software and hardware meet international norms and standards. Your supply chain is secure with us, for reliable expansion. For instance, Eplan Cloud solutions fulfill critical infrastructure requirements and have valid certifications.

In addition, our business model is more than dependable: Eplan and Rittal belong to the Friedhelm Loh Group, which is managed as a foundation. We will, therefore, continue to support you in the future.

We promote exceptional cooperation

We ensure that you can cooperate and collaborate all the time and from anywhere in the world. For more transparency throughout the entire process, collaboration is even possible across companies in the cloud.

Despite our broad product portfolio, our customers have one point of contact. If optimization is required, the experts from Eplan Consulting can help.

Our experience creates synergies

Standardization and modularity make it possible for you to react quickly to high demands on the market. Leading to more profitability in the energy transition. The synergies between Eplan and Rittal further mean comparatively low production costs. Rittal’s series products are available around the world. The company has extensive expertise in industrializing processes globally and across industries.

Standardization based on industrial models

The benefits of standardization in the energy sector are clear. Incidentally, these are the principles that industrial companies also work by – with the efficient planning, design and manufacturing of a large number of standardized systems with many variants. This enables companies in the energy sector to manage the expansion of their infrastructure.

Our solutions are developed based on the highest security standards. For instance, Eplan software products are certified to ISO/IEC 27001 and thus meet the requirements for documented information security management systems.

Everyone works together with the solutions from Eplan and Rittal

A foundation is required in which everyone involved in planning and design can exchange information. Eplan Cloud is such a solution – and the products from Rittal are already integrated into it. The software from Eplan helps to advance the expansion of grids and decentralized energy systems. Data is used consistently from the start to the finish in engineering as well as in the design and manufacturing process.

We’re networking the energy ecosystem with these integrated solutions.

Eplan and Rittal are setting the pace with these solutions

Our products and solutions standardize and automate work steps – to increase the tempo.

Eplan Electric P8

Electrical engineering planning during construction and operations

Eplan Data Portal

Keeping the overview through consistency

Eplan Preplanning

Clear and structured data right from the very start

Eplan eBuild

Effectively advancing engineering

Eplan eView

Networking the energy ecosystem

Rittal Solutions

Rittal is committed to delivering to the energy industry a tailored product range

Easy getting started and clever project planning with the Eplan Engineering Standard

We promised to make your work with Eplan software even easier. To fulfil this promise right from the start, we support you with the Eplan Engineering Standard. It contains useful templates and examples that you can use in various phases of project work, meaning your planning and design use a standardized foundation of data.

For the energy sector, we offer a template of a transformer station for downloading. The provided project demonstrates systematic and standardized planning for energy technology. We also provide sample data for the design of an AC combiner in photovoltaic systems.*

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Grid expansion
Decentralized energy systems

Grid expansion

Eplan also have the right solutions for grid operators. Using software as an example, Eplan Electric P8 has been available to companies in the energy sector for some time now for planning new facilities or converting existing ones.

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Efficient expansion of the energy landscape

You also benefit from our solutions in decentralized energy systems: Planners and operators of systems for the generation, storage and distribution of renewable energies design faster with Eplan.

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TH Lübeck develops fast charging station

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Engineering for the power grids of the future

Eplan Software enables the automation of electrical engineering designs, which is the only way power grids can quickly be expanded.

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Reliable solutions for sustainable energy supplies

Rittal supports the energy industry with a tailored portfolio for applications such as wind turbines and photovoltaic systems that can withstand all environmental conditions thanks to robust enclosures and a coordinated climate control concept.

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The complex task of restructuring the energy landscape

Eplan in the energy sector

Mastering the challenges of the energy transition with Eplan

Tangible added value – in every step of the process

Major challenges – specific concerns

Your added value with Eplan in the energy sector

We make the “new system project” even faster

You can count on us

We promote exceptional cooperation

Our experience creates synergies

Standardization based on industrial models

Everyone works together with the solutions from Eplan and Rittal

Eplan and Rittal are setting the pace with these solutions