KYOTO - Industrial IoT & Digital Twin for Thermal Energy Storage

Key takeaways

• Industrial IoT and digital twin software for Kyoto Group's thermal energy storage, built over three and a half years.
• The project grew from a UX/UI MVP into a SCADA-based BMS that monitors and controls the flow of energy in real time.
• Stack: React.js, Python and AWS, with Terragrunt and Jenkins for the infrastructure.
• Our software supported the prototype Kyoto presented to investors; in the first half of 2021 Kyoto raised NOK 183.3 million in private placements.

Order Group has partnered with Kyoto Group AS to develop an industrial IoT and Digital Twin solution for the Kyotopia project, which moved from solar energy production to advanced thermal energy storage. Over three and a half years, our team took the project from a basic MVP to a complex system that manages energy storage precisely and efficiently.

The main challenge in this project was the scale and technical complexity of integrating industrial IoT with digital twin technology for a large-scale thermal energy storage system. Requirements evolved as the prototype developed, and the team regularly worked on site in Oslo to connect the physical hardware to the software.

We built a user-friendly interface for energy management and a backend that handles large volumes of data reliably. We used technologies such as React.js, Python and AWS, as well as tools such as Terragrunt and Jenkins, to create a scalable and secure infrastructure. This infrastructure supported a battery management system (BMS) and enabled real-time monitoring and control of the energy storage process.

The development process began with a UX/UI MVP and grew into a comprehensive SCADA-based BMS for thermal energy storage management. The system included surveillance functions, weather data collection, energy price analysis, and a plant performance simulation interface. Each feature was designed to integrate with the overall system and give the Kyoto team actionable information.

Throughout the project we worked in Agile and Scrum and added features as the plant's needs grew. The team worked side by side with experts in thermal storage, hardware and energy markets, which kept the system in line with current industry standards and practices.