Overview
Orion Grid Technologies is a spin-off of VITO, KU Leuven, and EnergyVille that operates at the crossroads of power system engineering and AI. The company builds configurable tools to help distribution system operators convert grid data into actionable information, improving visibility and providing decision support across grid operator divisions. Their solutions are tailored to each operator's data, workflows, assets, regulations, and local requirements.
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- We're excited about our first Enlit Europe with our own booth! 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒛 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑽𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 10 𝒕𝒐 12 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓: 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨.𝒆60 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑨, 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏. 🔎 2 moments for your agenda on Wednesday 11 November: 3 PM | Enlit & Eurelectric Pitch at the Energy Storage Hub Theatre, Hall A 3.50 PM | Pitch 'n 🍺 at the Belgian Pavilion Vienna does it over coffee, Belgians do it over a beer. First we pitch, then we open the bar. We turn your low-voltage
- We were surprised to find out that 3.3% of our LV feeders have more than 15V unbalance." dixit Fluvius Not really knowing what to expect, Fluvius checked its LV feeders with smart meter voltage data. In 10-day samples, 3.3% went over 15V between phases... with peaks 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 45𝐕! Rebalancing a feeder in the field has always been difficult. 👥 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, in two steps: 1️⃣ 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭: The already known #PIRI clusters every meter by feeder and phase, measures the unbalance and shows
- A melted meter-bank is a bad way to find a loose screw... Fluvius had to open meter-banks in apartment buildings one by one to track down faulty contacts. Now the smart meter voltage data show the way! 🔍Our co-developed #PIRI and #LIBRA read the voltage data Fluvius already has. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 5% 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧. 📍 The report shows 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 for loose contacts. 🔧 Of the 40 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 meter-banks opened on site,
- What a great way to end the week: taking home the FleXfactor award! In 2009, DSOs had to say "no" to residential flex. The will was there, but nobody could see what flexibility would do to the low-voltage grid. Seventeen years later, that "no" turned into a "yes" and we won the #FleXFactor at FLEXCON - The Energy Flexibility Conference 2026. An award for Orion is an award for Fluvius MITNETZ STROM and Avacon Netz GmbH too: They believed and co-developed this tech with us! The full story 👇 A big thanks to all our believers,
- De energietransitie zet ons elektriciteitsnet steeds meer onder druk. Om die uitdaging aan te pakken, moeten we niet alleen investeren in nieuwe infrastructuur, maar ook slimmer omgaan met de capaciteit die vandaag al beschikbaar is. ⚡ Orion Grid Technologies, een spin-off van VITO, KU Leuven en EnergyVille, ontwikkelt software die data van onder meer slimme meters omzet in bruikbare inzichten voor distributienetbeheerders. Samen met Fluvius ontwikkelde Orion technologie die in kaart brengt hoe woningen met het laagspanningsnet
- At Orion Grid Technologies, we firmly believe - and apparently we're not alone 😁 - that the most complex grid challenges aren't solved in isolation, but through community. Navigating the energy transition requires collaboration just as much as it requires technology. 💡There's an immense power in bringing like-minded DSOs together in an informal setting. We hosted peer-to-peer exchanges between both existing customers and new faces on real-world obstacles and practical solutions. That's how we kept the momentum after intensive
- Van Thor Park Business onderzoeker naar ondernemer! Onze CEO Koen Vanthournout maakte de snelste carrièreswitch ooit, geografisch dan toch 😃. Wat begon als jarenlang onderzoek bij VITO en EnergyVille op diezelfde campus, groeide uit tot Orion Grid Technologies; en paar honderd meter verderop in IncubaThor. Zelfde plek, andere rol met een missie: Europese netbeheerders ondersteunen in hun rol binnen de energietransitie en het laagspanningsnet futureproof maken! 💥Fijn om te zien hoe Stad Genk dat verhaal blijft omarmen en investeren
- Last week @ CIRED (International Community on Electricity Distribution) one question was at the center: 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬? We were happy to engage actively in the European DSO community and show up with 2 concrete answers; both presented in the session on *𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬* 💥PIRI | with Fluvius: AI and smart meter data to map low voltage grid
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