Energy

Bentley provides comprehensive software solutions for the entire energy project lifecycle. This includes onshore and offshore renewable energy projects, conventional power generation, and oil and gas production, as well as the transmission and distribution networks that form the electric grid. Our tools support every phase, from initial design and analysis to construction and long-term asset performance management. 

Our software is essential for accelerating the energy transition. We provide specialized solutions for designing and de-risking complex renewable projects, such as offshore wind farms. Furthermore, our digital twin technology enables you to modernize the existing grid, ensuring it can reliably integrate new, distributed energy sources while maintaining stability and performance. 

Yes, integration is a core strength. Bentley’s solutions are built to foster a connected data environment. This allows you to unify workflows and data across different teams, disciplines, and project phases—from subsurface geology to plant operations—reducing rework and improving collaboration. 

We improve grid resilience by providing advanced infrastructure intelligence. Using our digital twin solutions, you can accurately model and simulate your grid's performance under various conditions, including extreme weather events. This allows you to identify and harden vulnerable components, optimize asset management strategies, and ensure the long-term reliability and safety of your network. 

Establishing a Connected Data Environment (CDE) is essential for large-scale energy projects because it breaks down data silos and provides a secure, single source of truth for all project stakeholders. By centralizing engineering work-in-progress through Bentley’s ProjectWise, utilities can seamlessly manage complex 2D, 3D, and CAD design files while maintaining strict version control and automated reference file management.

This model-centric approach prevents construction teams from working with outdated designs, facilitates automated clash detection, and ensures rigorous compliance across distributed engineering disciplines. Ultimately, ProjectWise establishes the "golden thread" of validated engineering data that directly integrates with the iTwin platform, powering the infrastructure digital twins and AI-driven insights needed to accelerate the modernization of the energy grid. 

Yes, Bentley solutions are engineered to scale for the world’s most ambitious energy infrastructure programs by providing a comprehensive digital twin environment that integrates everything from below-ground insights to the grid above. By incorporating Seequent’s specialized below-ground solutions for subsurface modeling and geotechnical analysis, utilities can manage complex geological risks and foundation data with the same enterprise-grade precision as their transmission and distribution assets.

This integrated approach, powered by the Bentley Infrastructure Cloud and the iTwin platform, enables large-scale programs to aggregate and synchronize massive volumes of 2D, 3D, and geospatial data across thousands of global users and supply chain partners. Ultimately, by leveraging ProjectWise as a scalable Connected Data Environment (CDE), energy firms can maintain a unified "golden thread" of data that ensures efficiency and reliability throughout the entire lifecycle of complex, multi-billion dollar energy transition projects.