Preface

Digital twins are increasingly being used to improve the life cycle of complex products. This applies to improving both the product's manufacturing process as well as its operations throughout its lifetime. As a result, both information technology (IT) and operations professionals are becoming interested in learning about Digital Twins. This book will apply the concept of Digital Twins by building a prototype for a wind turbine as an industrial asset for the field of renewable energy.

You will understand how the technology selection is done for a Digital Twin. Then, you will learn how to evaluate the possible business outcomes from a Digital Twin, leading to analysis of the return on investment. The tutorial approach to building a Digital Twin using Azure Digital Twins will provide hands-on experience. Finally, you will see how this first industrial Digital Twin fits into the entire renewable energy generation ecosystem.