Digital Spine · Secure, decentralised data exchange for grid flexibility

Connect once.
Exchange with many.

Energy Web Digital Spine is a decentralised data management infrastructure that facilitates data security and interoperability while also enabling privacy preservation. Customised for energy markets, it unlocks grid flexibility by enabling real-time orchestration of distributed energy resources and diverse market services pursuant to defined dataflow and role-based access.

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From point-to-point to a shared backbone

Integrate once.
Reuse the backbone for every workflow.

Most operators wire each participant together with one-off, bilateral integrations, brittle, inconsistent, and slow to onboard. Digital Spine replaces that web with a single governed backbone: identity, access control, and schema governance, so participants connect once and exchange data reliably with many parties.

Step 01
Onboard
Participants and DER service providers join with decentralized identities and credentials. One onboarding, reused across the ecosystem.
Step 02
Govern
Granular access control and schema governance set who can publish, subscribe, and read, with a consistent security posture across parties.
Engine
Exchange
Real-time publish/subscribe messaging plus bulk file transfer move data across the backbone, with catalogue patterns for discovery.
Step 04
Coordinate
Event-driven workflow modules orchestrate multi-party processes, DER programs, flexibility, settlement support, on top of the same rails.
Step 05
Settle
Structured logs and evidence artifacts support reconciliation, settlement, and dispute handling across organizational boundaries.
Integration model
Connect once
One integration to the backbone replaces a web of brittle point-to-point interfaces.
Participant onboarding
Faster
Decentralized identities and credentials onboard participants and service providers at speed.
Security posture
Consistent
Standard governance and access-control patterns apply uniformly across every party.
Coordination
Real-time
Publish/subscribe messaging and event-driven workflows coordinate assets as markets move.
One platform, three offer levels

A maturity path.
From backbone, to workflows, to confidential coordination.

The levels are not competing solutions. They are a maturity path: build the backbone, deploy operational workflows on top of it, then add confidential coordination where competitive markets demand it. Every workflow runs on the Foundation; Confidential Coordination is an add-on used when the market design requires it.

Offer level 01 · Foundation
A secure
data-sharing backbone.
Identity, access control, schema governance, and governed data exchange so participants integrate once and reliably exchange data with many parties. The future-proof base every workflow runs on.
Core capabilities
  • Participant onboarding with decentralized identities
  • Granular access control and permissioned exchange
  • Schema and topic governance for interoperable interfaces
Offer level 02 · Market Operations Workflows
Deployable
workflow modules.
Workflow modules that sit on top of the Foundation and operationalize multi-party coordination for grid and market processes. Start with one high-value use case, then expand to a library on the same backbone.
Core capabilities
  • Event-driven orchestration with role-based routing
  • Request/response patterns for instructions & exceptions
  • Structured evidence trails for settlement support
Offer level 03 · Confidential Coordination
Coordinate without
exposing sensitive data.
An add-on for markets where participants must coordinate without exposing commercially or operationally sensitive data to each other. Used when the design requires partitioning, selective disclosure, or role-based dissemination.
Core capabilities
  • Partitioned messaging & selective disclosure
  • Policy-based routing tied to roles & market rules
  • Traceability of dissemination for governance
Outcomes

What changes when the ecosystem shares one backbone.

Digital Spine integrates into existing operator systems rather than replacing them. It turns a web of bilateral interfaces into a stable, governed backbone that many future use cases can run on.

Outcome 01
Reduced integration
cost & complexity.
A connect-once backbone removes the web of brittle point-to-point interfaces, cutting integration cost and complexity across the ecosystem.
Outcome 02
Faster onboarding
of participants.
Decentralized identities and credentials onboard new participants and DER service providers quickly, with a consistent security posture across every party.
Outcome 03
DER visibility &
coordination at scale.
A future-proof foundation for monitoring distributed energy resources and coordinating flexibility and grid services as participation grows.
Outcome 04
Operational resilience
across boundaries.
Avoiding one-off integrations reduces operational risk and smooths coordination across organizational boundaries, including the TSO and DSO interface.
Where the backbone is live

Already coordinating
grids and markets in production.

Digital Spine and its underlying technology are in production with leading system and market operators. Each keeps its own systems and governance; the interoperable backbone underneath is the same.

Solution capabilities
  • Monitor and verify the location and capability of distributed energy resources.
  • Procure flexibility and grid services at market speed.
  • Enhance distribution-utility planning and forecasting with shared, verifiable data.
Powering today
AEMO Australia · Live
Foundational layer for Australia's evolving decentralized energy market, aggregating DERs and enabling advanced market services to support the Australian Energy Market Operator's initiatives. For more, read here.
CAISO FlexAlert California · Live
California grid operator's application leveraging Energy Web technology to manage voluntary demand response, mitigate congestion, and prevent blackouts. For more, read here.
Elia Group Europe · Live
European transmission operator, Elia has implemented Energy Web self-sovereign identities for EV charging, a digital-identity application later adopted by the OpenWallet Foundation. For more, read here.
How you engage

From backbone to
operational workflows.

Digital Spine is one platform sold across three offer levels. Engagement starts with the Foundation and scales as you add operational workflows and, where the market design requires it, confidential coordination.

Foundation
Implementation & onboarding.
One-time implementation and onboarding to stand up the backbone: identity, access control, and schema governance across participants.
Subscription
Annual platform fee.
Managed service or license plus support, with optional per-participant onboarding and usage tiers for volume, throughput, or storage.
Per-workflow
Workflow modules.
Per-workflow configuration and integration, plus an annual subscription per module or use-case bundle. Deliver one use case fast, then reuse the backbone.
Add-on
Confidential Coordination.
An add-on to the Foundation and Workflows for markets that require partitioning, selective disclosure, and role-based dissemination between competitive parties.
Build on the backbone

Connect once.
Coordinate at market speed.

If you operate a grid or a market, run a DER or flexibility program, or need to coordinate many parties without exposing sensitive data, we start with your integration pain and end with a governed, interoperable backbone.

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Note Digital Spine is one platform packaged into three offer levels, Foundation, Market Operations Workflows, and Confidential Coordination. It integrates into existing operator systems rather than replacing them.