Power and Utilities | IS³ | AVEVA Select Partner

Efficiency. Safety. Reliability

Digital Solutions: The Future of New Energy

In their quest for adherence to regulatory stipulations and driven by consumer demand, power utilities are striving for maximum efficiency, reliability and safety in all operations.

Value for the People, Towards a Brighter Future

In conversation with global power industry leaders, shared insights have revealed three areas of strategic importance. These are the areas where AVEVA can assist customers in accelerating their Digital Transformation journey, so helping to shape a new energy future.

Value

What is the best digital strategy for your enterprise? What does an effective digital strategy look like, one that will empower you to operate your business today – and adapt your business for its future energy requirements?

People and Culture

What is the best digital strategy for placing people at the centre of transformational change? How can such a strategy help to create a high-performance work culture?

Technology and Risk

What is the best digital strategy to help reduce technology risks, yet also allow quick adaption and agility in an ever-changing industry landscape?

Maximising Lifetime Value – A Lifecycle Approach

AVEVA’s power industry portfolio adds value at every stage of the plant lifecycle. From savings in capital expenditure costs during the initial design and build stages, to reducing operations and maintenance (O&M) expenditures, AVEVA can assist in extending the total lifetime value of power assets.

Total Implemented Cost Reduced

AVEVA solutions for integrated design and engineering can assist in savings of up to 10 per cent on engineering, procurement and construction activities.

Asset Reliability Maximised

AVEVA solutions help to monitor over 500,000 MW (or ~8 per cent of global capacity), so maximising the reliability of assets throughout the fleet and/or grid.

Operating Cost Reduced

Through process modelling capabilities in thermal performance management, AVEVA solutions have helped to achieve savings of over $250k per unit.

Workforce Productivity Improved

AVEVA solutions assist in empowering your workforce via platforms for mobility, as well as operator training and simulation – including virtual and augmented reality.

Power and Gas Utility Industry – Current Challenges

This is the nature of the business. In South Africa, the control and awareness of large, dispersed networks and assets depend on the location of coal mines, as well as wind power and solar availability. However, due to a shortage of human expertise, the decentralisation of such expertise to address these issues is not possible.

A solution, however, is the centralisation of knowledge – something that requires special data gathering and information extraction knowledge.

AVEVA System Platform
InTouch
InTouch Access Anywhere
Historian – tiered
MDT AutoSave
Skelta BPM Workflow
Intelligence

Decision-making based on accurate data

Aggregating and contextualising data from various, disparate sources is crucial for providing operators at plant level, as well as management at the corporate level, with the same, accurate picture of reality – in real-time.

Intelligence
Historian
SmartGlance
MES/Operations

Cybersecurity

Energy is a primary strategic resource. This makes it the number one target for anyone wanting to impact a country’s economy and security.

InTouch
AVEVA System Platform
Intelligence
Historian

Improved safety

Safety is an all-important aspect of the power and utility industry. Whether it entails the operation or maintenance of generation sets with their attendant boilers, or the erection of wind turbines – informing technicians and operators in the field on mobile devices is fast becoming the norm.

InTouch Access Anywhere
AVEVA System Platform
SmartGlance

Emissions control

As the majority of South Africa’s power is drawn from coal, emissions control has become a highly significant issue. This is especially pertinent as it relates to international agreements.

Historian
Historian Client
AVEVA System Platform
Information Server
InTouch
Alarm Advisor

System availability and effective maintenance

Power and gas generation and distribution involve a complex process that depends completely on the availability of a lengthy chain of machinery. Traditional, calendar-based protocols have proven to be less effective than demand-based systems with regards to many aspects of this industry.

MES/Performance
MDT AutoSave
Mobile Operator Rounds
PRiSM