analytics
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Energy Storage
Analytics Can Help Energy Storage Operators Find More Revenue
Using modeling through analytics, battery energy storage system operators can determine exactly what size system they need for their site with advanced predictive software.
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Electrification
Why Utility Fleets Still Struggle to Harness True TCO Intelligence
In an era where grid modernization, decarbonization, and electrification dominate utility agendas, fleet management strategies are lagging behind. Many utility and power generation providers continue to rely on outdated vehicle management platforms that lack the advanced total cost of ownership (TCO) analytics needed to support today’s evolving operational and sustainability goals.
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O&M
Combining the Digital and the Personal in CCPP Maintenance
In the era of cloud computing, the immense potential of planned predictive maintenance (PPM) cannot be denied. Access to a broad range of application programming interfaces could revolutionise critical component servicing, if not transform it entirely. Yet, while the possibility of entirely automating this process is clearly appealing, the use of machine learning and analytics […]
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Energy Storage
Major Austrian Utility Optimizing Energy Storage with Battery Analytics Software
Many utilities are recognizing that battery energy storage is a critical part of the transition to cleaner forms of power generation. This is especially true in Europe, where many countries have adopted
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Press Releases
SolarEdge to Acquire Hark Systems, a European-Based Energy Analytics and IoT Company
LEEDS, United Kingdom and MILPITAS, California – January 3, 2023 – SolarEdge Technologies Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy technology, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Hark Systems Ltd. (“Hark”). Founded in 2016 and based in Leeds, UK. Hark offers […]
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Connected Plant
Chesterton Releases Cloud-Based Monitoring and Analytics Platform for Rotating Equipment
Helps Maintain Uptime and Reduce Equipment Maintenance Groveland, MA – May 3, 2021 ̶ A. W. Chesterton Company, a leader in equipment sealing and reliability, has released its latest IIoT innovation – Chesterton Connect Cloud – a web-based dashboard and analytics platform for viewing and analyzing data collected from Chesterton Connect equipment monitoring sensors. The […]
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Connected Plant
ABB’s new analytics and AI software helps producers optimize operations in demanding market conditions
ABB launches analytics software and services that combines operational data with engineering and IT data to deliver actionable intelligence The ABB Ability™ Genix Industrial Analytics and AI Suite is a scalable advanced analytics platform with pre-built, easy-to-use applications and services. It collects, contextualizes and converts operational, engineering and information technology data into actionable insights that […]
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Connected Plant
Show Preview – Connected Plant Conference
The Connected Plant Conference allows for interaction with the industry’s early adopters. Attendees will meet generators who are using the latest connected plant tools. The speaker lineup (Figure 1) provides
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Connected Plant
Using Self-Service Analytics to Improve Power Plant Efficiency
There is a widespread movement to reduce carbon emissions around the world. One way to do so is by improving plant efficiency, but that can be easier said than done. However, self-service analytics could play
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Technology
The POWER Interview: What Is Big Data?
The term “Big Data” is used frequently by tech-savvy power industry professionals, but what does it really mean. To get an insider’s perspective, POWER posed the question to Akshay Patwal, strategic business manager with Siemens Energy. Patwal leads the development and commercialization of digital business transformation projects, using big data platforms and analytics to create […]
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Connected Plant
GE Launches New Analytics Technologies to Boost Grid Efficiency
General Electric (GE) has rolled out a new portfolio of predictive analytics that could allow utilities to use data from transmission and distribution networks to achieve better operational efficiency as more distributed assets are introduced to the grid. The company on June 11 unveiled three new grid analytics—for storm readiness, network connectivity, and effective inertia—that […]
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IIOT
Transformer Reliability: An Overview of Data-Driven Decision-Making
Are you properly quantifying and assessing the health of your plant’s transformers? Oil testing, infrared scanning, electrical testing, and inspection provide a much deeper understanding of what is happening
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Connected Plant
Technology Boosts Reliability of Power Plants Despite Shifting Business Foundations
There is no industry more concerned with continuity of service than the power industry. Maintaining power supply to constituents is the critical mandate of every plant, whether harnessing energy from the sun, wind, water, coal, or nuclear sources. While consistency is a top priority, the plants themselves are often in a state of flux due […]
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Connected Plant
Digitization and Analytics in Power Plants
A key aspect of any digitization effort is providing easy access to data by engineersand other experts so they can perform advanced analytics to improve outcomes. In the March 2018 issue of POWER, an article
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IIOT
CyberX Receives U.S. Technology Patent for ICS Threat Monitoring Analytics
CyberX Technology Recognized as Innovative for Advanced Behavioral Analytics and Machine Learning Algorithms to Accurately Detect Industrial Cyber Risk BOSTON, January 9, 2018 – CyberX, the IIoT and industrial control system (ICS) security company, today announced that it was awarded a patent (U.S. Patent 10,015,188) by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its innovative, […]
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IIOT Power
Moving from Preventive to Predictive Maintenance with Advanced Analytics
Predictive maintenance is preferred over preventive maintenance for critical assets, but the correct application of advanced analytics is required to realize full value. Power plants of all types have a host
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IIOT Power
Immersive Visual Environments, Advanced Analytics Drive Operational Optimization
As data volume, variety, and velocity continue to accelerate, power plant operators increasingly encounter situations where 2-D desktop data visualization is insufficient to convey context for advanced
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IIOT Power
Unsupervised Machine Learning: The Path to Industry 4.0 for the Coal Industry
Artificial intelligence and machine learning aren’t just fictional pieces of futuristic Hollywood movies. Power plants can deploy these innovative technologies today to more accurately predict the condition
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IIOT Power
Best Practices for Choosing a Predictive Maintenance Partner
Predictive analytics software offers many benefits when appropriately selected. However, finding the best solution for a given situation can be tricky. The tips provided here could help power companies avoid
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Connected Plant
Don’t Just Connect Your Plant—You Need to Model It, Experts Say
Remote and online monitoring of plant performance parameters is an important step toward a fully connected plant, but alone it’s not enough to exploit the real value in the Industrial Internet of Things, speakers at POWER’s inaugural Connected Plant Conference on February 15 in Dallas said. Randy Bickford, president and CTO of software firm Expert […]
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IIOT Power
Big Data and the Industrial Internet Meet the Power Plant
Another megatrend has hit the power generation industry: the Internet of Things (IoT)—countless devices with embedded electronics, sensors, and connectivity to digitally communicate with one another and