Headquartered in Genoa, Italy, Ansaldo Energia is a leading manufacturer of
power plants and power generation equipment such as coal and gas turbines.
The company has built over 100 power plants and 300 gas turbines around the
world and provides remote monitoring services and maintenance solutions for
customers in 35 countries.
To monitor the health and reliability of so many pieces of hard-working
equipment across the globe, Ansaldo Energia adopted OSIsoft’s PI System™.
By 2016, the company was operating two diagnostic centers – one in Italy,
another in Florida – to deliver 24/7 remote monitoring and maintenance
solutions to its customers as part of its Integrated Plant Services (IPS). At the
heart of the IPS diagnostic platform was the PI System, which collected data
from hundreds of assets across the world ...
Year: 2019
A cooperative of starch potato growers with a 100 years of history, Avebe is
a niche player that breaks down its product into starches and proteins, which
are used as raw materials in food and industrial markets like pulp and paper,
adhesives and textiles. Avebe’s competitive advantage depends on production
plants that the company runs in the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden.
Recently, the cooperative started facing a dual challenge: a growing “technology
storm” – demanding greater efficiency and compliance with increasingly complex
regulations – and the aging workforce, with 20% of employees due to retire within
five years. The company’s management recognized that it was time to embark on
a journey of digital transformation and build a Factory 4.0 manufacturing platform
to put real-time data analytics tools into the hands of its personnel.
Year: 2019
The rapid growth of renewable energy deployments on grids worldwide has profoundly changed the electric
power value chain. Professionals at every link in that chain — from control room operators to generating fleet
managers to regional transmission operators — face operational challenges that simply did not exist even a decade ago. With increased complexity and uncertainty, the strategic use of operational data is critical to navigating new challenges.
Year: 2018
Rising power prices, new environmental regulations and budget constraints are prompting many utilities — and large industrial users of water — to start looking at the Internet of Things. By fine-tuning existing processes or leveraging
predictive analytics, large water consumers are finding ways to reduce their costs and carbon footprint without major retrofits or new hardware investments. While water utilities and large water consumers have employed SCADA systems and automation for years to control their operations, this shift to digital analytics will mark a fundamental turning point in the industry. Water utilities will literally be able to accomplish more with less.
Year: 2017
In a new era of heightened oil-price volatility, data and technology are crucial in helping operators cut costs and maximise value.
Year: 2017