Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical
E.ON Westfalen Weser Energie-Service
GmbH improves plant management
at the central Info Center
SPPA-M3000 Plant Management
acquires the data of all plants operated by E.ON
Westfalen Weser Energie-Service GmbH locally
and processes them at the central Info Center.
The plant management system thereby
significantly enhances the overview capability
and the status of all plants.
The Company
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Fossil Power Generation
Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical
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E.ON Westfalen Weser Energie-Service GmbH
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of E.ON Westfalen
Weser AG, a large German regional utility
company with its headquarters in Paderborn. The
company operates a combined-cycle power plant
at Kirchlengern as a power reserve which can be
activated within minutes. A large number of
distributed generation plants are operated and
monitored along with E.ON Westfalen Weser AG
from the same location. Fault management is
also handled from here.
The Task
In order to ensure optimized plant commitment
planning, the responsible shift managers at the
Info Center must be informed at all times about
current commitment planning, about error and
completion messages for the individual plants,
etc. This requires accurate on-site data
conditioning and the compilation of all
information in adequate form at the control
center. Another objective, in addition to greater
planning reliability, was reduced training and
maintenance costs.
Our Solution
The decentralized Plant Management System has
been acquiring operational data at the various
locations for years. This local information has
now been compiled and displayed centrally
on a screen at the Info Center. This means that
information from all plants is available online
around the clock.
Energy Management Suite References
Answers for energy.
The Kirchlengern power plant operated by E.ON Westfalen
Weser Energie-Service GmbH. Utilization planning for all
plants is handled from here.
Commitment planning and work monitoring can
be performed by the central commitment planner
at the Info Center. System expansion is possible
fast and without any additional development
costs.
"Plant management has proven to be
exceptionally successful. It is simple to use
and gives the shift managers at the Info
Center precisely the information they
require for optimized plant monitoring."
Thorsten Gößling, Power plant production
The Result

Reduced costs due to lower training,
administration and maintenance costs

Increased efficiency due to significantly
better commitment planning

High degree of acceptance due to ease
of operation and expansion capability