Energy is changing:
Why it’s time to think
digital and get ahead
of the curve
Focus on India
January 2021
Contents
India’s new energy future 3
The Indian trilemma
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The impact of Covid-19 on energy demand
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Reimagining coal in the new energy landscape
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Coal’s role in the energy transition
6
Profit from experience
7
Economic Flexible Operation
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Digitalization could be easier than you think
8
Building a digital enterprise
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What does digitalization involve? 9
It all starts with data
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What’s next? 12
Building a digital business case 14
Real use cases to inspire your digital business case
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India’s new energy future
With a population of 1.4 billion and one of the world’s
fastest-growing major economies, the International
Energy Agency (IEA) sees India as vital for the future
of the global energy markets1.
Like the vast majority of countries around
the world, India is focusing on providing
secure, affordable and sustainable energy
to its people, whilst transitioning to a low
carbon global future. The country’s energy
sector is developing rapidly, driven by
both renewable energy technologies
and energy market reforms. Both will
be needed to meet Prime Minister Modi’s
target of 450GW of renewable energy
capacity by 2030.
Flexibility and digitalization will be key to
navigating the multiple energy challenges
India faces over the next few months and
years, from fluctuating demand and the
integration of renewables, to the changing
role of coal-fired plants.
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As an owner operator with a successful
portfolio of 34GW, we genuinely know what
it takes to operate and maintain assets
in challenging market conditions. We’re
managing our own, and our clients’ fleets,
to support renewable integration, so we
understand first-hand how to successfully
transition plants to operate flexibly.
This report sets out to share our
experience of unlocking Economic
Flexible Operation and how digitalization
can help you get there. Globally, the
energy sector is undergoing a major
transition, and much of it would not be
possible without digital solutions.
Digitalization is essential in
keeping this increasingly
decarbonized and decentralized
system stable and affordable.
We’ve been through our own
digitalization journey and we’ve
experienced what works and
what doesn’t. We’ve learnt from
our successes and mistakes and
can help make your own journey
faster and easier.
The Indian trilemma
India is facing the trilemma of needing to provide secure and
reliable energy to homes and businesses at an affordable
price, whilst playing its part in resolving the global climate
crisis. It’s facing this trilemma from the challenging position
of having massive domestic coal stock reserves and little
natural gas. However, there is huge potential for renewables,
especially wind and solar, and new technologies like hydrogen.
According to the Government of India’s
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,
India has the world’s largest renewable
energy expansion programme, with a target
of 175GW of renewable energy capacity by
2022. Installed renewables capacity has
grown rapidly, increasing by 226% in the
last five years.2
Trends in the Indian power market
World’s largest renewable
energy expansion programme
Solar capacity increased
in the last five and a half
years from around
2.6GW to more than 34GW
Renewable energy has
a share of
23.39% in the
total installed generation
capacity in the country
i.e 368.98GW
(Up to 29th
February 2020)
India now at
5th
global position
for overall
installed
renewable
energy capacity
175GW until
2022
Solar park scheme
doubled from
20GW
to 40GW
Solar power tariff
reduced by more than
75%
using plug
and play model
Renewable energy
installed capacity increased
226% in the last 5 years
Record low solar tariff
2.44/unit
Highest ever wind capacity addition of
5.5GW in 2016-2017
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*All figures correct as of December 2020.
RS
achieved in Bhadla,
Rajasthan
The Indian trilemma
Increasing demand
supporting economic growth
and industrialization
>50% of capacity in India
will be non-fossil fuel
within 10 years
With these trends in mind,
we believe India’s power
sector urgently needs:
The impact of
Covid-19 on
energy demand
Driven by nation-building initiatives
such as Make in India – the Government
initiative to transform India into a global
design and manufacturing hub. Tier 2
cities uplifted by new industries will
develop into megacities, with demand
growing as incomes increase, supported
by Government incentives around electric
vehicles and infrastructure.
India was one of the world’s biggest
investors in renewables in 2019 –
investing $9.3 billion in the sector.5
1. A move away from baseload Power
Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to a
more market-based system that
rewards the most efficient and
flexible fossil generation, through
a combination of capacity
payments and exchanges.
According to the IEA’s World Energy
Outlook report, published in October 2020,
global energy demand is set to drop by 5%
in 2020, with electricity demand down by a
relatively modest 2% for the year. Depending
on the progress of the pandemic and global
economic recovery, energy demand could
return to pre-Covid-19 levels by early 2023.8
Low carbon agenda
and falling renewables costs
Solar power tariffs are continuing to
fall in India, to around Rs 2 per unit.3
Tightening of finance
for new coal sites
Funding for coal projects fell by 82% in
2019, following a 90% reduction in 2018.
Lending to renewable developments fell
by 6%, but it still accounted for 95% of total
investment in energy.4
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Rural electrification and
changing use patterns
Around 700 million people in India
gained access to electricity between
2000 and 2018.6
Sector reforms
The IEA has identified urgent changes
needed in India’s power sector, including
closer co-operation at national, regional
and state-level between the discoms
(distribution companies), the
system and grid operators, and the
regulators through the Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission; tariff reform;
and the creation of an India-wide
electricity market with efficient trades.7
2. The incentivized development of
new technology such as batteries,
hydrogen and hybrid grids.
3. Support to make the power
industry the best career choice
for the brightest Indian engineers
and scientists.
While energy demand in India has fallen by
around 25-30% in the pandemic, the IEA
predicts that India will lead the demand for
energy globally over the next 10 years – with
growth forecast at between 4-9%.9
The increase in demand will mainly
be driven by India’s growing industrial
sector, with a smaller rise in demand
coming from the residential sector, as
households have more disposable income
to spend on electrical appliances like air
conditioning, especially in rural areas.
With renewables meeting 80% of global
electricity demand growth over the
next decade, the IEA also predicts India will
become the largest market for utility-scale
battery storage, with storage playing
an increasingly vital role in the flexible
operation of power systems.10
The Indian trilemma
Reimagining coal in the
new energy landscape
Alongside the continued growth of
renewables and the demand for existing
generation assets to decarbonize,
successful operators will need to
adapt their operating and management
regimes to be more resilient in a
rapidly changing environment.
In its 2020 review of India’s energy
policy, the IEA outlined coal plants’ role
in supporting India’s energy transition.
Coal’s role in the
energy transition
As the IEA’s report noted, the flexibility
needed to successfully integrate
renewables doesn’t just come from
coal plants, but from other fuel sources
like natural gas, new renewable
technologies such as hydrogen, energy
storage, demand-side response
and power grids.
“India’s power system is currently
experiencing a major shift to higher
shares of variable renewable
energy, which is making system
integration and flexibility priority
issues. The Government of India has
supported greater interconnections
across the country and now requires
the existing coal fleet to operate more
flexibly. It is also promoting affordable
battery storage.”
World Energy Outlook 2020 flagship report, IEA
India is home to one of the world’s largest
reserves of coal, and it’s likely that coal
plants will play a role in the country’s
energy transition. The Central Electricity
Authority’s 2019 generation optimization
plan included potential investment in new
efficient coal plants up to 2030, alongside
the closure of 48.3GW of end-of-life
coal plants.11
With flexibility key to the successful
integration of renewables, the Government
of India is currently working to identify
plants that can and need to provide that
flexibility, representing a significant
opportunity for the sites that get it right.
What does flexibility mean
for coal plants in India?
As part of India’s energy transition,
renewable penetration will see the
country’s existing asset base of mostly
coal-fired plants move from baseload
operation to running flexibly.
Renewable energy-rich states like Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, and Rajasthan will
need highest flexibility. Plants with high
marginal cost of generation would face
significant demand to operate flexibly to
ensure better integration of renewable
energy into the grid.
Moving to flexible operation involves making
strategic changes onsite: from operations
and maintenance (O&M) schedules, to plant
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modifications and integrity management
to name but a few in order to manage the
new operating regimes and the risks and
opportunities they present.
For plants, operating flexibly can mean
fewer operating hours and lower income,
less notice to start with faster ramp times
requested, and more demand volatility
with larger swings in load. For plants
predominantly designed for baseload
operation, that could potentially speed up
plant deterioration and lower reliability,
increase fuel, oil and water consumption,
and heighten the risk of premature failure
and downtime.
To operate economically, especially in a
more competitive market with limited
investment, plants will need to focus
on both:
• Operational optimization to
increase flexibility, lower costs, and
reduce emissions;
• And plant optimization to protect
reliability, lower maintenance costs
and extend asset life.
Operating flexibly also requires a
significant level of staff competence,
compared to steady state operation.
Training will be needed to upskill onsite
engineering teams for flexible operation
and new trials, together with
management culture changes to share best
practice across teams and reduce
shift-to-shift variations.
Profit from experience
The UK and Europe have already gone through this change,
and have insights and experience that can be leveraged across
the regions to help evolve asset management and operations,
without the need for large capital investment projects.
Plants have demonstrated they can
successfully reduce minimum load to
around 10%, improve ramp rates,
and/or two shift to minimize
renewables curtailments.
Economic Flexible Operation
Economic Flexible Operation is effectively a
change management program focusing on
economic operation, maximizing income and
reducing risk. It’s based on our experience
as an owner operator navigating the energy
transition in the UK and Europe, and our
collaboration with clients’ plants around the
world. It has helped us get the most from
our existing assets, and we can help you
do the same, by providing expert flexibility
support bespoke to your plant.
The potential real-world value
of Economic Flexible Operation
• Shorten start-up times by 20-50%
• Improve ramp rate and load
following by 50%
• Reduce major component
replacement costs by 20-30%
• Increase max load by 5-10% of Pmax
• Reduce minimum load by
5-10% of Pmax
• Increase major outage
intervals by 20-40%
• Reduce daily maintenance
costs by 10-20%
• Reduce fuel, oil and water
consumption by 10-20%
• Extend economic plant life
by 5-15 years
A significant increase in useful asset
utilization, life and profitability. What would
these benefits be worth for your plant?
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In 2019, our digital solutions
delivered an average 56%
rate of return on investment
for our clients, across 20GW
worldwide. In India, we deliver
engineering expertise and
digital-based solutions to
support the energy transition
across the region.
Digitalization could be
easier than you think
When you look at the trends and targets driving India’s energy
transition, it’s clear that the plants that will survive and grow
will need to be steps ahead – ready and able to deliver
flexibility. Digitalization will help you get there, by giving you
a real time view of your assets, risks and opportunities. It’s
integral to the commercial delivery of safe, flexible operations.
Digital technology is transforming the
energy sector and bringing wide-ranging
changes. The Industrial Internet of Things
(IIoT) promises to digitalize much of the
world’s industrial processes, including an
overhaul of physical infrastructure in the
utilities sector, such as power generation,
transmission and distribution. This brings
with it equally enormous opportunities,
both operational and societal, and major
challenges including interoperability and
regulatory issues.
The main issue is that digital means
different things to different people and
getting value out of digital, in amongst all
the buzzwords and promises, is the key
challenge facing many owners and
operators. Often, digitalization consultants
and providers talk about best practice,
without looking at or understanding the
practical aspects for plants. That means
that when plants set out their digitalization
roadmap, it can often be unrealistic.
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We’ve developed meaningful and proven
digital tools for our own power plants,
which have demonstrated a measurable
step change in performance, but crucially,
digitalization isn’t just about technology.
There isn’t a silver bullet – a solution that
can simply automate everything for you. For
us, it has meant combining advanced digital
solutions developed specifically for power
plants with multidisciplinary engineering
expertise – to achieve specific goals.
In short, digitalization in the
energy sector means digital
engineering and asset
management – with bespoke
digital solutions to solve
bespoke challenges
around reliability,
availability, flexibility and
commercial resilience.
Digitalization could be
easier than you think
What does
digitalization involve?
Frost & Sullivan see digitalization as
the analytics, foresight and prevention
needed to drive better agility of assets
within a plant, to drive long-term
profitability and sustenance amid
market uncertainty.
They recommend digital platforms
because they allow for the creation of
holistic operational intelligence that
can drive enterprise-wide optimization
across your portfolio, whilst individual
solutions can be targeted to serve
a specific purpose.
Navigating the energy transition
with digital – how can digital help?
Applies to the entire stack of power generation
The unfamiliar yet the most innovative territory
The familiar territory
Sensing
Monitoring
Analysis
Analytics
Foresight
Prevention
Basic data
collection tool.
Pressure,
temperature, vibration
common measures in
sensing. Latest trend
is with
multi-sensing
(multiple measures
can be collected
at once).
Different methods of
monitoring depending
on the asset type.
Condition monitoring
reliability assessment
and monitoring,
vibration analysis
and monitoring, etc.
Analysis of condition
monitoring and
reliability assessment
data. Root cause
analysis, equipment
specific analysis,
operational simulation
analysis, etc.
Data analysis
and visualization
to derive outcomes
from past operational
instances to identify
patterns, trends and
situations that can be
improved for future
operational purposes.
Event or operational
prediction before the
event occurs. E.g.
asset failure
prevention due to
trends and pattern
analysis or digital twin
based simulations.
Any event that lead
to negative outcomes
is prevented with
prescriptive
technologies such as
artificial intelligence
and machine learning
tools, thus leading
to cost savings.
Digital Platform Stack
Customized AI/ML
Driven Analytics
Cloud Support
Mobile Native
Customer API
Support
Existing application
interface support
Single data feed-in/feed-out layer
Sensing
Monitoring
Scheduling
No code app
development
O&M
Management
Data
Management
Analysis
Analytics
Workflow
digitalization
Criticality
Contribution
Portfolio
Management
Cybersecurity
and IT
Foresight
Prevention
Asset/Plant Performance Management
Stack (can be combined with market risk
management too)
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Workflow Management Stack
Other Pertinent Stacks
Source: Frost and Sullivan
Digitalization could be
easier than you think
It all starts with data
Most of the data needed to run a power
station more profitably already exists.
But with a vast amount of data to
understand and analyze, how do you extract
the insight you need, especially with a
small plant team?
Advanced technologies like Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
have made data much easier to manage
and turn into useful, actionable insights.
Including structured data from things like
plant monitoring, and unstructured data
from control room emails for example.
Machine Learning &
Artificial Intelligence
ML and AI definitions are often
interchanged and differ depending on
who you are talking to.
According to Gartner, advanced ML
algorithms are composed of many
technologies such as deep learning,
neural networks and natural language
processing. Algorithms are designed to
learn from data, so the more data they
use, the better they get.12
AI applies advanced analysis and
logic-based techniques, including ML, to
interpret events, support and automate
decisions, and take actions.13
The main message to take from this
evolving area is that both ML & AI have many
technical sub categories, which when applied
with engineering know-how can generate
high benefits.
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For plants, AI and ML can help you learn
what’s ‘normal’ and spot deviations to
prevent issues before they happen. That
offers significant benefits in terms of
cost, ROI, risk, health and safety, and
environmental compliance. Operating
flexibly often means operating in the
unknown, so ML and AI are key to helping
you analyze the impact of flexible operation
on performance and asset life.
Cloud computing
Brian Bradford, Vice President of Utilities
within Oracle’s Industry Strategy Group,
believes that many utilities increasingly
see cloud computing as essential to their
survival and a fundamental asset in meeting
ever-evolving expectations and turning data
into an opportunity to modernize and evolve
their operations.14
A recent study shows that 71% of utilities
now use cloud hosted software, up from just
45% three years ago, with 74% planning to
spend more on cloud technologies in the next
3-5 years.15
Traditionally, utilities often cite cybersecurity
and regulatory acceptance as barriers to
cloud adoption, but it’s important to
remember that cloud providers spend billions
on cybersecurity, attract the best talent in
the market and cloud services can be
hosted in India if preferred.
Cloud computing provides the security
and flexibility for companies to pay
only for what they use, when they need it.
Accessed at the click of a button with
no long supply chain. Ultimately, not
embracing cloud computing will
increase the time, cost and effectiveness
of digital implementation.
The six Vs
Start small and scale up
Volume – the vast amount of plant data
One of the benefits of digital platforms
enabled by cloud computing, is that
they offer plants the ability to scale.
Plants can start small and evolve their
digitalization journey in the way that’s
right for them, with potentially unlimited
access to resources.
Variety – the numerous types of data
Digitalization is something that every
plant should target, but in our experience,
we’d recommend taking baby steps
towards your vision, to understand the
limitations as well as the opportunities.
Before we started working with one of
our clients, they had put out a single
tender for their complete digitalization
all at once and invited all the major
providers to bid. They didn’t get a single
response to their tender because it’s
impossible to automate like that. We
responded by sharing our own
digitalization experience and suggested
a step-by-step approach to build on
the success of each implementation.
It’s important to remember that
digitalization is a change management
process involving technology and people
working together. If digitalization isn’t
user-friendly for example, it increases
the risk of digital tools not being used.
Traditionally, the challenge of managing
and utilizing big data is described in terms
of – volume, variety, velocity and veracity.
generated every second, with many
datasets too large to store or analyze using
conventional database technologies.
generated plant-wide (e.g. plant process
data, maintenance records or shift logs etc.).
Velocity – plants need to be able to
extract continuous, real-time insights for
both operational and plant optimization.
Veracity – plants need reliable,
accurate, high quality data to support
their decision-making.
Increasingly, two further Vs are also used
to reflect issues around cybersecurity
for example.
Vulnerability – data security and
privacy are key concerns for plants,
and is often seen as one of the barriers
to digitalization.
Value – the value of data lies in
meeting your specific objective, for
example, reducing your emissions or
lowering your maintenance costs.
Digitalization could be
easier than you think
Digital solutions designed
by engineers
Digitalization isn’t about
replacing people
Our journey began 30 years ago with
thermodynamic modelling and today
we’re using technologies like site-specific
artificial intelligence and neural networks
for operational and plant optimization.
A neural network learns from your
best human operator to optimize your
specific plant. It processes all input data
simultaneously, making decisions every
30 seconds, 24/7. As plant operators
ourselves, we know how to design and
use AI in a safe and secure way.
In our experience, going digital involves
more than just technology and applications.
Fundamentally, AI, ML and the IIoT are doing
what engineers have always aimed for –
delivering improved ways to do things cost
effectively. They are tools to help people
work more efficiently and make quicker and
better decisions. Understanding the human
element is a crucial part of the digitalization
journey, and often more complex than the
technology itself.
With our power plant background, we know
how to identify value-added information
hidden in vast amounts of data.
The digital IIoT solution we
developed for our own digitalization
journey, Enerlytics, is built on a
strong engineering base. It provides
our plants, and our clients’ plants
with a clear picture of asset health
and actionable insights from
their data.
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Digitalization isn’t about replacing people
with technology, it’s about supporting and
enhancing plant teams and tapping into
engineering expertise. There’s a world
of difference between technology and
technology enabled by plant knowledge.
Building a digital platform is easy, but
bringing power plant knowledge into your
algorithms is key. What makes digital tools
effective, powerful and relevant for plants
is their ability to unlock the value of your
data and transform it into timely actionable
insights, together with their ability to
harness the very best engineering
expertise – both onsite and from other
plants around the world.
A human-centric approach:
• Do you need support to deploy and
embrace technology in a way that’s
bespoke and relevant to your plant
and your onsite team?
• Do you have questions around IT and
security concerns at management,
investor or plant level?
• Is your technology scalable and suitable
for diverse uses, across a regional or
national portfolio for example?
• How will technology help to support
your onsite team? Are your resources
stretched, for example?
• People are the most difficult to change,
so identify their drivers and support them,
share good practice and experience.
• Identifying KPIs and remaining agile will
support successful implementation.
What’s next?
No one technology should be seen in
isolation. As Frost & Sullivan put it: “The
boundaries of digital are being stretched
to enable performance optimization and
achieve process excellence.” With cloud
computing and scalable digital platforms,
you’ll be ready to adapt to new
technologies as needed.
Navigating the energy transition with digital – trends in digital technologies
Intuitive skill based
workforce training
AR/VR/MR
P2P Energy Transfer
via Microgrids
Intelligent sensors
with embedded
compute capabilities
Technology should not be seen in isolation.
A converged view leads to new growth
opportunities. Boundaries of digital are
being structured to enable performance
optimization and consequently achieve
process excellence.
Sensor
Fusion
Product as
a service
(Lifecycle
Monetization
Strategies)
AI + Edge + Sensing
Edge-based AI
driven applications
Source: Frost and Sullivan
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Connected Field Services
Deep Learning
and
Artificial
Intelligence
Edge and
Cybersecurity
Blockchain
Contractual
Service
Agreements
for Connected
Services
AI-based Cybersecurity
Threat Prevention across
Sensor Fusio Blockchain,
AR/R/MR
What’s next?
How to build your digital business case
The current state of play in India’s power sector provides a clear case for plants to
embrace digitalization – with economic flexible operation needed to support ROI.
But how do you go about building a bespoke digital business case for your specific plant/s?
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Company vision
and goal
How can
digitalisation help
your company
create the future
you are aiming for?
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Analyse and focus
How are your
assets positioned
in markets and
using an asset
management
model, what are
the focus areas for
value creation?
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Use case gathering
Gather the use
cases which match
your asset type
from own trials or
other companies.
Financials
Create a financial
model which values
the use cases,
trials and costs to
produce a matrix
detailing your risks
and opportunities.
How digital can help you
overcome the challenges
of flexible operations and
benefit from the opportunities
To survive and thrive
in a challenging and
evolving market,
plants will need to:
Flexible operation represents both a
challenge and an opportunity for many
plants in India. Supporting the transition
to renewables could mean less income
from generation and more pressure on
assets rapidly adapting to different
operating scenarios.
• Optimize operations to increase
flexibility, lower costs and
reduce emissions.
• Optimize assets to protect
reliability, lower maintenance
costs and extend asset life.
• Upskill onsite engineering teams
for flexible operation.
It’s important to remember
that digitalization is a
change management process
involving technology and
people working together.
• Optimize management culture to
support onsite teams and share best
practice plant-wide.
Digitalization combined with
engineering expertise will help you
navigate these strategic changes,
maximize income and reduce risk,
by unlocking the value of your data
and giving you bespoke digital tools
to solve specific plant challenges.
Crucially, it will help you optimize
your assets and operations without
the need for large capital investment
and drive ROI fast. In 2019, our digital
solutions delivered an average 56%
rate of return on investment for our
global clients.
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What’s next?
What markets are
your assets in?
What are your focus areas for value creation? Use this table to match
your market scenario and operation mode to identify the value drivers
Your digital business case sets out how
digital will help to deliver your corporate
strategy, for example, flexibility,
decarbonization, security of supply,
aligned to the markets you operate in.
Test before you invest
Learning from external use
cases will help build your
business case faster and
leverage a huge breadth and
depth of experience and
expertise from plants around
the world, including similar
markets to India.
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Conventional (gas/
coal) assets in
low renewables
penetration market,
with efficiency
driven PPA
Conventional (gas/
coal) assets in
low renewables
penetration
market, with an
infrastructure with
capacity issues
Wind farms/Solar Conventional (gas/
farm in liberal
coal) assets in
market
low renewables
penetration market,
low fuel cost so high
in the merit order
Conventional (gas/
coal) assets in
high renewables
penetration market,
high fuel cost
Operation mode
Base load
All modes
Run all the time
Flex
Capacity
Value focus areas
We recommend gathering use cases to
test the real-world impact of using digital
solutions before you invest, focusing on
three to five key areas significant to your
plant strategy. You can run your own trials
or learn from external use cases relevant
to your assets, market and objectives.
Given the need to accelerate your
digitalization journey, a combined
approach could be the best way to give
you the advantages of both. Trials will
give you results and data unique to
your plant and enable you to see and
understand the cultural impact of
your digital project..
Scenario
Availability
Reliability
Flexibility
Efficiency
Cost
Base load
What’s next?
Real use cases to inspire
your digital business case
Case study
Assets protected by
smart alerts
Case study
Maintenance costs cut by
up to 15%
Marubeni Asset Power Management are
transforming their O&M business model
through digital transformation – to reduce
risk, improve efficiency and increase
profitability. They’ve recently worked with
us to develop data-driven early detection of
jellyfish and algae ingress affecting plants’
cooling water intake. Together we developed
a smart alert configured to provide 24/7
autonomous monitoring and email
notifications. This delivered a practical
solution to a new problem, quickly and easily.
Through plant data collected to monitor
the condition of our assets, we could see
that some components maintained during
planned three-yearly shutdowns didn’t
actually have any issues. We carried out
our first site-specific Maintenance Strategy
Review (MSR) in 2017, to identify the optimal
maintenance strategy for each individual
auxiliary asset, using data modelling to
compare the effectiveness of different
maintenance strategies. Today, all our plants
are using asset data combined with onsite
expertise to cut maintenance costs by up to
15%, reduce the risk of maintenance-induced
failures by up to 30%, and optimize planned
outages. We’re rolling out MSR at our clients’
plants too and can optimize maintenance for
up to 500 assets in just one day using our
unique MSR algorithm and your asset data
and operating/market conditions.
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Case study
Demineralized water use
optimized to save water,
chemicals and energy
Case study
5 figure gains unlocked
through thermodynamic
modelling
We’ve developed our digital Enerlytics
platform over many years, based on
our engineering expertise as an owner
operator. It enables us to develop
bespoke digital tools to solve specific,
real-life plant challenges. For example,
we’ve created a bespoke digital tool for
plants to optimize their demineralized
water use – to reduce costs and risks,
increase efficiency and improve
performance. Plants can create
automatic, real-time online reports
to visualize their daily water use at
a glance, with a health score to
benchmark daily performance.
Enerlytics is designed to work
alongside proprietary software,
enabling you to combine multiple
data sources and maximize ROI on
your existing technology.
Advanced remote monitoring techniques
such as online thermodynamic modelling
provide a way of identifying the optimal
operational changes to make onsite 24/7.
Enabling you to see how your plant will
respond and the risks and benefits of
different operating scenarios. In this case,
precise insights from thermodynamic
modelling helped our customer accurately
identify the optimum number of cooling
towers the plant needed to maximize
efficiency and performance across an
already heavily optimized power station.
This unlocked 5-figure gains per annum
from small operational changes in just a
single area of plant. For plants operating
flexibly, thermodynamic modelling
will help you understand the impact
of variable loads on operation and
how to balance generation versus
efficiency savings.
The next step…
One size doesn’t fit all, especially in India’s diverse and
evolving power markets. Working out what digitalization
means for you is key to a successful digitalization journey.
Digitalization can work at any stage
– whatever market factors you’re experiencing.
Why not talk to us about developing a
bespoke digital solution for your plant?
We offer free trials to help you understand the benefits and impacts
at plant level, based on our engineering expertise and experience
as a fellow owner operator.
Animesh Kumar
Managing Director
Uniper India Private Limited
M +91 907 395 3939
M +49 173 368 2118
Animesh.Kumar@uniper.energy
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