What is the most economical and sustainable asset
management strategy for Liander?
Form alliances.
Develop transformers based on nonscarce material, focus on long term
improvements
Smart data analysis.
Design of Experiment
Create a clear vision.
Sustainability goal: CO2
emission and use of copper
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them” (Albert Einstein)
THE GREAT GREEN GRID
Consultancy Group for Liander
Maaike Strijker, Shenila Sewgobind, Feng Fang, Jonas Hogenelst, Tom van Tent Beking
Case:
What is the most economical and sustainable asset management strategy for Liander?
In other words, what is the best decision on:
• Current installed base
• New investment in circular transformers
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Competitors
Customers
Energy
Power plants
Authorities
Employees
Civilians living close
to plants/
substations/….
8. Contractors
Strength
• Good mindset on sustainability and commitment of leadership
• Long life-cycle of the transformers
• Transformers are reliable
Weakness
• Energy losses
• Lack of vision on clear definition of sustainability
• Small player in the electrical industry
• Lack of data
Opportunities
• Being a front-runner
• Reduce energy losses e.g. by reducing energy consumption, e.g. stimulate
households and companies to use solar panels
• Form alliances
• Smart data analysis
Threaths
• Increasing sensitivity to voltage dips of consumer electronics
• Losing focus on the core business of the company
• Increasing price/scarceness of copper
Create a clear vision.
Sustainability goal: CO2 emission and
use of copper
Smart data analysis.
Design of Experiment
Form alliances.
Develop transformers based on non-scarce
material, focus on long term improvements
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Create a clear vision.
Sustainability goal: CO2
emission and use of copper
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Smart data analysis.
Design of Experiment
Form alliances.
Develop transformers based on nonscarce material, focus on long term
improvements
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Agreed targets with Liandon and Alliander
Value sustainability
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CO2 - €25/ton
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Copper – €35/kg (?)
Invest this value in sustainability (research and replacements of transformers)
Train and motivate the Alliander community and make it part of the company
culture.
Integrate this value in hiring policy for all departments
Don’t invest in efficient transformers… yet! Start with measurements and
perform a risk/financial analysis before spending money.
Design a smart experiment on efficiency losses:
Measure losses of groups of existing transformers, divided in age (10 year
periods)
Install new high-performance transformers for reference data
Measure usage profile (peaks)
Decide on the most optimal phasing out strategy based on the data gathered
and the value for CO2/copper
The availability of copper and even aluminum is finite
A truly sustainable alternative is needed for the old fashioned design of
transformers
Research and development of such a device is a costly and long process
Alliances will be needed to share costs and knowledge
Think big, start small
Case:
What is the most economical and sustainable asset management strategy for
Liander?
In other words, what is the best decision on:
• Current installed base
• New investment in circular transformers
First things first
Albert Einstein:
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of
thinking we used when we created them”