Renewable Energy - Using IT for Efficiency

Anjan Lahiri Practice Head Power Generation and Renewable

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Agenda

Best Practices from Utility Business Harness Learning from IT Use Analytics and Cloud for Efficiency Q&A

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Best Practices from Utility Business

What we can Adopt

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Automation of Processes
MONITORING AND CONTROL Real time performance visibility Improve plant throughput

MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT Improve equipment reliability (MTBF) Reduce maintenance cost

WORKFORCE AUTOMATION

Reduce repair time (MTTR) Optimise crew performance

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Maintenance Management
Lower cost High MTBF High MTBF Equipment health Failure reduction

Planning
Fixes problem Failure reduction PLANNED

Equipment health Failure reduction PREDICTIVE

REACTIVE (UNPLANNED)
Longer downtime High cost

RELIABILITY CENTRIC
Complexity

Equipment failure High Cost

Moderate cost Complexity

Frequent failures
Production loss Efficiency
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Low reliability

5%-7%

15%-18%

25%-30%

35%-40%

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Workforce Automation
Issues on the ground Inability to track crew location or work progress cannot assign a nearby job Unproductive time between jobs Higher footprint and lower productivity HIGH COST Solution for efficiency Automated Scheduling pack more work per crew Mobility-enabled workforce push work and get update in real time Geo-spatial tracking and routing

Efficiency improvement - 20% to 40%

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Centralised Integrated Processes

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Harness IT Best Practices

Ensure glitch free operation

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Technology Considerations
Wired, Wireless, VSAT assess suitability

Uniform protocol for field data transfer(e.g. Data TCP/IP) Protocol

Network Choice Cyber Security

Implement CIP standards from NERC

Device Interface
Standards Conversion in field (e.g. inverters)

Technology Areas

Product Neutrality

Remain independent of vendor technology (e.g. proprietary SCADA)

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Functional View of Operation

Collaboration, workflow and Knowledge Management

Real Time data

Advice and Support

Control Actions
Problem Management OT

Monitoring and Control

Monitoring and Control Centre

Asset Management
IT

Trading Maintenance

Engineering
Business Functions

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Use Analytics and Cloud for Efficiency

Leverage IT for benefits

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Use Analytics for Efficiency

Differentiate between string failure, cloud cover and dust
It may save a round trip!

Do Failure Mode Analysis to identify patterns

Profile technologies, equipment vendors and crew for performance

Analyse grid integration data to identify losses

Take preventive actions

Use PMU data for dynamic line rating

Improve evacuation and predict congestion

Augment 3rd party forecast with local conditions

Improve productivity and revenue
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Using Cloud in Renewable Context

Owning and managing IT solutions can be expensive
Significant investment in hardware and software Frequent change required due to process and policy changes Skill requirements can be diverse

Avail Cloud based solution for efficiency

Benefit from best-of-breed offerings from multiple providers Eliminate capital expenses, pay as you use Scale seamlessly to add new farms with growth in business

Important considerations for Cloud adoption

Data security Performance Ability to integrate with your IT applications

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Anjan Lahiri
Practice Head Power Generation and Renewable anjan.lahiri@wipro.com +91-9980505229

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