Operation & Maintenance of Power Plants
plants, our common plants and getting to a point where we can benchmark how much fuel is consumed to get to a minimum dispatchable load; so just a start-up task, and how much variation we have amongst operators. It is very significant when you can drive to those metrics and understand the variability you have within your fleet. Now if you extend that out into your headquarters, that’s when you can make different decisions around optimising, and around making decisions about which markets you want to participate in. For instance, in conventionals, a plant may opt to engage more in ancillary services or start making trade-offs around asset life and profitability.” Peterson-Sturm believes that this enterprise-level view will become increasingly important across the power
industry. “Looking at this view of a much more distributed power market without conventional reserve margins and the kind of conditions we’re used to operating in, the market really shrinks; you have to get smart. So on top of our typical supply and demand dynamics, we’re adding in energy storage demand-side management, we’re inviting our customers to become more active participants in the market – and it gets really complicated; having that common view across an organisation has never been more important. Having those tools that extend beyond the plant, at the enterprise level that everyone can use to make sure were driving to the right strategic objectivism is absolutely critical.” Peterson-Sturm frequently brings the human component back into this digital approach. She explains that in terms of benefits for ABB’s customers, part of the
“We provide value around being integrated – this means being able to troubleshoot issues together and bring other types of resources to bear that would be outside of the conventional power plant”
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