The Age of
Performance

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is one of North America’s largest clean power producers. Through a mix of nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, wind and fossil fuels, they produce around 50% of the electricity for the entire province of Ontario

OPG pursues innovation in everything it does, as part of its vision to deliver the next generation of North American nuclear power and optimize performance of its renewable network.

In line with this, OPG’s leadership wished to move from reactive to predictive and prescriptive operating and maintenance models. Their goal was to improve uptime, increase reliability and enhance safety.

The right partner

As a high-risk operating environment, any change to operating procedures was fraught with risk and required significant behavioral change. As such, OPG knew they needed a trusted, expert partner to work with them throughout the process.

After a rigorous evaluation process, the team settled on AVEVA, partly due to a unique approach that offered help to all levels of the business, from technical support and training to strategic advice and tailored guidance. At the same time, the platform agnostic nature of AVEVA Asset Performance Management meant it could be quickly integrated into their existing stack.

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Arizona Public Service (APS) provides the state’s inhabitants with essential utilities. Today, they’re responsible for delivering reliable electricity to the 2.7 million Arizonians – a vital service in a region known for its long, hot summers.

With half of its 6,000-strong workforce approaching retirement, the team knew training new operators had to be a key part of its operational excellence strategy. But with teammates spread far and wide across the state, they needed a way to deliver world-class training remotely.

Now, operators can train for all scenarios from their home plant, replacing the usual three days away from their role. With an effective, continuous training strategy, APS can ensure operational excellence without heavy spending – keeping electricity affordable for their customers and driving significant sustainability benefits from lower travel and more intuitive training systems.

The Seward Generating Station is part of a new generation of environmentally friendly power stations. It makes use of a Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) technology to economically use low quality waste fuel, not suitable for traditional coal-fired stations, while assisting in reclaiming fallow land.

As part of the transition to the CFB technology, the team came to AVEVA looking for a way to bolster the station’s efficiency through enhanced operator training and procedural improvements.

With 60 plants in seven states, Duke Energy is responsible for providing reliable, affordable electricity to a population of 7.2m. The team’s ambitious sustainability vision is founded on their digital operating model.

The Monitoring and Diagnostics (M&D) team had been using operational data management combined with predictive analytics at small scale since 2004. But, after a failure in 2011 caused four months of lost generation, the team came to AVEVA to reshape the program, infusing AI to predict and prevent future incidents and accelerate their sustainability vision.