ServusNet, Operational Intelligence for Renewable Energy
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The document discusses ServusNet, a company founded by telecom industry veterans that provides an operations support system to help address challenges in managing renewable energy portfolios. Their system integrates data from multiple wind farm SCADA systems, provides remote access and monitoring, helps with production forecasting and analysis, and aims to reduce costs and increase revenues through operational intelligence across multi-vendor, multi-site renewable energy assets.
ServusNet, Operational Intelligence for Renewable Energy
- 1. Operational Intelligence for Renewable Energy www.ServusNet.com
- 2. Team Founders out of Motorola, Cork, Ireland since 2007 Telecoms network management collectively, circa 40 years experience Senior management or engineering roles in global corporations CFO co-founded Pace Soft Silicon India-based video technology for mobile handsets Sold to Nvidia Inc. in 2006 Located at National Software Centre in Cork ServusNet Informatics Ltd Confidential. © 2009 ServusNet Informatics Ltd
- 3. Wind Industry Maturity Curve ServusNet Informatics Ltd Confidential. © 2009 ServusNet Informatics Ltd Installed Capacity (MW) DNK 21% ESP 12% PRT 9% IRL 8% DEU 7% GRC 4% NLD 3% AUT 3% GBR 2% EST 2% ITA 2% SWE 1% FRA 1% LTU 1% Proportion of 2007 electricity demand met by Wind Energy Global Growth (2008) 27% Infrastructure Build-Out OpEx Intensive CapEx Intensive
- 4. Wind Portfolio Operations Challenges ServusNet Informatics Ltd Confidential. © 2009 ServusNet Informatics Ltd Installed Capacity (MW) O&M Costs OpEx Opportunity Infrastructure Build-Out 100% Availability Equipment Availability Revenue Opportunity
- 5. Existing Distributed Energy IT Architecture ServusNet Informatics Ltd Confidential. © 2009 ServusNet Informatics Ltd Operations Support (Tools and Methods) Engineering Systems (SCADA) Enterprise Systems AND /OR AND /OR Enterprise Resource Planning Customer Relationship Management Financial Management Personnel Management Asset Management Documentation Management Data Warehousing Turbine Parameter Monitoring (Mechanical, Electrical, Ambient) Alarm Generation and Reporting Output Monitoring and Control SCADA Extensions Enterprise System Customisations Manual Methods and Ad-hoc Software
- 6. Operations Support System for Renewable Energy ServusNet Informatics Ltd Confidential. © 2009 ServusNet Informatics Ltd ServusNet’s Operations Support System Engineering Systems (SCADA) Enterprise Systems Enterprise Resource Planning Customer Relationship Management Financial Management Personnel Management Asset Management Documentation Management Data Warehousing Turbine Parameter Monitoring (Mechanical, Electrical, Ambient) Alarm Generation and Reporting Output Monitoring and Control Multi-Vendor, Multi-Windfarm Portfolio Management Decision Support at Operations Level Domain-Specific Value-Added Applications Focus on Cost Saving plus Revenue Enhancement Maximum Flexibility on Scalable Platform
- 7. Addressing Existing Pain Points Poor Multi-Vendor Data Capability Cumbersome Remote Access to SCADA data Operational Procedures and Documentation Overheads Inadequate Windfarm Data for Production Forecasting Inconsistent , Labour -Intensive Windfarm Event Monitoring Manual, Error-Prone Analysis and Reporting ServusNet Informatics Ltd Confidential. © 2009 ServusNet Informatics Ltd Operational Intelligence Historical Analysis Real Time Information Production Forecasting
- 8. ServusNet’s Operations Support System SCADA (Turbine Vendor B) SCADA (Turbine Vendor C) SCADA (Turbine Vendor A) Windfarm One Spain Windfarm Two Scotland Windfarm Three Ireland Equipment Management Operations-Level Management ServusNet Windfarm Applications ServusNet Mediation Framework (Multi-Vendor, Scalable, Reliable) Remote Log-In ServusNet Informatics Ltd Confidential. © 2009 ServusNet Informatics Ltd
- 9. ServusNet Informatics Ltd Confidential. © 2009 ServusNet Informatics Ltd
- 10. Summary Distributed Generation is Maturing Rapidly Complex Portfolios Driving Operational Challenges Opportunity to Provide Operations Support Systems Exploiting Telecoms Expertise and Technology for Immediate Value-Add Scalable Product Anticipates Portfolio and Energy Market Trends ServusNet Informatics Ltd Confidential. © 2009 ServusNet Informatics Ltd