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Cutting Costs with Technology-Driven Improvements

February 7, 2023 admin automation, Business, full coverage, IBM, Instrumentation & Controls, news, O&M, power, power podcasts, Technology, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:54:52 +0000

If you’ve been in the power industry workforce for any significant length of time, you may have asked your supervisor at some point “Why am I doing this?” regarding a task that you were assigned, only to have them respond, “We’ve always done it this way.” That’s because the power industry has a reputation for […]

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Cutting Costs with Technology-Driven Improvements

February 7, 2023 admin automation, Business, full coverage, IBM, Instrumentation & Controls, news, O&M, power, power podcasts, Technology, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:54:52 +0000

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Power of Integration—Users Shaping Future of Distributed Control Systems

January 31, 2023 admin abb, Commentary, data, dcs, distributed control systems, distributed energy, iiot, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, O&M, power, Technology

Credit to Author: Luis Duran| Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:38:03 +0000

As plant owners accelerate the Industry 4.0 digital transformation, attention is increasingly being focused on the evolution of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) to enable them to become more flexible and adaptable. There are many key initiatives that are helping to set the standard for systems offering new levels of openness, security and interoperability. COMMENTARY Originally […]

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Experts Explain: Digital Twins

January 3, 2023 admin black and veatch, Business, digital twins, dte vantage, experts explain, ge digital, hitachi, iiot, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, Management, news, schneider electric, Smart Grid, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 05:11:55 +0000

In this fresh series, POWER’s editors choose a multifaceted topic that may have myriad applications or implications, and ask an array of key industry stakeholders for their perspectives. This month’s

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Evolution and Continuation: How Distributed Control Systems Will Change and Adapt

December 7, 2022 admin abb, Commentary, dcs, distributed control systems, distributed power, Instrumentation & Controls, O&M, reliability, resiliency

Credit to Author: Johan Bjorklund| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:29:56 +0000

Are today’s Distributed Control Systems ready for what tomorrow could bring? Johan Björklund of leading global technology company ABB believes they are. Here he looks at how the DCS is adapting to meet the changing demands of users. Distributed Control Systems (DCS) have been around for nearly half a century. Of course, both industrial processes […]

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How Monitoring and Diagnostics Centers Benefit the Power Industry

December 1, 2022 admin design, engineering, ge, Instrumentation & Controls, Interview, m&d, monitoring and diagnostics, O&M, Plant Design, power, Research and Development, Safety, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:11:00 +0000

GE has been operating a monitoring and diagnostics center for the power generation sector for more than 25 years. From modest beginnings, the facility now monitors about 1,000 power plants around the world

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How Utilities Can Solve ‘Time of Use’ Rate Rollout Puzzle in Just Three Steps

October 29, 2022 admin Business, customers, general, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, time of use rates, uplight, utilities

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:47:07 +0000

In a constantly plugged-in world, people rely on always available and uninterrupted electricity, now more than ever. While the electric industry has invested significantly to meet customers’ demand on the grid, utilities increasingly turn to their customers to provide reliable, cost-effective grid services with customer-sited distributed energy resources (DERs) like energy storage and demand response. […]

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The POWER Interview: Modeling Solutions for the Future of Energy

August 31, 2022 admin Business, clean energy, data, didem cataloglu, digitization, direxyon technologies, engineering, esg, Instrumentation & Controls, Interview, O&M, Plant Design, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology, utilities

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:43:42 +0000

Utilities function in the present but must always plan for the future. That’s even more true today, as the rapid pace of change with power generation technologies, and the transition to cleaner forms of energy, means utilities—whether they deal with electricity, natural gas, water, transportation, or are a municipality that pays attention to all those […]

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Advanced Power Grid Sensors and Switches Reduce Downtime and Improve System Reliability

July 1, 2022 admin awards, electric grid, full coverage, grid, Instrumentation & Controls, news, power grid, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology, top plant

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:15:00 +0000

A Fault Isolation Service Restoration module, part of an Advanced Distribution Management Solution, has improved grid reliability, and reduced outages and outage durations, for customers of PPL Electric

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Security of Cyber-Physical Systems

June 2, 2022 admin agc, automatic generation control, connected plant, cyber-physical systems, cyberattack, Cybersecurity, distributed energy, dynamic watermarking, engineering, full coverage, iiot, iiot power, Infrastructure, Instrumentation & Controls, microgrid, news, O&M, Safety, Technology, Texas A&M

Credit to Author: P.R. Kumar| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:10:18 +0000

“Cyber-physical systems” are the next generation of closely integrated physical and cyber systems. Several critical systems such as the power grid, autonomous transportation systems, and process control systems are examples of cyber-physical systems. They are liable to be attacked by malicious agents who can compromise the sensor measurements being used to control them. Indeed, there […]

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