AGL manages a third of the energy generated for Australia’s eastern seaboard. AGL Energy generates energy from thermal power, natural gas, wind power, hydroelectricity, solar energy, gas storage and coal. Acquisitions and renewable adoption have accelerated growth from supplying 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity in 2005 to providing 5,500 MW in 2012 and expanding further to 9,000 MW. AVEVA’s PI System has helped the company with real-time data and predictive modeling in its growth.
“What came along was a solution that really fit what we needed, and that was the PI System. It could connect to any one of our controllers. We could harvest every piece of real-time data and make it available to every person at AGL.”
David Bartolo, Head of Asset Performance, AGL
Goal
- Give everyone in the organization access to real-time data to empower employees, expand from real-time awareness to predictive modeling.
Challenge
- Company growth presented challenges in managing data systems. Legacy systems couldn’t access real-time data or support predictive analysis..
Solution
- The PI System
Result
- Saved Australian A$18.5M in one year, and avoided a catastrophic shutdown that would have cost A$50-$70M.
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