AGL Energy generates energy from thermal power, natural gas, wind power, hydroelectricity, solar energy, gas storage, and coal. In recent years, the company has seen massive growth--from supplying 300 megawatts of electricity in 2005 to 5,500 MW in 2012. But with the growth of acquisitions and renewable adoption, the company has also seen massive growth in its data. Using AVEVA PI System, AGL centralized its data so teams across the organization have easy access to real-time information.
“What came along was a solution that really fit what we needed, and that was [AVEVA 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
Goals
- Give teams across the organization access to real-time data
- Expand from real-time awareness to predictive modeling
Challenges
- Company growth presented challenges to managing data systems
- Legacy systems couldn’t access real-time data or support predictive analytics
Solution
Results
- In just three years, AGL saved $18.7M AUD in reduced forced outages and optimized maintenance
- Avoided an outage that would have cost $50-70M AUD
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