Empowering Operations with the PI System Presented by Thomas Marshall, IT Manager, PI Support NRG Energy
Agenda o About NRG Energy o History of the NRG PI System Fleet Program o Timeline \ Milestones o Infrastructure \ Deployment Summary o Use Case : Ivanpah CSP Solar Generation o PI Vision: PI Analytics (Big Data) and PI Coresight (Mobile) o PI 2014 Applying the New Technologies 2
NRG: Who We Are NRG Group of Companies 8,000 Leading retail energy platform with ~2.8 million residential customers new jobs Smart energy management, home solutions, and personal power Rapidly growing residential solar business created through repowering and solar projects Largest US competitive generation portfolio with over 50 GW of capacity, enough to support 42 million homes Full suite of energy management services and retail energy supply for commercial and industrial customers Unique range of on-site generation offerings through dgen business Leading renewable development and operations platform Commercialized renewable microgrid solutions and green B2B initiatives Innovative focus on sustainable and distributed energy future 3
NRG: Diverse Generation Portfolio Solar Natural Gas Oil Wind Nuclear Coal Combined Scale Gas 25,358 MW 48% Coal 16,922 MW 32% Oil 6,004 MW 11% Nuclear 1,176 MW 2% Renewables 3,078 MW 6% International 749 MW 1% Total 53,287 MW Diversity of fuel-type, dispatch level, and geographic region help mitigate risk and moderate market demand cycles 4
NRG: Fleet PI Program - History The NRG Fleet PI Program is a world class data historian platform that is the result of 12 years of collaborative efforts between Plant Operations, Engineering Technical Services, and the PI Support Team. Robust architecture design provides both real-time and historical plant process information to plant operations, dispatch, management, compliance, and settlements among other business operations. Core program goals: o Exceptional user application experience o Best practice implementation and sharing o Scalable robust technology model 5
NRG: Fleet PI Program Success Factors o Data to Information o End User Training o Implement and Share Best Practices o Leverage Operations Expertise and Knowledge Base o NRG PI Users Annual Meeting o Minimize Redundant Efforts o Focus on Priorities Established by Operations Leadership 6
NRG: Timeline \ Major Milestones o OSIsoft PI Fleet Purchase APR 2002 o Fleet Wide Deployment MAY 2002 June 2003 o Smartsignal APR Fleet wide Rollout OCT 2005 o Conditioned Based Maintenance SEP 2006 o Heat Rate Initiative JAN 2007 o Smartsignal EPI Center Pilot \ Phase 1 FEB\MAY 2009 o Mirant Integration SEP 2011 o NRG Classic Integration NOV 2012 o EME Integration AUG 2014 o VB Reporting Engine to PI Data Analytics OCT 2014 o Enterprise Agreement for NRG RENEW OCT 2014 o Asset Based PI Jumpstart - OCT 2014 7
NRG: Systems Infrastructure \ Deployment Summary o 151 Plant Installations including Energy Management PI Systems o 2.1 Million Points / 100+ Control Systems o 700+ PI Interfaces to Plant and Facility Operations o Incl OPC, Modbus, DNP, GE, ABB, Rockwell, custom, etc o 5000+ PI ProcessBook Screens published to PI ActiveView o 3000+ Performance Calculations (PI PEs \ PI ACE \ PI Analytics) o 1500+ Trained Users on PI ProcessBook \ PI Datalink \ PI Activeview o Backup Revenue\Gross\Aux Metering Telemetry for EMS Systems o Operations Excellence - Technology Support Programs o 24/7 Monitoring and Support Hotline Bottom Line - This has created a paradigm shift in how we access and use our plant information 8
Use Case : Ivanpah Solar Project o o o o o o Mojave Desert, CA Size: 3,500 acres (5 miles end to end) Three owners o NRG Energy, Inc. o Google, Inc. o BrightSource Energy, Inc. Gross 392 MW, Net 377 MW 140,000 Avg. Homes Served 350,000 heliostats (mirrors) 9 Copyr ight 2014-15 O S I s oft, LLC.
Use Case Business Challenge o Largest Solar Thermal Plant in the world o First Large Scale Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Project o 3 / 2100 Ton Boiler Towers to Steam Turbine Generators o Multiple Control Systems (fuel delivery, balance of plant, etc.) o 200,000 Process Points o Variable Fuel Source Cloud Forecasting o Systems Tuning o Reporting Requirements 10
Use Case Solution Implementing PI provided Operations and Engineering teams a full comprehensive view of the end to end processes. 11
Use Case Results and Benefits o Informed Users o Effective Performance Monitoring and Reporting o Enhanced Operational Capability o Real Time and Historical Business Intelligence o Process Analytics o Data Visualization o Decision Engineering Support 12
NRG: Vision PI Analytics / PI Coresight Big Data ======> Mobile 13
NRG: PI 2014 Applying the NEW TECHNOLOGY o PI Client User Training Program - Customized Per Operations o PI Activeview Environment / Web Based Displays (PI Coresight) o Electronic Notifications ( PI Notifications) o Water Chemistry Program - Monitoring \ Electronic Notification \Reporting o Custom Calculation Engines (PI Asset Based Analytics) o NERC Compliance Telemetry & Monitoring (PI Notifications) o Report Automation (PI AF and PI Asset Based Analytics) o Operator Box (PI Coresight) o Boiler Startup Optimization (PI Analysis Framework and PI Analytics) o Proactive Maintenance Data Gateway (PI AF and PI Asset Based Analytics) o Conditioned Based Maintenance Program (PI AF and PI Asset Based Analytics) 14
Empowering Operations with the PI System at NRG Energy NRG Energy is leading the industry in an innovative approach to integrating our legacy power generation fleet with emerging renewable generation technologies. OSIsoft s PI System is our system of choice for real time data analytics and enabling operational Big Data. Business Challenge Diverse Generation Portfolio Multiple Control Systems Unstructured - siloed data Manually generated reports Reactive Maintenance Solution Strategic PI Deployment PI Data Archive / Interfaces PI Asset Framework PI Analytics / SSRS PI Asset Based Analytics PI Notifications Results and Benefits Robust Real Time Systems Aligned Data Telemetry Organized Structured Information Scalable \ Automated Calc Engine Conditioned Based Maintenance 15
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Thomas Marshall Thomas.Marshall@nrgenergy.com IT Manager, PI Support NRG Energy 18