2024 - AVEVA World - Paris - Power & Utilities
Enel Green Power: Minimizing equipment downtime and performance enhancement through data monitoring on a solar power plant using AVEVA PI System
Enel EGP, a global company operating renewable power plants in Brazil, is encountering significant difficulties in standardizing the identification of failures and underperformance in the inverters of their solar power plants. These challenges result in frequent downtimes and inefficiencies that hinder optimal power generation. Currently, the process of classifying and addressing these inefficiencies is predominantly manual and time-consuming. This manual approach not only delays the resolution of issues, but also increases the risk of recurring problems due to the lack of a systematic identification method. Moreover, operating seven solar power plants adds complexity to the challenge, as it amplifies the need for a standardized and efficient system to manage and monitor performance across multiple locations. As a result, Enel experiences substantial losses in power generation, impacting overall performance and reliability. To overcome this, there is a critical need for an automated system that can monitor key performance indicators, reduce downtime of critical equipment, and provide an immediate view of each plant's unavailability. Such a system should allow users to efficiently navigate through different plant levels, identify root causes, and address issues promptly, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and minimizing power generation losses. Using AVEVA PI System, and mostly PI Eventframes and analysis, it was possible to start monitoring the performance of stringboxes, inverters and feeders, fastening failure identification and maintenance response. Seven plants were standardized on PI Asset Framework, according to previous asset hierarchy and O&M team goals, using PI Vision to show eventframes and most important indicators. Located in the state of Piaui, Brazil, the Sao Gonçalo Solar Center (SGL) is one of the largest solar park in South America, with total capacity of 867 MW. The complex is compounded of three plants, and two substations, SGLI and SGLII (that use the same substation) and SGLIII. SGLI plant asset monitoring and event management system will be showcased to fully understand the PI System implementation on ENEL EGP O&M Solar.
Industry
Power and Utilities
Company
Enel Green Power Brasil
Speaker
Gustavo Onofre
Experience since 2009 working in the energy sector, in the operation and maintenance of Renewable Generation, Transmission and Distribution assets.Expertise in process management, contract management, maintenance planning and control, using basic business management knowledge and field experience.Experience since 2018 in the operation and maintenance of Enel Green Power's solar energy power plants, working in the Maintenance, Technical Support sectors, as O&M Integration Manager in new projects and now as Head of Operational Excellence.
Company
Radix
Speaker
Gonçalo Fontenele Batista Junior
Gonçalo Fontenele is an Industrial Data Analyst specializing in the renewable energy sector, with focus on photovoltaics. With a background in Electrical Engineering, Gonçalo has also worked on projects involving power electronics converters control for photovoltaic systems. His experience lies in PI System implementation, including PI DA, PI AF asset hierarchy, PI Interfaces, and asset analytics for operations optimization, contributing on cases for some of Brazil's largest solar power plants.
Session Code
AW24-PAU-D2-SESS-225
