Power Industry Realizes the Value of Data Availability
Actively pursuing digital transformation
Aveva Supports Widespread Cloud-Based Management Solutions


Today, major leaders in the power industry are leveraging big data analytics to find the optimal combination of energy sources and accelerating the use of natural gas and renewable energy. Furthermore, to reduce costs and carbon emissions, they are striving to optimize power plant operations, maximize production, and develop new customer communication methods using analytics technologies.

Aveva announced on the 20th that it is expanding support for power suppliers looking to strengthen their digital capabilities, improve their business models, and grow into digital-based enterprises.

The digitalization of power suppliers presupposes a combination of various digital technologies, such as cloud, analytics, mobile, machine learning, and IoT, which emphasize the importance of digital and intelligence. Today, leaders of organizations and companies are required to possess agility, speed, and digital capability, and efforts are needed to respond to the increasingly complex environment.

Aveva’s portfolio of industrial solutions, including Digital Twin, Asset Strategy, Asset Performance Management (APM), Connected Worker, and Mobile Operator Rounds, further accelerates digitalization and supports the adoption of cloud technology across the power industry.

◇ Key Case Studies of Aveva's Major Customers in the Power Industry

Many customers are adopting digital and cloud solutions through Aveva Solutions, achieving improvements in employee safety and efficiency, enhanced power plant reliability, increased production, and improved business performance.

Global power and gas supplier ENEL recently adopted AVEVA Predictive Analytics to achieve its vision for autonomous plants. This solution supports ENEL in optimizing performance and asset reliability and enhancing business outcomes. Enel employees have quickly transitioned to working from home despite the pandemic, providing stable and sustainable services.

The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) of Mexico has introduced the 'AVEVA Smart Grid' portfolio to align assets, operations, and personnel with international standards and is supplying stable and sustainable power across the country.

Duke Energy, a U.S. electricity and gas supplier, uses Aveva Predictive Asset Analytics software to centrally monitor power generation resources. By detecting faults early, it significantly reduced the frequency of failures, including preventing losses of up to $30 million at a time, saving a total of $50 million.

◇ Digital Transformation Requiring Resilience and Effort

Digital transformation requires investment in infrastructure and new technologies, as well as changes in mindset, public policies, and business models, and investment in personnel and field technical training to develop standardized frameworks and enhance operational compatibility. Furthermore, cybersecurity technologies that reduce data privacy and system security risks must also be secured.

Aveva's solution portfolio helps customers in the power industry view the resource cycle and value chain from a more comprehensive perspective. Through this, customers can significantly improve operational stability, prevent information silos across IT and OT systems, and further increase collaboration efficiency in the process.

Evgeny Fedotov, SVP and Head of Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) at Aviva, stated, “Digital transformation across the power industry was accelerated not by the pandemic, but by major players realizing the importance of data availability and adopting the cloud to increase efficiency, automate processes, maximize production, and enhance sustainability.” He added, “The digital transformation of the power industry will continue for the next few years and will ultimately evolve the way energy is produced, provided, and consumed.”