When it comes to the operation and maintenance of renewable energies (wind, solar, hydro, and soon BESS), control and rapid access to reliable, usable data are essential.
With this in mind, Valemo has developed an in-house suite of business tools specifically designed to support its teams in monitoring and analyzing asset performance.
These tools, entirely developed on the Azure cloud and connected to a centralized datalake, guarantee optimal scalability, high availability and enhanced security of data, all stored and processed in Europe.
We present the three major solutions integrated into our digital ecosystem:
- PIVERT, the intelligent handrail, which structures and enriches operating events based on SCADA data.
- COLIBRI, a Power BI report catalog that transforms data into usable analyses.
- ARA, an automated alert system for early detection of critical anomalies.
These multi-energy tools (wind, solar, hydro) are tailor-made to meet the specific needs of operations managers and optimize their day-to-day work.
Pivert – The intelligent handrail
One of the fundamental tools for the operation of renewable energy assets is the so-called “main courante”, which is a register (digital at Valemo) used to record events, interventions and observations linked to the operation and maintenance of energy assets (wind turbines, solar panels, dams, etc.).
PIVERT est notre application web interne permettant de structurer et enrichir cette main courante en combinant les données issues du SCADA avec les annotations des chargés d’exploitation.
Each event detected automatically by SCADA or our detection algorithms is integrated into the log, but the operator retains total control over this information: he or she can modify, merge or split events, add classifications and enrich the data with detailed comments.
PIVERT also offers a range of pages providing the visual and analytical information that operators need to better understand the life of their plant and the events in their handbook:
This data, enhanced and validated by the operations manager, combined with SCADA data from the assets, is then used to automatically generate :
- Monthly, quarterly and annual customer reports:
- Internal asset monitoring dashboards:
Colibri – Analysis at your fingertips
To complement PIVERT and take analysis even further, we have developed COLIBRI, a catalog of Power BI reports designed to provide our operations managers with a clear, usable view of data from SCADA and manual data.
Users no longer need to manually extract and manipulate raw data: they access relevant analyses directly by simply selecting the items to be studied, with the option of filtering by fleet, machine or specific component, or making comparisons with other fleets.
Ara – Automated vigilance
Finally, the third pillar of the tools made available to our operations managers is ARA, an automated alert system ensuring daily monitoring of key data from our asset portfolio.
A battery of alerts automatically detects performance, reagent, temperature and SDA monitoring anomalies, as well as deviations from the curtailment plan, on the basis of objective or machine-learning criteria.
Every morning, each operations manager receives a personalized e-mail providing a targeted overview of potential problems with his or her assets, making it easier to prioritize actions to be taken.
