The Green Talks: Taking renewable power plants to a new level with storage

Being a renewable energy operator has become a lot more challenging over the past few years. Gone are the days when an operator could pick a single asset class (wind or solar), sign a long term guaranteed price PPA, and focus on generation only, with no concern about market pricing or energy curtailment. Ironically, this increase in complexity is driven by the very success that renewables have experienced over the past twenty years, adding a record 280GW of capacity in 2020 becoming the second most prevalent power generation source. As the industry has grown in size, the intermittent nature of renewables has become a bigger concern.

Looking at the vision for pump maintenance in the 21st century, Sulzer’s experts have developed a platform that uses pre-existing data, interpreting it using AI and ML to gain more accurate insights into pump performance. Using real-time data to empower the decision-making process with support from experienced pump experts enables pump operators to identify bad actors at the earliest opportunity.

The Green Talks are series of webinars powered by GreenPowerMonitor, a DNV company. This first webinar of the second series is about taking renewable power plants to a new level with storage.

As the world is entering the new energy age, power producers are looking for affordable solutions to reduce emissions while ensuring a reliable and safe power supply. Repowering and optimization of the existing energy systems lay the foundations of cost-optimal pathways to achieving the emissions targets.