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Situational Awareness Technology Trends for Renewable Portfolio using SCADA GMS

Sept 23, 2013

Michael Liska – InvenergyWilliam Schwant – Structure

Mario Marchelli – Structure

EMMOS User Conference

Invenergy Presentation

Agenda

Introduction to Invenergy

Challenges for Portfolio of Renewables

Functionality Criteria and Situation Motivations

Implementation of Situational Awareness Solution

Realized Benefits and Forward Impacts

Who is Invenergy Developed 7,100 MWs of utility-scale renewable and natural gas-

fueled power generation facilities in the US, Canada and Europe

Operates 3,150 MWs of Wind Renewables in North America

28 Wind Sites representing ~2,000 Turbines

Where is Invenergy

• Sites Located in

15 States, 2

Canadian

Provinces and

Europe

• Headquartered

in Chicago Ill

• Participates in ERCOT, PJM, BPA, MISO, WECC, NYISO,

IESO, and Hydro Quebec

Who Invenergy is …Tomorrow

Exploring international development

opportunities in Japan, Mexico, UK and

more

Increasing integration of solar and natural

gas assets into the generation portfolio

Rapid growth of the wind fleet

Distinctive Considerations

Key Considerations & Constraints

Monitoring and Control Responsibilities

Site Control

Turbine Control

Operation includes ability to remotely Open Breakers as well

as Reset Turbines

Connection standards with each Market Operator (ERCOT,

PJM, WECC, MISO, NYISO, IESO, Hydro Quebec)

Operations Centralized for diverse geographic

regions

Change Drivers

The motivation for the change was to bring all Monitor and Control functions in-house at Invenergy

Standardization of Operation

Discontinuing 3rd party services

Retiring all equipment which vendors no longer support

Transitioning original portfolio

Portfolio expansion

Uniform supportability

System environments arrangement (Dev / Test, DR, Prod)

Functionality Migrations, Site Additions and Redundancy)

Issues to Overcome

Piece by Piece - Not a conglomerate, started small and grew

site by site

Unique Boutique -Too many dissimilar systems making it

difficult to centralize

Expiration Date- Legacy Custom Systems with expired

Support

Looking Forward - Desired Standardization, Continuity,

Similarity…

Situational Awareness for Renewable

Portfolios Technology Trends

Power Forecast Accuracy

Communication, &

Assimilation

Evaluated Control

Options: GMS Vendors RTU Communication Individual OEM Controllers Develop In House Solutions

Situational Awareness Solution -

Implementation

Scalable: Summary, Dashboard, Site, Turbine

Smoothing Differences (ERCOT vs. PJM Dashboards)

Similarities / Efficiencies

The site specific OEM Wind farm Controllers persist, relegated to

redundant backups

Situational Awareness Solution -

Representing Scale

Situational Awareness Solution -

Turbine Control (Standard and Advanced)

Situational Awareness Solution -

Assimilating Differences

Situational Awareness Solution -

Centralized Alarming

Situational Awareness Solution

Similarities / EfficienciesSingle Source Navigation for:

GMS Overview Screen

Substation Displays

Power Control Display

Turbine Control Display

Operation Dashboards

Market Information Display

GMS Health Monitor

Alarm Management

Logging

Staying Healthy & Growing

Daily Operation

Supportability

Incorporating New Sites (Planned for development 7 Sites and 690 MWs over next twenty-four months)

Assimilation of other unit types

Questions / Discussion

Presenter Contact Info

Michael Liska - Invenergy LLC

MLiska@invenergyllc.com 312-582-1566

William Schwant –The Structure Group

William.Schwant@thestructuregroup.com 512-921-5063

Mario Marchelli –The Structure Group

Mario.Marchelli@thestructuregroup.com 832-563-0897