Utilities

When it comes to bulk power generation – whether solar, wind, hydro, gas or other power sources, smart energy production infrastructure is key to improving productivity - particularly through applications that can monitor, [showmore] control and automate operations in real-time. Nokia Digital Automation Cloud is a flexible, cost-effective wireless connectivity solution enhanced with smart operation applications and devices to make that happen. We help utilities overcome coverage and capacity restrictions for real-time connectivity, and enable asset management, control and authentication without the added worry of huge wiring and related costs.   

As an example, wind and power plants (both on and off-shore) benefit from online condition monitoring, smart/predictive maintenance for continuous operations, as well as improved management and control of energy production. Likewise, early detection of photovoltaic (PV) faults can be done using image recognition and visual imaging. Drones can be employed for situational awareness of the production sites and surveillance with video analytics. In hydropower plants, the water levels, weather and air quality measurements can be observed in real-time. 

Only by extending your communication reach deep into the distribution grid, will you be able to facilitate distributed renewables and storage integration, automated distribution, substation automation, advanced metering [showmore] infrastructure and develop platforms for new business models. 

To gain intelligent control over electrical power grid functions at the distribution level, pervasive wireless connectivity is an essential component. Transition towards Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS), requires a reliable communications infrastructure to monitor, control, coordinate and manage distributed energy assets connected to the utility in real-time. With connected and coordinated network optimization and control, you can ensure system reliability, power quality and availability, forecast generation and demand and optimize dispatch and active power management in real-time with respect to network constraints.

Nokia communication solutions provide power utilities with the critical connections to enable grids to operate more efficiently, reliably and safely.

With the rise of the energy prosumer, both individuals and businesses are experimenting with not only a two-way flow of energy, but an all-way flow in which neighbors can sell excess energy to each other. Likewise with [showmore] cloud-based Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) now creating an “internet of energy”- the landscape of energy supply and demand services has changed, offering sustainable benefits such as the ability to deliver peak load electricity or load-following power generation on short notice. While more flexibility allows the system to react better to fluctuations, the resulting complexity requires complicated optimization, control, and secure communications. 

By implementing Nokia Digital Automation Cloud, you will ensure an easily manageable infrastructure that’s designed to securely connect all locations and transform the massive data streams generated by sensors and other devices into rich, real-time insight.