Adani Power
Adani Power centralizes the control of its power plants with AVEVA PI System
Adani Power, India's largest private power producer, needed to monitor and optimize the performance of its generator fleet spread across multiple sites, while its decentralized software solutions made data storage, retrieval and analysis difficult. The group was dealing with multiple software licenses, varied cybersecurity requirements and complex changes involving several third-party systems. Adani Power deployed AVEVA PI System to build a centralized dispatch schedule monitoring system (DSM) as well as a dedicated auxiliary power consumption system, streamlining data collection, access, analysis and reporting. The Indian energy leader now oversees all its thermal power plants on a single platform from a central control room. The DSM enables real-time, data-driven decision-making, reducing commercial losses, optimizing profitability and improving overall plant efficiency by combining historical data with real-time streams.
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How does AVEVA PI System centralize monitoring of a multi-site power generation fleet?
AVEVA PI System brings together operational data from the thermal power plants of Adani Power, India's largest private power producer, on a single platform. The solution replaces a time-consuming decentralized architecture with a centralized data infrastructure that feeds Dispatch Scheduling Monitoring (DSM). Analysts access both real-time and historical data from a central control room, streamlining data collection, access, analysis and reporting across the group.
Why is Dispatch Scheduling Monitoring strategic for a power generator?
The Indian electricity market requires Adani Power to meet its dispatch commitments or face commercial penalties. The DSM built on AVEVA PI System monitors the gap between scheduled and actual generation in real time, enabling immediate corrective action. This predictive capability reduces commercial losses caused by uncorrected deviations and optimizes operational profitability. It is a strategic use case for any generator operating in a regulated, competitive electricity market.
How does AVEVA PI System optimize a power plant's auxiliary power consumption?
Auxiliary power consumption (auxiliaries, pumps, fans) represents a significant share of gross generation. Adani Power deployed a dedicated system based on AVEVA PI System to monitor this consumption in real time and identify optimization opportunities. The granularity of the data makes it possible to compare performance between plants, share best practices and reduce internal consumption, directly increasing the net saleable output and therefore the group's profitability.
What operational benefits does an operator gain from centralized monitoring?
Adani Power now monitors all its thermal power plants on a single AVEVA PI System platform from a central control room. The DSM enables data-centric, real-time decision-making, reduces commercial losses, optimizes profitability and improves overall plant efficiency. Combining historical data with real-time streams gives managers a strategic view, while operators have the tactical responsiveness needed for day-to-day operations.
How can licenses, cybersecurity and databases be streamlined across an industrial fleet?
A decentralized architecture at Adani Power multiplied software licenses, databases and cybersecurity requirements, making every change dependent on several third-party systems. Consolidating on AVEVA PI System streamlined this complexity: a single platform to secure, maintain and evolve. This simplification reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) and frees IT/OT teams to develop new high-value business use cases.