Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries accelerates its path to carbon neutrality with AVEVA PI System
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2040 and therefore needed to decarbonize its plants, improve visibility into its Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and oversee geographically dispersed systems. The group extended its use of AVEVA PI System, AVEVA PI Vision and AVEVA PI Server across all its businesses, integrating the solution into TOMONI, its proprietary suite of intelligent data solutions. The platform now connects more than 145 facilities, more than 680,000 data points and 24,000 visualization displays hosted on Microsoft Azure. Four TOMONI HUBs provide 24/7 customer support for all thermal power plants. The benefits are concrete: continuous site monitoring and analysis, protected critical data, successful remote commissioning during the pandemic, capture of up to 5,000 tons of CO2 per day, and a 50% hydrogen co-firing rate achieved on the way to 100% by 2030.
FAQ
How does AVEVA PI System support Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' 2040 carbon neutrality goal?
MHI relies on AVEVA PI System, PI Vision and PI Server integrated into its TOMONI suite to continuously monitor more than 145 facilities, 680,000 data points and 24,000 visualization screens hosted on Microsoft Azure. This massive data infrastructure is essential for measuring, analyzing and optimizing Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions globally. Without this real-time visibility, achieving carbon neutrality by 2040 would remain a theoretical goal that is impossible to manage in practice.
What is TOMONI and how does AVEVA PI System fit into it?
TOMONI is the exclusive suite of intelligent data solutions developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for its customers. AVEVA PI System is its technological foundation: real-time collection, contextualization, visualization and analysis of data from power plants and industrial equipment. Four geographically distributed TOMONI HUBs provide 24/7 monitoring. For a major OEM, this integration transforms the business model: from equipment supplier, MHI becomes a strategic partner in its customers' operational performance.
How does AVEVA contribute to capturing 5,000 tons of CO? per day?
The carbon capture technologies developed by MHI capture up to 5,000 tons of CO? per day, monitored via AVEVA PI System. The platform makes it possible to optimize capture process efficiency in real time, track performance and prove environmental impact to regulators and customers. For high-emitting industrial facilities, carbon capture and storage (CCS) monitored via AVEVA becomes a credible, auditable industrial solution. It is an emblematic use case of deep decarbonization through data.
How does AVEVA support the move to 100% hydrogen by 2030?
MHI's gas turbines have reached a 50% hydrogen co-firing rate, with a target of 100% by 2030. AVEVA PI System continuously monitors combustion parameters, fuel quality and emissions, ensuring operational stability as the fuel mix evolves. The ability to analyze historical patterns and model future behavior is essential to a gradual transition to hydrogen. AVEVA thus becomes a key technology partner in decarbonizing the global energy sector.
How did remote monitoring via AVEVA help during the pandemic?
During the pandemic, MHI successfully carried out remote commissioning thanks to AVEVA PI System hosted on Microsoft Azure. Expert teams, confined to their offices, were able to monitor and start up facilities without traveling. This operational resilience, made possible by the cloud architecture, safeguarded customer commitments and demonstrated the maturity of the remote service model. It is now a standard of the TOMONI model: the manufacturer's added value is no longer limited to physically delivering the equipment.