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Renewable Energy Automation Solutions
Renewable Energy Automation Solutions
A Secure Investment in the Future
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Youve made a significant investment in your renewable energy site.
Maximize your return by optimally managing those assets.
Emerson is the leading global
automation supplier for the power
industry. We have a rich history of
providing proven solutions for a
variety of energy generating assets
including coal-fired, combined
cycle, and cogeneration units. For
the past 20 years, we have built
upon our successful fossil-fuel
foundation to develop automation
strategies for green energy sites.
As the leading power automation
expert, Emerson is the only vendor
with the people, tools, and tech-
niques to fully evaluate your renew-
able energy needs and provide you
with a low-risk solution.
We have perfected strategies that
expertly control everything from
individual plant components
to the most complex power gen-
eration processes. An integral part
of our results-oriented approach
is the seamless integration of geo-
graphically remote units into
a unified auto mation system.
Whether it is control of a single
energy source or management of
an entire generation fleet, Emerson
provides a total solution from
local field devices, to supervisory
control and data acquisition, dis-
tributed control, and digital bus
architectures.
Protect your green energy investment by collaborating with Emerson,
an experienced automation supplier, to meet renewable challenges head-on:
Our demonstrated experience will help to expedite design, construction,
installation, and outage activities, thus enabling you to immediately generate
power in the most cost-effective manner.
Emersons automation solution centralizes management of all your assets into
a single unified system. Our SCADA system provides interoperability between
equipment within a single plant, between similar sites, or across geographical
areas encompassing all your power generating facilities.
Our strategies are designed with safety in mind. Our solutions enable safe and
secure plant operation by complying with industry standards. Emersons goal
is to protect your renewable assets from cyber or physical attacks and your
people and equipment from harm.
Emerson is the logical choice for a low-risk automation provider. Each green
energy solution follows a disciplined process that incorporates proven techniques
that are systematically implemented by our power generation specialists. Our
proven approach maximizes your return on investment with minimal risk.
Time to
Market
Fleet
Management
Safety &
Security
Risk
Mitigation
Emersons expertise expands
beyond the typical supply of con-
trol products; we are known world-
wide for our ability to manage the
entire scope of a project including
design, build, installation, and
best-in-class long-term service. Our
support programs keep your plant
running at peak performance.
Emerson
The Secure Choice for Automation 3
Solar
Acconia Solar Power Nevada One

Nevada, USA
FPL Energy Solar Electric Generating

Systems (SEGS) California, USA
Iberdrola Energia Solar De

Puertollano Spain
Acconia La Risca

Spain
Geothermal
ORMAT Omesa

California, USA
Wind
Beijing TianYuan KeChuang

WindPower Technology Co., China
Hydroelectric
GAMEK Capanda

ELEM (7 sites) Macedonia
JSC Saratovskaya GES (13 sites)

Russia
SCE Big Creek

California, USA
Dominion Bath County Pumped

Storage Virginia, USA
EGAT Lam Ta Khong

Thailand
Oglethorpe Power Rocky Mountain

Georgia, USA
Grant County PUD (2 sites) -

Washington, USA
BioMass
Kaosiung Central Municipality

Taiwan
Veolia Bay County

Florida, USA
Veolia York Recovery Resources

Pennsylvania, USA
Suzhou Suneng

China
Duke/Ever-Green Energy St. Paul


Minnesota, USA
Elektrownia Stalowa Wola

Poland
Over 20 years Global Renewable Automation Experience
Emersons innovative technology, process expertise,
and long-term support ensures the most efficient and
cost-effective integration of your green energy assets.
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Comprehensive Solutions
Emerson
The Secure Choice for Power Expertise
Plant Types
Wind Farms

Solar Fields

Photovoltaic
Parabolic trough
Concentrating solar tower
Stirling engine
Hydroelectric Plants

Impoundment dam
Pumped storage
Diversion (run of the river)
Geothermal Plants

Binary cycle
Dry steam
Flash steam
Heat pumps
Biomass Plants

Cogeneration
Waste-to-energy (landfill)
Hydrokinetic Plants

Tidal action
Ocean current
Wave energy
Plant Control and Monitoring
Applications
Wind farm applications

Nacelle
Individual blade pitch control
Solar field applications
Mirror assembly positioning
All major hydroelectric plant

applications
Pond control
Hydraulic pumping units
Wicket gates and outlet
chambers
Blade pitch control for hydro
turbines
Geothermal plant applications

Brine injection
Applications common to various

plant types
Binary cycle
Steam turbine
Heat exchanger
Economic dispatch
Energy management
Excitation system
Generator synchronization
Intelligent Field Devices
Pressure, transmitter, flow,

and level transmitters
Liquid/gas analyzers

Valves and valve actuators

Control system intelligent

electronic device (IED)
integration
Intelligent Device
Management
Health monitoring

Calibration

Configuration

Audit trails

Vibration monitoring

Asset management

Fleet Management and
Optimization
Fleet-wide integration

(multiple plants)
Enterprise historian and

report generator
Fleet-wide asset management

and reliability programs
Performance monitoring

Process loop analysis and tuning

Economic optimization

Electrical and Auxiliaries
UPS, power conditioning,

and distribution
Motors

Couplings

Gear reduction drives

Backup power generators

Plant Control and Monitoring
Systems
Distributed control system

(HMI, controllers, network, etc.)
Plant historian and report

generator
Electronic documentation

Integration with third-party

systems and Intra-Internet
Fieldbus solutions (HART,

F
oundation fieldbus, Profibus
�
,
DeviceNet , etc.) 5
Wind Farm
Geothermal Plant
Hydroelectric Plant
Solar Field
Biomass Plant
Central Control Room
Hydrokinetic Plant
Comprehensive Solutions
Energy Management and
Online Plant Modeling
Optimization
Equipment performance

modeling
Contingency analysis and load

shedding
Remote breaker control

Synchronization

Engineering Services and
Lifecycle Support
Front-end engineering and

design (FEED) capabilities
Installation, commissioning,

and startup services
Long-term maintenance

Optimization programs

Educational services

Integration services

Security assessments

Plant Optimization
Unit response optimization

Economic optimization

Process loop analysis and tuning

Simulation
First-principle

Algorithmic

Tie-back

Virtual technology

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Geothermal Plant
Solar Field
Nuclear Plant
Simple or Combined
Cycle Plant
Ovation
Control System
AMS Asset
Management
Scenario Simulation
Powerful Platforms
Digital Automation
Architecture
PlantWeb
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is an automation
architecture that delivers asset
management, process control,
and management execution
through intelligent field devices,
industry standard platforms, and
integrated modular software. It
provides seamless connection
to widely adopted digital smart
device communication protocols
including HART, F
oundation
fieldbus,
Profibus DP, and DeviceNet.
Process Control System
The Ovation
�
expert control sys-
tem is a product of Emersons four
decades of experience in process
control for the power generation
industry. Ovation utilizes commer-
cially available, off-the-shelf tech-
nology to provide a powerful and
secure architecture while allowing
your system to easily progress with
rapidly advancing computer tech-
nologies. Ovation provides a seam-
less interface with the most widely
adopted bus standards allowing
you to incorporate smart device
technologies into your process.
Ovations embedded advanced
algorithms and proven industry-
specific control routines assure
that you can optimize your opera-
tions to maximize efficiency,
productivity, and profitability.
Asset Management
The AMS
�
Suite of applications is
a core component of the proven
PlantWeb digital plant architec-
ture. AMS Suite powers PlantWeb
by using predictive intelligence
to improve availability and per-
formance of production assets,
including mechanical equipment,
electrical systems, process equip-
ment, instruments, and valves.
The AMS
�
Suite: Intelligent Device
Manager provides a powerful
tool for predictive diagnostics,
documentation, calibration man-
agement, and configuration of
intelligent devices. With the AMS
Device Manager, the Ovation
expert control system offers
seamless communication with
intelligent field devices and bus