Why this matters now Renewable generation has moved from pilot projects to core capacity, and the shift to widely dispersed, remotely managed assets expands the cyber-attack surface for utilities. A resilient posture now hinges on redundant connectivity,...
Managing power generation is complex even in the best of times, but with an emerging new energy economy, operations have become significantly more difficult. Today, organizations are not just trying to manage many different OEM versions of a single type of generation...
Modern society is facing two complex challenges emerging in parallel. On one hand, electrification around the globe is expanding at a mind-blowing rate. AI, personal electronics, electric vehicles, and more have dramatically increased energy consumption, and there...
There is no question that the rise of renewable energy has complicated operations for power generators and distributors. New technologies mean new devices and lots more data to manage. With each passing year, everything seems to be getting bigger and more complicated....
As electrification continues to increase around the globe, more and more power generators—including utilities—are looking for new sources of generation to keep up with demand. On the most basic level, the push toward more electric vehicles and the electronic devices...
Emerson’s Bob Yeager, Rick Kephart, and Glenn Heinl launched another exciting week in Pittsburgh with their keynote presentations at the 2025 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference. Bob began the event by sharing some of the many ways Emerson will be “leading the future”,...
One of the key reasons power generators are turning to renewable energy sources is that the technology has been stable for quite a long time. Photovoltaic solar and wind turbines are well understood, and quite readily available. Putting the energy they generate on the...
Increasing global dependence on electricity is a given. Every year communities around the world add new technologies aimed at improving everything from communication to transportation to manufacturing. As a result, the need for an increase in renewable power...
The power industry is in a state of rapid change, and generation and distribution operations are changing alongside. The cost of renewables assets has reduced dramatically, making it common for modern power generators to harness a wide array of technologies to meet...
One of the most exciting things about the rise of solar energy as a viable technology has been witnessing just how quickly solar operations around the globe have grown in scale. Today’s utility-scale solar farms can be huge, generating hundreds or thousands of...
Whether it is utilities generating the electricity that powers homes and businesses around the globe, or more localized power facilities providing generation for industrial processing plants, such as oil cracking or chemical manufacturing, modern power generation is...
Renewables are a primary topic of discussion at Emerson’s 2024 Ovation™ Users Group conference in Pittsburgh, and in a presentation by James Fraser, Brett Benson, Ole Binderup, and Matthew Roberts, attendees could quickly see why. The group shared the many ways the...
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