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  • True Cybersecurity Relies on Quality Engineering

    Jim Cahill
    One of the key highlights of Emerson’s Ovation Users’ Group is the wealth of outside perspectives users are exposed to across the week in Pittsburgh. Tuesday morning’s Cyber-Informed Engineering session was no exception. Virginia Wright , program manager for the Cyber-Informed Engineering program at Idaho National Laboratory shared her expertise with the audience, introducing what, to many, was a new concept in operational…

  • True Cybersecurity Relies on Quality Engineering

    Jim Cahill
    One of the key highlights of Emerson’s Ovation Users’ Group is the wealth of outside perspectives users are exposed to across the week in Pittsburgh. Tuesday morning’s Cyber-Informed Engineering session was no exception. Virginia Wright , program manager for the Cyber-Informed Engineering program at Idaho National Laboratory shared her expertise with the audience, introducing what, to many, was a new concept in operational…

  • Liberate Data for Better Wind Power Operations

    Jim Cahill
    The world has come to an interesting intersection. We need more renewable energy just as the aging wind turbine infrastructure, made up of many assets that are decades old, is beginning to underperform. However, replacing turbines is costly and regulations have changed making new installations more complex. So, power producers are looking to other options. In most cases, retrofitting the turbine control system is the…

  • Liberate Data for Better Wind Power Operations

    Jim Cahill
    The world has come to an interesting intersection. We need more renewable energy just as the aging wind turbine infrastructure, made up of many assets that are decades old, is beginning to underperform. However, replacing turbines is costly and regulations have changed making new installations more complex. So, power producers are looking to other options. In most cases, retrofitting the turbine control system is the…

  • Liberate Data for Better Wind Power Operations

    Jim Cahill
    The world has come to an interesting intersection. We need more renewable energy just as the aging wind turbine infrastructure, made up of many assets that are decades old, is beginning to underperform. However, replacing turbines is costly and regulations have changed making new installations more complex. So, power producers are looking to other options. In most cases, retrofitting the turbine control system is the…

  • Keeping up with the Evolution of Renewables

    Jim Cahill
    One of the highlights of attending the Ovation Users’ Group is getting to hear the experience of a wide variety of Emerson customers, whose experience and insights help users with less experience in a given area run their operations more efficiently and effectively. In 2024, one of those customers sharing his story was Joel Erwin from Vistra. As Vistra expands its renewables portfolio to meet the new energy economy…

  • Cleared for Takeoff: Future-Ready Innovations

    Jim Cahill
    As always, Rick Kephart hit the stage ready to talk about technology, once again focused on Emerson’s Boundless Automation vision—from the field to the cloud. While Rick’s entire roadmap for innovation plans for today, tomorrow, and the distant future, his opening presentation focused on short-term technology innovations; those that are coming in the next few years. A new Ovation Everything that is new and exciting…

  • Cleared for Takeoff: Future-Ready Innovations

    Jim Cahill
    As always, Rick Kephart hit the stage ready to talk about technology, once again focused on Emerson’s Boundless Automation vision—from the field to the cloud. While Rick’s entire roadmap for innovation plans for today, tomorrow, and the distant future, his opening presentation focused on short-term technology innovations; those that are coming in the next few years. A new Ovation Everything that is new and exciting…

  • Cleared for Takeoff: Future-Ready Innovations

    Jim Cahill
    As always, Rick Kephart hit the stage ready to talk about technology, once again focused on Emerson’s Boundless Automation vision—from the field to the cloud. While Rick’s entire roadmap for innovation plans for today, tomorrow, and the distant future, his opening presentation focused on short-term technology innovations; those that are coming in the next few years. A new Ovation Everything that is new and exciting…

  • Soaring to New Heights

    Jim Cahill
    The Ovation Users’ Group is a conference by and for the users themselves, and that hasn’t changed in the 37 years it has been running. Bob Yeager brought that group together by sharing how those users have made Ovation the leading platform for the power industry around the world—automating 20% of the entire world power generating capacity. In fact, Bob explained, “We have a huge install base in the United States. Sitting…

  • Soaring to New Heights

    Jim Cahill
    The Ovation Users’ Group is a conference by and for the users themselves, and that hasn’t changed in the 37 years it has been running. Bob Yeager brought that group together by sharing how those users have made Ovation the leading platform for the power industry around the world—automating 20% of the entire world power generating capacity. In fact, Bob explained, “We have a huge install base in the United States. Sitting…

  • Soaring to New Heights

    Jim Cahill
    The Ovation Users’ Group is a conference by and for the users themselves, and that hasn’t changed in the 37 years it has been running. Bob Yeager brought that group together by sharing how those users have made Ovation the leading platform for the power industry around the world—automating 20% of the entire world power generating capacity. In fact, Bob explained, “We have a huge install base in the United States. Sitting…

  • Explore the Grid Edge to See the Future of the Power Industry

    Jim Cahill
    As we talk more and more about a Boundless Automation vision for the future, one term that comes up frequently is the “edge”. After all, Boundless Automation is focused on seamless movement of contextualized data from the field, through the edge, and into the cloud. Most people understand that the edge is the closest practical point to actual operations, but it can still be difficult to identify exactly how companies…

  • Explore the Grid Edge to See the Future of the Power Industry

    Jim Cahill
    As we talk more and more about a Boundless Automation vision for the future, one term that comes up frequently is the “edge”. After all, Boundless Automation is focused on seamless movement of contextualized data from the field, through the edge, and into the cloud. Most people understand that the edge is the closest practical point to actual operations, but it can still be difficult to identify exactly how companies…

  • Explore the Grid Edge to See the Future of the Power Industry

    Jim Cahill
    As we talk more and more about a Boundless Automation vision for the future, one term that comes up frequently is the “edge”. After all, Boundless Automation is focused on seamless movement of contextualized data from the field, through the edge, and into the cloud. Most people understand that the edge is the closest practical point to actual operations, but it can still be difficult to identify exactly how companies…

  • Deep Energy Expertise Drives Improved Operations

    Jim Cahill
    As more and more power generators bring renewables assets into their portfolios, complexity of operations is becoming an increasingly popular theme. In a recent interview with Wind Systems magazine, Emerson’s Matt Roberts dug into that complexity and the tools available to help solve it. He started off with a common issue among generation and distribution companies, “We’re hearing customers say things like, “I want…

  • Deep Energy Expertise Drives Improved Operations

    Jim Cahill
    As more and more power generators bring renewables assets into their portfolios, complexity of operations is becoming an increasingly popular theme. In a recent interview with Wind Systems magazine, Emerson’s Matt Roberts dug into that complexity and the tools available to help solve it. He started off with a common issue among generation and distribution companies, “We’re hearing customers say things like, “I want…

  • Deep Energy Expertise Drives Improved Operations

    Jim Cahill
    As more and more power generators bring renewables assets into their portfolios, complexity of operations is becoming an increasingly popular theme. In a recent interview with Wind Systems magazine, Emerson’s Matt Roberts dug into that complexity and the tools available to help solve it. He started off with a common issue among generation and distribution companies, “We’re hearing customers say things like, “I want…

  • Understanding the Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape

    Jim Cahill
    Over the years, I’ve commonly seen organizations view cybersecurity in a siloed way. While everyone recognizes that cybersecurity is necessary, of course, it’s not typically considered core to the organization’s overall strategy and operations. I suggest a different perspective. For instance, let’s compare cybersecurity to a team sport. A sports team typically has offensive and defensive strategies. The team follows…

  • Understanding the Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape

    Jim Cahill
    Over the years, I’ve commonly seen organizations view cybersecurity in a siloed way. While everyone recognizes that cybersecurity is necessary, of course, it’s not typically considered core to the organization’s overall strategy and operations. I suggest a different perspective. For instance, let’s compare cybersecurity to a team sport. A sports team typically has offensive and defensive strategies. The team follows…

  • Understanding the Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape

    Jim Cahill
    Over the years, I’ve commonly seen organizations view cybersecurity in a siloed way. While everyone recognizes that cybersecurity is necessary, of course, it’s not typically considered core to the organization’s overall strategy and operations. I suggest a different perspective. For instance, let’s compare cybersecurity to a team sport. A sports team typically has offensive and defensive strategies. The team follows…

  • Give Legacy Wind Turbines a New Life with a Control System Retrofit

    Jim Cahill
    As more and more people and companies around the globe seek out renewable energy solutions , wind turbines have become an increasingly popular investment for energy producers . However, many of the assets these producers acquire are decades old, making them hard to monitor and even harder to control optimally. In his recent article in North American Clean Energy , Emerson’s Thomas Andersen shared that updating control…

  • Give Legacy Wind Turbines a New Life with a Control System Retrofit

    Jim Cahill
    As more and more people and companies around the globe seek out renewable energy solutions , wind turbines have become an increasingly popular investment for energy producers . However, many of the assets these producers acquire are decades old, making them hard to monitor and even harder to control optimally. In his recent article in North American Clean Energy , Emerson’s Thomas Andersen shared that updating control…

  • Give Legacy Wind Turbines a New Life with a Control System Retrofit

    Jim Cahill
    As more and more people and companies around the globe seek out renewable energy solutions , wind turbines have become an increasingly popular investment for energy producers . However, many of the assets these producers acquire are decades old, making them hard to monitor and even harder to control optimally. In his recent article in North American Clean Energy , Emerson’s Thomas Andersen shared that updating control…

  • Advanced Automation is the Key to Better Grid Management

    Jim Cahill
    Many modern power generation facilities are dealing with a two-pronged problem. On one hand, their assets are often decades old, and as a result, need a lot of attention to run at peak performance. However, the very people who have the deep industry expertise to keep those legacy assets running are retiring in droves, and the new people coming in to take their place rarely stay long enough to gain the necessary skills…

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