Cogen / CHP
For operators of power, steam, and utility facilities where energy generation and customers are co-located
Increase gross margin by 15%
Simultaneously reduce operating costs and identify opportunities to increase revenue
Real time reaction
React to changes in power prices, fuel costs, customer demands and asset performance
Flexible, transparent modelling
Model single generating units to complex, interconnected, cogeneration networks
Integrated CHP facilities
Energy intensive facilities like paper, sugar and steel mills with integrated power and steam generation.
Make optimal operational decisions with VOLT Live
- When should on site generation be ramped up and down to maximise revenue?
- If multiple fuels are available, how should they be used to minimise cost?
- What is the impact of varying fuel quality on asset dispatch?
- How should operators react to step changes in demands or financial conditions?
- How should nominations (e.g. GSAs, PPAs) be made to maximise margin?
Make optimal strategic decisions with VOLT Planning
- What is the impact of changes in long term steam customer demands?
- How should biomass stockpiles be managed?
- What is the value in more active energy trading? How does it impact asset dispatch?
- How can commercial structures like PPAs or GSAs be evaluated and costed?
- Is load shedding economically viable? How can it be managed operationally?
Multi-utility CHP precincts
Multi-tenancy CHP facilities where steam, power and water is distributed through private networks to co-located customers such as petrochemical plants.
Make optimal operational decisions with VOLT Live
- When should power be exported or imported using a grid connection?
- When should boilers be used to de-couple steam and power demands?
- When should steam turbine extraction be used instead of steam let down?
- How should operators react to step changes in demands or financial conditions?
- How can coordination between multiple assets be executed to reduce fuel costs?
Make optimal strategic decisions with VOLT Planning
- What is the impact of changes in long term steam customer demand?
- What is the value of new generation assets? How does It impact existing dispatch?
- What is the cost of supply diversity constraints?
- What is the value in alternative fuel stockpile strategies?
- What are the costs of asset and instrument restrictions?