Description of the procurement
The contracting entity intends to procure a contract for the supply and support of renewable generation operations analytics software.
It is proposed that the contract will include (non-exhaustive list — high level scope).
• Set up of a performance monitoring and analytics system for the operational ESB Renewables Fleet.
• The system shall be scalable i.e. it must have the ability to seamlessly add new generating units or new generation technology types.
• The system shall allow easy and flexible plotting, comparison, trending and correlation of all historic and real-time SCADA data points. Multiple graphing and formatting options shall be available and customisable by user.
• Specialised tools and visualisations, applied to Windfarm technology, will be specifically required for, but not limited to, the following:
— turbine and site underperformance detection;
— power curve analysis, with the ability to:
(a) compare actual curves to warranty, historic and other turbine power curves,
(b) filtering of undesirable points e.g. grid dispatch down, noise curtailment, etc.,
(c) correction of data due to air density, wind direction, etc.;
— yaw and pitch misalignment detection;
— correlation plotting;
— fault analysis;
— grid, noise, environmental curtailment mode analysis.
• Real-time monitoring dashboards of performance on fleet level, unit level and generator level with mapping functionalities.
• An automated alerting/notification/reporting system for underperformance and anomaly detections. The system shall allow a user-friendly and easy to use, deeper dive into the details of these alerts.
• The system shall be able to integrate with other data sources such as modelling outputs, asset management software, forecasting provider, health and safety KPI database, etc.
• Automated historic performance reports or dashboards on a desired interval e.g. daily, monthly, quarterly reports with ability to format and add features by user.
• The contractor shall have telephone and email support.
• Depending on the solution proposed, an appropriate support/maintenance structure must also be provided.
Optional requirements are:
• Storage of historical SCADA data or connection to an ESB storage solution. Inclusion of high-resolution CMS data storage also optional.
• Predictive maintenance tool.
• Asset life extension module.
• Real-time HMI for mobile access from smartphones, tablets, web-clients, etc.