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Products and ServicesControl SoftwareEnstorm (Energy Storage Manager)Enstorm ("Energy Storage Manager") is PCE's cutting-edge intelligent solution that leverages AI technologies to seamlessly integrate energy storage resources (battery, pump storage, etc) into the automatic generation control process. Enstorm connects planning tools (whether unit commitment or market day-ahead results) and the dynamic nature of real-time operation. Enstorm enables power systems to fully benefit from energy storage to reduce energy costs, reduce emissions, and improve reliability. Priority-based Generation Control for Balancing Authorities (PGC-BA)PGC-BA software augments and optimizes the control functions of EMS's built-in AGC for Balancing Authorities (BA). Seamlessly integrating with any EMS or GMS, PGC-BA is a revolutionary leap in generation control. PGC-BA has been field-tested in real-time operation against virtually every major AGC on the market in BAs across the US. It has shown obvious improvement and tremendous savings in every single field trial. Priority-based Generation Control for MISO (PGC-MISO)PGC-MISO optimizes profitability of generation resources, while maintaining compliance with MISO rules. It easily integrates into the EMS or GMS of any MISO generating company. PGC-MISO has been field-tested in real-time operation in several market participants, and has improved both quality of control and market profit. PGC Renewable Optimization ModulePGC Renewable Optimization Module enables PGC to control the output of solar and wind generating units, along with fossil-fired types, economically and in compliance with reliability standards, to meet the demand. PGC Short-term Wind Forecaster ModulePGC Short-term Wind Forecaster Module is optimized for predicting wind on a short-term (~15 minute) basis. It can automatically submit offers to the market with operator oversight. PGC RTOE Automation for MISO ModulePGC RTOE Automation for MISO Module constantly evaluates when plant operation is not in line with hourly offer parameters. Its intelligent AI engine discovers opportunities where employing an override through MISO's Real Time Offer Enhancement would be optimal and appropriate. Monitoring and AnalysisCOBALT (Control and Operations Balancing Authority Logistics Toolkit)COBALT is PCE's state-of-the-art suite of tools to:
Generation Performance Monitoring (GenPM)GenPM is an innovative system for the collection, storage, and presentation of generation control process data. Visual Unit Generation Scheduler (Visual UGS)Visual UGS is a revolutionary look-ahead tool. It incorporates all available information to provide operators and planners with projections about system resources, margin, etc at any moment, hours or days in the future. Ancillary Services Opportunity Cost (ASOC) Analyzer for MISOGenerating companies in an energy/ancillary service market have the option to provide ancillary services (particularly load following, regulation, and contingency reserve), gaining ancillary service revenue and incurring some costs. These costs have many drivers, from the wear and tear on the units caused by following regulation signals, to penalties for quality of response, to energy opportunity cost. The ASOC Analyzer software was created to estimate how much ancillary services really cost and how well the market compensates their provision. The package helps analyze, pinpoint, and describe the drivers of such costs. Regulation Score Card (RSC)The RSC package calculates a number of regulation-related KPIs, including an estimate of overall delay in response, to enable detection of defects and errors in power plant control response. ServicesGeneration Control SimulationIn order to fully optimize its generation control software, PCE has developed a state-of-the-art simulator specifically for modeling the automatic generation control process. The PCE Simulator is also extremely useful for evaluating the impact of possible system changes that may affect the generation control process. Energy Storage Utilization ConsultingPCE works on the cutting edge of integrating energy storage resources (including hybrid and co-located resources) into the generation control process. PCE can provide guidance and consulting on the best ways of utilizing energy storage to enhance the generation control process, help evaluate the benefits, and avoid commonly encountered pitfalls. |
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