PROBLEM
Unplanned downtime
Cogeneration units are – as a critical infrastructure – required to be operational at a moments notice by State. If they are not, the plant operator loses on government subsidies, or is penalised. Ensuring the power & heat generation fleet is in operational state requires constant presence of monitoring and servicing crews as well as earlier than usual exchange of parts – seized cylinder or burned down generator can take days, even weeks, to repair. This significantly lowers the profit margin.