Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, is introducing a global network of TOMONI HUBs that use artificial intelligence to provide real-time, cyber-secure interactive support of plant operation and maintenance (O&M) decision making. TOMONI HUBs include connected software, hardware and services that provide pre-warning of impending issues or needed corrective action to avoid unit trips or load reductions, eliminate energy efficiency losses, and avoid unnecessary maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The global network includes TOMONI HUBs in Takasago and Nagasaki, Japan; Orlando, Florida, United States; and Alabang, Philippines, with a fifth HUB to be commissioned in Duisburg, Germany, in the third quarter of 2021. Each HUB accesses cybersecure cloud-based analytics and uses distributed knowledge databases that incorporate knowledge gained from global Mitsubishi Power experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOMONI HUBs support all types of energy systems, including traditional steam power plants and gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) plants, as well as renewable power plants, distributed generation, emerging smart energy systems, and all-duration energy storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Christensen, Manager of Special Projects and Vice President, Intermountain Power Service Corporation in Delta, Utah, United States, said, \u201cIn planning for the Intermountain Power Project\u2019s 840 megawatt power plant<\/a>, which will be an early adopter of green hydrogen technology, we sought a partner that could provide actionable insights to ensure that multiple new technologies are working together to ensure availability and operability. With the TOMONI HUB, the Intermountain Power Plant will be the smartest, most resilient plant in the Americas when it comes online. It gives us confidence that we will have resources to help us react not only to O&M issues, but also to challenges such as weather extremes and operational flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power plants using Mitsubishi Power\u2019s TOMONI solutions on average have 2\u20134 fewer days of unplanned downtime and 3\u20134 fewer days of planned downtime per year than similar unconnected plants, providing millions of dollars of annual value for their owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe name HUB conveys the central role our facilities are increasingly playing in channeling expert O&M support for on-site personnel and an evolving workforce,\u201d said Hiroyasu Ishigaki, General Manager of the Mitsubishi Power ICT Operations Department in Yokohama, Japan. \u201cMitsubishi Power remote monitoring has already become an integral element in the support of many plants\u2019 successful O&M results. With TOMONIHUBs, we can now provide valuable support far beyond just monitoring\u2014further extending the Japanese TOMONI concept of working \u2018together with\u2019 our customers to increase real-time collaboration among the energy system operators and the worldwide resources and expertise of Mitsubishi Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTOMONI HUBs extend the advanced capabilities that Mitsubishi Power\u2019s Remote Monitoring Centers provided for more than 20 years to make power plants more reliable and profitable,\u201d Ishigaki added. \u201cNew technical capabilities introduced in recent years include remote inspection and maintenance via virtual presence technologies as well as remote operation. Many of the technologies were validated at Mitsubishi Power\u2019s T-Point 2 power plant, the smartest power plant in the world, which is currently being operated remotely from the Takasago TOMONI HUB.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOMONI HUBs provide global fleet-wide centralized resources for advanced O&M support, paving the way for the smarter and ultimately more autonomous power plants of the future. These plants will be more responsive and resilient, seamlessly interacting with the electrical power grid, energy storage, hybrid plants and renewable generation sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, is introducing a global network of TOMONI HUBs that use artificial intelligence to provide real-time, cyber-secure interactive support of plant operation and maintenance (O&M) decision making. TOMONI HUBs include connected software, hardware and services that provide pre-warning of impending issues or needed corrective action to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15402,"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15399\/revisions\/15402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaversenewswire.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}