Yorkshire Water energy management solution

17 Dec 2010

Capula has successfully delivered the first phase of the Yorkshire Water TSV (Times Series Values) Project, which is a modern, scaleable and maintainable solution for data storage, retrieval and analysis by Yorkshire Water.

As one of the ten largest Water Utilities in the World, Yorkshire Water has identified the need for high quality operational information to help it improve business performance. It is Yorkshire Water’s intention to run their Water & Sewage operations using a production plant philosophy to deliver improved efficiencies, and end-to-end visibility of data and information is key to this.

The Capula solution, utilising the PI (Process Information) technology from OSIsoft, allows the company to monitor key parameters for each of their 25 most important Waste Water and Sewage Treatment sites from anywhere within the territory - even from a Land Rover using Toughbooks and 3G connections.

The displays, developed jointly by Capula and Yorkshire Water, allow data to be presented concisely at a number of different levels from high level management reporting to detailed site or device-specific root level analysis through a single user interface.

The solution allows Yorkshire Water to mitigate and adapt to climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions through a more efficient and economical use of energy (projected at more than £1.35m over five years).

An additional specific benefit has been the ability to optimise the bio digesters to maximise methane production, which is then used to generate electricity on site and further reduce bought in energy costs.

"Yorkshire Water recognise the numerous benefits of investment in the operational IT solutions utilising the OSIsoft PI infrastructure that Capula has delivered,” said Chief Executive Roger Turner, "We have an excellent relationship with Yorkshire Water and are working with them to roll out the solution to their Clean Water business units while further developing the dashboard displays to provide additional benefits to a wider audience within its organisation".

If you would like further information, please email our Business Development Team: sales@capula.co.uk

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