Renewasoft Technical Blog
In-depth articles on the energy market, artificial intelligence and hydroelectric plant management.
Real-Time Monitoring: How to Design Alarm Generation in SCADA (Threshold, Trend and Anomaly Approaches)
Operational value comes not from data flowing on a screen but from the operator seeing the right thing at the right time. We cover threshold, trend and anomaly alarm design and rules against alarm floods.
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Time-Series Data: How to Store SCADA Data with a Timescale/TSDB Approach (Partitioning, Retention, Query Performance)
To keep second-level SCADA telemetry for years and still query it fast, we walk through the time-series database approach: data modeling, partitioning, retention, compression and query performance.
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What Is a Digital Twin Used for in Hydropower Plants? Practical Scenarios, Architecture Layers, and an Implementation Roadmap
A hydropower plant's performance cannot be summed up in a single MW figure. We explain what a digital twin is, which asset it mirrors, its architecture layers and a practical implementation roadmap.
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Cybersecurity and Access Control: Critical Risks in SCADA and Energy Systems
Remote access, cloud integration and analytics improve efficiency but also widen the attack surface. We cover the most critical cyber risks and access control approaches in SCADA and energy systems.
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What Is SCADA? Which Data Are Critical in Hydropower Plants (HPPs)?
SCADA is the supervisory layer that collects field data and provides centralized monitoring and control. In hydropower plants, critical data go beyond electrical measurements to include process and asset-health signals.
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OPC UA and Field Connectivity: How to Build a Secure “Field-to-Cloud” Data Flow for Hydropower Plants
Instead of exposing OT to the Internet, controlled egress via an edge gateway and an industrial DMZ is the safest pattern. We explain field-to-cloud data flow with the OPC UA security model and IEC 62443.
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Digitalization in the Energy Market: Less Risk, More Control with Data-Driven Decision Systems
In the energy market a good decision never comes from a single number: price, production, reservoir, failure risk and time all move together. We cover KPIs, a dashboard example and a decision-support flow.
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Maintenance Planning: An Integrated Operations Approach through Spare Parts Inventory, Work Orders, and Schedule Integration
When maintenance is delayed, the consequences are operational and economic, not just technical. We explain a maintenance planning approach that integrates spare parts, work orders and scheduling.
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Balancing Costs and Deviation (“Imbalance”) Management for Hydropower: How to Move from Reactive Firefighting to Proactive Planning
A few megawatt-hours of deviation can quietly turn into a serious settlement cost. We break down balancing costs and show how to move from reactive firefighting to proactive planning.
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Failure Kanban Approach: SLA-Based Standardization of Maintenance Workflow in Energy Facilities
When work orders arrive through SCADA alarms, phone calls and emails, maintenance slips out of control. See how a failure Kanban and SLAs standardize maintenance workflows in energy facilities.
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