Prasentia and OSIsoft Announce Partnership in Providing Wind Power Plant Management Systems
Prasentia and OSIsoft, the leader in Real-time Performance Management (RtPM) software, today announced Prasentia has joined OSIsoft’s Channel Partner Program as a Gold-Level System Integrator. Under the strategic alliance agreement, both companies will work together to provide the wind power industry with state-of-the-art tools for optimization of wind energy assets, including the development, integration, and demonstration of OSIsoft’s RtPM software into Prasentia’s Real-Time Wind Power Portfolio Management (RT-WPPM) service. The goal is to create a platform that provides real-time, high resolution information for management of utility-scale wind projects.
“OSIsoft is the clear leader and best technology choice for dealing with the large volumes of high-resolution data that wind farm portfolios produce,” said Dave Roberts, president of Prasentia. “And, the RtPM platform provides an easy-to-use toolset to manage and analyze high-resolution real-time data to achieve improved economic returns for our wind farm clients. We believe the combination of OSIsoft and Microsoft’s core technologies with Prasentia’s deep wind power knowledge will provide the fast-growing wind energy market with a powerful toolset for optimizing wind energy assets.”
“OSIsoft’s RtPM platform is designed to optimize efficiency,” said Michael Saucier, Vice President of Marketing at OSIsoft. “Working together, the various components of the platform create a synergy that provides organizations with the right information at the right time. Prasentia is leveraging our innovative technology to create a transformation in the wind power industry.”
Prasentia standardized on the OSIsoft-based system for numerous reasons, not the least of which was OSIsoft’s 20-year track record in real-time performance management. The company is well-acquainted with the power sector as a whole, and has been instrumental in providing solutions for challenges faced by the industry.
Other benefits of the OSIsoft technology, which is backed by the longevity of Microsoft technology, include the strength, ease of use and integration, and its open, flexible architecture. OSIsoft’s RtPM is an events-driven platform that provides unified, role-based portal views of wind asset information that can be tailored for specific needs of executives, management, engineering, and operations. Prasentia’s RT-WPPM provides the capability to run dynamic performance reports, key performance indicators (KPIs), fleet-wide portfolio analysis, forecasting/scheduling, and asset benchmarking.
About Prasentia
Founded in May 2003, Prasentia provides truly independent data applications and services to third party owner and operators. Recognizing the increasingly significant impacts of maximizing uptime on utility-scale wind projects, Prasentia offers industry-leading information systems, tools, and data analyses to the wind power industry, providing transparent and independent turbine, project and portfolio analyses. Prasentia currently supports 11 projects in North America, totaling over 470 MW. Further information about the integrated products and services provided by Prasentia is available on the web at www.prasentia.net .
About OSIsoft
OSIsoft delivers the world’s leading operational Real-time Performance Management (RtPM) Platform. This Platform crosses enterprise boundaries to incorporate and visually display user-configured, real-time operational event data, fueling the business decision cycle to drive collaboration and intelligent actions. More than 10,000 OSIsoft customers worldwide use RtPM as the foundation to continuously improve the performance of their organization. RtPM unlocks the hidden value in these systems by delivering high-fidelity information for real-time action. The company’s fierce commitment to customer satisfaction is unparalleled in the industry. For more than 20 years, customers have trusted OSIsoft’s breakthrough products, including the PI System, to preserve and harness real-time data. Only OSIsoft’s RtPM Platform provides an end-to-end experience — from problem identification, through cause-and-effect determination and ultimately to resolution/ implementation — supporting both tactical and strategic modes of operation.
Founded in 1980, OSIsoft Inc. is headquartered in San Leandro, Calif., with operations worldwide and is privately-held.
Further information about the integrated products and services provided by OSIsoft is available on the web at www.osisoft.com .
