Hydropower plants, like all industrial assets and processes, generate an enormous amount of data, says GE Renewable Energy Chief Technology Officer Danielle Merfeld, who spoke earlier this month in the shadows of the Grande Arche, a giant marble-clad cube that overlooks the business district of La Défense in Paris. “You can transform that data into value by getting the customer’s
Whatever your industry, you may have invested in Big Data in the hopes it will increase your efficiency and save you money. Perhaps you have a vision of a self-optimizing plant that gets smarter over time, gives you end-to-end visibility and saves you millions. But the results haven’t materialized, and you’re still looking for a way to turn that data into dollars.