WE ENERGIES SELECTS INVENSYS TO IMPLEMENT SIMSCI-ESSCOR OPERATOR TRAINING SIMULATORS

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WE ENERGIES SELECTS INVENSYS TO IMPLEMENT SIMSCI-ESSCOR OPERATOR TRAINING SIMULATORS
19 June 2005 - Invensys plc

Multi-million dollar simulation project will help this large public utility maintain operational excellence across its fleet of electric generating assets We Energies, a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation, has awarded Invensys Process Systems a multi-million dollar contract to implement Operator Training Simulators throughout this large public utility's fleet of electric generating stations.

The contract includes the development and implementation of a SimSci-Esscor brand DYNSIM high-fidelity plant simulator for We Energies' two existing 650 MW coal-fired units at Pleasant Prairie, WI and at the company's two new 615 MW coal-fired super-critical units planned for construction at Oak Creek, WI. Invensys' single-source OTS solution for the high-fidelity plant simulators will merge the power and flexibility of SimSci-Esscor's DYNSIM process modeling tools with Emerson Process Management's virtual stimulation software for the OVATION distributed control system.

Invensys will also provide a generic (non-high fidelity) 690 MW Drum Unit simulator to be used to help train operators across We Energies' fleet of generating assets.

According to Steve Allison, a training and development consultant at We Energies, "This combination of high-fidelity and generic training simulators will be used to help us achieve and maintain a high level of operational excellence. Due to the impending retirement of many of our most experienced process control operators, the simulators will help us jump-start the training of younger operators, enabling them to respond more effectively to a wide variety of plant situations. Perhaps more importantly, the simulators will enable operations management to replicate events and capture data that can be used to provide the empirical evidence needed to effect change and continuously improve operations.

"The SimSci-Esscor simulators will also provide plant engineers with an effective validation tool to try out and evaluate new control strategies in a safe, offline environment.

"Invensys made our short list of vendors that had the specific resources, experience, and knowledge base needed to successfully implement this important OTS project. From this list, we ultimately selected Invensys because the company's DYNSIM OTS solution utilizes very flexible object-oriented technology and a user-friendly Windows interface that eliminate the need for IT support staff," said Allison.

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