TNB Renewables Sdn. Bhd. (“TRe”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (“TNB”), the national electricity utility company, is partnering Envision Digital International Pte Ltd (“Envision Digital”) to deploy big data analytics applications in its large scale solar (LSS) farm in Sepang, Selangor in Malaysia to improve energy productivity and operational efficiency.
The 50 megawatts (MW) solar farm is one of the largest in Malaysia with 238,140 solar panels generating more than 110,000 megawatt-hour (MWh) of energy in its first year of operation in 2019.
The project with Envision Digital will involve the deployment of its cloud-based digital analytics applications. Powered by Envision Digital’s AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) operating system, EnOSTM, the applications will strengthen TRe’s ability to actively contribute to the growth and use of renewable energy sources across the company’s portfolio of energy assets.
Together the end-to-end solution will help TRe’s operations team to have quick, real-time access to the farm’s operation status, generation performance, power output, and accurate power forecasts. This will improve operational and maintenance efficiency, and ensure TRe can manage grid supply and demand effectively.
Mohd Yusrizal, Managing Director of TNB Renewables said: “We constantly seek innovative technology solutions that will help accelerate our growth in the renewable energy sector. The solar farm in Sepang is our first large scale solar project in Malaysia. By adopting cloud-based solutions, we can monitor and analyse the solar farm’s performance remotely and achieve better returns on investment. TRe is also committed to adopting innovative solutions in building up our capability towards becoming a leading RE asset developer and asset manager within Malaysia and the region.”
Sylvie Ouziel, International President of Envision Digital said: “As Malaysia strives to achieve 20 per cent renewable energy capacity by 2025, projects such as this, which help improve the productivity of existing renewable energy assets through the application of AIoT technology are vital. Wider adoption of AIoT in the renewable energy sector can hopefully in time amplify the benefits of this. We are delighted to strengthen our relationship with TNB Renewables Sdn. Bhd. on this project and to be playing a role in building a more sustainable energy sector and future for all Malaysians.”
This project is part of a broader partnership between both organisations to collaborate on multiple initiatives revolving around new energy and digital transformation. Eventually, TRe will build a digital renewable energy platform leveraging Envision’s EnOSTM AloT operating system, to connect various renewables assets and applications, such as biogas, biomass and mini hydro. The platform will not only provide asset operation and performance visibility to TRe, but also allow the integration and synergised operation among various renewable energies.
About Envision Digital
Envision Digital is a global AIoT technology leader headquartered in Singapore with over 500 employees across ten offices in China, France, Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Envision Digital owns EnOS™ – the world-class AIoT operating system which currently connects and manages over 63 million smart devices and 120GW of energy assets globally. Its real-time monitoring, best-in-class advanced analytics, forecasting, and optimising applications provide insights to help clients better manage their assets and portfolio performance in a highly scalable way end-to-end. Its offering extends to Smart Renewables (Solar, Wind); Smart Cities; Connected Energy; and Smart Plants; partnering companies and governments in their digital transformation journey.
As a major player in AIoT operating systems, Envision Digital is growing an ecosystem of partners to enable energy and digital transformation globally. Its growing list of over 250 customers and partners spans across ten industries and includes: Accenture, Amazon Web Services, GovTech Singapore, Keppel, Microsoft, Nissan, PSA International, PTT, Sonnen, Tableau and Total.
For more information, visit www.envision-digital.com
About TNB Renewables Sdn Bhd
TNB Renewables Sdn Bhd (TRe) – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) – was established in 2018 to grow the renewable energy (RE) business for TNB. Since then, TRe has grown its domestic RE installed capacity to 97MW and developed capabilities to manage RE assets profitably.
From the total installed capacity, 65 per cent of it is in solar, 17 per cent in biomass/biogas and the remaining in mini-hydro.
TRe will focus on securing RE projects through cost optimisation and strengthening its asset management capability, capitalising on its existing local assets. TRe focuses on doing the right thing first in the development of RE projects and creating values during the asset management stage.
About Tenaga Nasional Berhad
TNB’s core activities are in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. In addition to being the nation’s primary electricity generation enterprise, TNB also transmits and distributes electricity to about 9.8 million customers in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Federal Territory of Labuan.
Media Contacts
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Envision Digital Ash Lim T: +65 6351 9288 |
Sandpiper Communications for Envision Digital Rosemary Lee / Denise Beh T: +65 6971 1098 |
TNB Renewables Sdn. Bhd
Fitri Majid at +60-13-3626923 / Grace Tan at +60-16-6626229 / Nasir Aziz at +60-18-9434524
or email to: media@tnb.com.my
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