Cote D’Ivoire gas plant employs AI to reduce emissions

GE Vernova's carbon emissions management software CERius will be showcased in project developer Globeleq’s Azito Energie gas power plant in Cote D’Ivoire.

According to GE Vernova, Azito Energie is the first company in the world to access this technology and use it to make more informed decisions on how to reduce carbon emissions.

The Azito power plant generates electricity using natural gas from the country’s offshore gas fields. The facility uses combined cycle gas turbines that generate 713MW of electricity, equating to approximately 30% of the country’s base load generation.

CERius works by using AI and machine learning (ML) to track companies' carbon-neutral goals. The system automates greenhouse gas data collection and then makes recommendations to reduce emissions by offering scenario analysis, team collaboration and standardised reporting based on GHG protocols.

Gionata Visconti, COO of Globeleq, commented in a statement: “...it is vital that we are able to monitor and report our emissions from one of our key thermal plants in a timely and accurate manner. At the same time, we can use the information from CERius to reduce and abate our emissions."

Visconti added that Azito is an essential part of Cote d’Ivoire’s energy infrastructure, and it's therefore critical to use data to make better planning decisions.

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“One of the most effective ways to drive emissions reduction in the energy sector is to pursue digital transformation,” said Linda Rae, general manager, Power Generation & Oil and Gas, Electrification Software, GE Vernova.

“While many energy industrials have been reporting emissions for years, the process is labour intensive, slow to surface insights, and based upon generic formulas. The energy transition demands agility, speed and accuracy of data collection – CERius offers the fidelity of reporting emissions down to a specific asset, which can unleash actionable insights to help improve scope 1, 2, and 3 data accuracy and reporting, in addition to measuring abatement planning strategies,” added Rae.

A question of compliance

Increasingly, global regulations are being passed around emissions reporting, such as the recent rules passed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which seeks to require companies to report emissions for the first time.

Implementing systems such as CERius will be an important tool to ensure compliance in this evolving regulatory landscape.

Said Rae, “As we see the rise of environmental reporting across the energy supply chain by regulators, stakeholders and investors, software will be a game-changer for power utilities, if applied at speed and to scale.”

Azito already uses GE Vernova’s Asset Performance Management (APM) software’s APM Reliability Plus module, which uses algorithms, AI, and ML to help predict potential failures in the power plants before they occur.