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94 its disposal – but how to draw real value from this was another challenge it needed to tackle .
The problem with data analytics , particularly at this magnitude , is that it ’ s often isolated and difficult to utilise enterprise wide . “ Whether it ’ s power plants or gas storage , these sorts of assets are actually quite digitised already ,” muses Dr . Stephan van Aaken , VP responsible for Digital Transformation of the Asset Business at Uniper . “ Nowadays you can hardly run a power plant without sensors or the industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ) but none of these are perfectly utilised . Often information is siloed and organised in different places which means the whole organisation can ’ t reach its optimum capability .”
There are many forward-thinking questions facing today ’ s utility and power giants . How much coal or gas do they
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Dr . Stephan van Aaken Dr . Stephan van Aaken is Vice President of Asset IT , Architecture & Optimisation . His previous roles include Head of Asset Information and Head of Asset Power Market Risk . He graduated with an Engineering Degree from the RWTH Aachen . MARCH 2019