Global Best Practices in Operations and Maintenance
Once the ribbon cutting ceremony has concluded, the real work of operating and maintaining microgrids and fleets of Distributed Energy Resources has just begun. This presentation will debunk myths (a Maintenance Program is the same as monitoring your assets; renewables need no maintenance; WhatsApp is enough to conduct maintenance activities) and also tell success stories (from the Arctic to Nigeria, what works well). We will touch on specific ways to reduce operational costs, gain lower insurance premiums, navigate warranty claims, avoid local vandalism will be iterated. Finance and design of microgrids are just the beginning: O&M is the secret to ensuring that investors' ROI is achieved. Distributed assets need to achieve their full useful life, as local employees achieve their full potential. The role of software innovations, integrated monitoring and control technologies, and the value of data will also be touched on.
Speaker:
Piper Foster Wilder
Founder and CEO
60Hertz Energy
Piper Foster Wilder is the Founder and CEO of 60Hertz Energy. The company develops software to maintain fleets of distributed energy resources -- from village infrastructure, to remote industrial sites, to solar arrays. The company has won more than 10 national and international awards for their work. Piper was inducted into the Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame in 2022; is a 2020 Tory Burch Foundation Fellow and former German Chancellor Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She has raised more than $3M for the start-up over the past five years. The company serves customers from Nigeria to the Canadian Arctic, including the US Navy. Foster Wilder was previously the Vice President of Amatis Controls, an Internet of Things company. She lives in Anchorage with her husband and 4 yr old daughter.
Founder and CEO
60Hertz Energy
Piper Foster Wilder is the Founder and CEO of 60Hertz Energy. The company develops software to maintain fleets of distributed energy resources -- from village infrastructure, to remote industrial sites, to solar arrays. The company has won more than 10 national and international awards for their work. Piper was inducted into the Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame in 2022; is a 2020 Tory Burch Foundation Fellow and former German Chancellor Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She has raised more than $3M for the start-up over the past five years. The company serves customers from Nigeria to the Canadian Arctic, including the US Navy. Foster Wilder was previously the Vice President of Amatis Controls, an Internet of Things company. She lives in Anchorage with her husband and 4 yr old daughter.