Coal-Fired Power Plants

01 · Scope

Project context and delivery environment.

Asset Performance Management Program delivery across two coal-fired power plants.

Client: Aboitiz Power Corporation
Plants: 2 coal-fired power plants - Therma South and Therma Visayas
Combined Capacity: 640 MW
Location: Davao and Cebu, Philippines
Period: 2023-2024
Main Equipment: Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boilers, steam turbines, generators, boiler feedwater pumps, ID/FD/PA fans, air preheaters, condensers, and cooling-water systems

02 · Personal Contribution

These statements describe NJ's direct role within the wider project organization.

01
Led the predictive-analytics and anomaly-detection workstream across the two-plant program, working with Aboitiz reliability and plant teams in the Philippines.
02
Owned technical requirements, data-readiness assessment, predictive-analytics requirements, UAT, deployment readiness, Go-Live coordination, training, and operational handover.
03
Defined requirements and user workflows for centralized plant monitoring through the Unified Operations Center.
04
Coordinated a cross-country team spanning Thailand and the Philippines through on-site workshops, remote execution, documented action ownership, and milestone-based site visits.
05
Led critical on-site Go-Live activities at Therma South, including UAT closure, model validation, user training, issue resolution, and Go/No-Go readiness.

03 · Outcome

Successfully brought Therma South into production use before the end of NJ's assignment.
Enabled plant teams to use predictive analytics and anomaly detection to support more condition-informed operating and maintenance decisions.
Reduced unnecessary time-based maintenance activities for selected equipment and generated maintenance savings.

Technical Program ManagementPredictive AnalyticsData ReadinessUATGo-LiveCross-Country DeliveryTraining & Handover