Ovation Automation Platform 4.0

Purposeful, software-defined automation drives innovation for smarter, more efficient power & water industry operations.

Shaping the Future of Automation

For decades, the industry-leading Ovation™ automation platform has been helping customers optimize operations to deliver reliable power, green electricity and clean water. The Ovation 4.0 release goes a step further with a future-proof, scalable software-defined architecture. Advanced applications, grid edge management, expanded analytics, intuitive operator environments and AI capabilities provide deeper insights with actionable information for faster, data-informed decisions; all backed by our comprehensive service and support programs. Ovation 4.0 enables modern and more sustainable operations—at your own pace.

Experience the Value of Ovation 4.0

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Future-Proof Infrastructure

Technology that evolves to keep pace with rapidly changing portfolios and market conditions

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Increase Flexibility

Scalable, purpose-fit designs and options to fit your needs

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Reduce Complexity

Remove siloes for seamless data communication across the value chain

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Enhance Situational Awareness

Holistic view of operations with data-driven insights for optimized operations

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Cloud-Enabled Capabilities

Create and test control strategies with confidence in a risk-free environment

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AI-Enabled Guidance

Empower your workforce with predictive and prescriptive insights

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Comprehensive Support

Operate safely, consistently and economically with expert lifecycle services and support

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Cybersecurity Solutions

Deploy a secure architecture with defense in depth approach

Cohesive Software-Defined Architecture

Our adaptive, next-generation, software-defined Ovation 4.0 architecture is designed to break down data silos, liberate data and unleash the power of software. Seamlessly and securely manage, connect and deliver real-time, democratized data across your value chain to improve operational performance and efficiency.

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Improve Operations at the Edge

Industrial edge control converts costly, cumbersome big data from grid edge assets into affordable, manageable “little data,” where every problem is clearly identified and rapidly solved, allowing companies to plan better and reduce maintenance and downtime. The Ovation grid edge technology stack is an integrated grid automation ecosystem that delivers real-time, high-resolution, bidirectional edge data for distributed resource management. 

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See More From a Single Pane of Glass

Gain a clear view of operations with unfiltered real-time data using fit-for-purpose, intuitive visualization software. Robust Ovation Green and Ovation View HMI software seamlessly connected to assets and integrated with the automation platform securely provides the right data to the right person, anywhere and at any time. Local or remote teams can monitor and operate a single asset or a fleet from unified dashboards to make data-driven decisions. 

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Enhance Performance with Transformative Software

Our portfolio of Ovation advanced industry software uses real-time modeling, digital twins, machine learning and AI to take operations and maintenance to a new level, helping transition from a reactive approach to a predictive or prognostic strategy. Integrated, dedicated GenAI deployment trained on a secure foundation of knowledge-based data, will augment workforce expertise and thought processes to enhance productivity by prioritizing and automating tasks.

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Unlock Capabilities from Anywhere at Any Time

Create, manage and access Ovation automation platform engineering tools or digital twin simulation from anywhere, securely in the risk-free cloud environment. Operators and engineers can connect to simulated replicas of their control systems or engineering tools—managed and maintained by Emerson—via a secure web interface. Provides access to multiple users at multiple sites for increased flexibility and ease of collaboration.

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Confidently Operate with Comprehensive Services

The Ovation automation platform is backed by comprehensive lifecycle support programs and expert services that preserve investments, helping customers to operate safely, improve asset reliability and optimize process capabilities. Software term license options delivered by Emerson’s Guardian™ digital platform, simplify the end-to-end lifecycle management of Ovation automation technologies.