van Gerwen Rob

Established in 1927, KEMA is a commercial enterprise, specializing in high-grade technical consultancy, inspection, testing and certification. Much of the company’s work centers round innovative technology. As an independent organization, KEMA supports clients concerned with the supply and use of electrical power and other forms of energy. KEMA has a high-end reputation as a testhouse for the famous Dutch KEMA-KEUR and tens of other quality marks. Furthermore, the company’s consultants provide technical solutions, strategic advice and insight into financial implications on all kinds of energy issues. KEMA tailors its services to clients’ needs and often implements solutions on clients’ behalf. Quality and reliability are integral to all KEMA’s activities. In its 75 years in the utility business, KEMA has provided energy consulting and technology implementation expertise to some 500 utilities in 70 countries around the world. One of KEMA’s uniqueness lies in its combination of utility business management and technical skills in helping companies to improve the management of their assets.

The biggest challenge facing generation, transmission and distribution utilities today is aligning the management of infrastructure assets with corporate objectives. Justification for spending now has to meet not only engineering criteria related to operations and reliability but also stringent business case rate-of-return requirements. KEMA approaches asset management from both a business and technical perspective, linking a utility’s operational objectives with customer expectations, regulatory requirements, financial objectives and other stakeholder goals.

We use proven methodologies and models for asset condition assessment and evaluation of life extensions, upgrades, and overloading of individual assets. Our integrated approach results in optimal strategies for operations and maintenance programs, addressing life extensions, upgrades, monitoring and diagnostics, replacements, and congestion mitigation.

The result? Our services can help our clients better balance the risk of equipment failure against maintenance or capital replacement choices. We’ll help them more effectively manage the risk of low-probability, high-cost events, optimize the balance between risk of and investment in aging assets, defer investments, and reduce capital and O&M spending by prioritizing investment based on corporate objectives for reliability, power quality, safety and environmental considerations.