Digital Networks Prove Reliable, Reduce Costs

The debate over the benefits of using digital bus networks as the communications backbone of new power plants is all but settled. The technology is maturing, and the reliability of digital hardware is superior to that of hardwired systems. Newmont Gold Mining's 200-MWTS Power Plant is perhaps the power industry's best example of how a plantwide digital controls architecture can provide exceptional reliability and be significantly less costly to install.