Utilities are at an inflection point. As the strain on the grid has intensified in recent decades, the role of a utility has become more complicated. In the U.S., 70 percent of transmission lines are more than 25 years old, and some parts of the grid have been around for over a century. With the added demand of solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, the power and utility industry is taking action quickly to plan for the energy transition

AspenTech® experts have put together this document on top questions and answers related to the webinar: Enhance Distillation Column Design and Operation to Meet Sustainability Goals.

Dr. Paige Morse, AspenTech's sustainability director, shares the company's holistic view on sustainability. Topics include empowering customers to advance their specific initiatives, the importance of industry partnerships, co-innovating on the circular economy, the latest regulations and legislation plus more.

Urea fertilizer plays a crucial role in maintaining global food security, and its utilization is growing globally. The production of urea is often energy intensive and can be difficult to simulate due to the complex nature of physical properties.

For Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest electric and natural gas provider, the energy transition is well underway. In fact, with a Clean Energy Plan that provides a blueprint for an aggressive buildout of renewables, Consumers Energy is fully embracing the transition while remaining committed to providing reliable energy to its customers, even as extreme weather events become more frequent.

Watch Dr. Nina Schwalb, Vice President of AspenTech DataWorks, in her first-ever AspenTech webinar as she discusses industrial data management and AspenTech Inmation.

In the fast-paced world of specialty chemicals and polymers, rapid design and development are critical to stay ahead. Process simulation technology has evolved to streamline these processes, delivering accelerated product launches and efficient scale-ups.

This paper explains how AspenTech and Microsoft are collaborating to design a quantum chemistry workflow.

As critical net-zero targets remain top of mind for today’s chemical and energy companies, technologies like solvent-based carbon capture can be deployed to reduce carbon emissions and advance sustainability goals.