CIR Florence
New CIR, the heart and brain of the digital network unveiled in Florence.
Inaugurated together with the mayor of the city and the President of the Region, the new Command and Control Center for Plants and Networks was opened. This cutting-edge infrastructure, based on advanced technology, further enhances the monitoring and remote management of the Group’s 74,000 km gas distribution network.
The new Center, built within the facilities of its subsidiary Toscana Energia, operates in symbiosis with its “twin” in Turin.
“Thanks to the new command and control center for plants and networks,” commented Eugenio Giani, President of the Tuscany Region, “Florence and Tuscany will become the heart, or more precisely the brain, of a national digitalized gas distribution network.”
This new infrastructure will enhance our ability to remotely manage networks and plants, optimize the monitoring and analysis of operational data, and improve our predictive maintenance programs. The new Center will further raise the levels of safety, flexibility, and speed of intervention—both on-site and remotely—ensuring continuous control, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
The CIR: two fully integrated areas operating in perfect synergy
The spaces are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing on common topics as well as focus on specialized subjects.
Reports from Emergency Response
In this area, the reports received via the Emergency Response toll-free number are managed: from receiving the request to providing immediate instructions, from issuing work orders to the technicians in the field to their direct intervention.
DANA
Here, remote command and control of the network is carried out using the proprietary software DANA (Digital Advanced Network Automation), which allows instructions to be given by interacting with sensors and actuators installed along the network.
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CIR Activities
The new Command and Control Center for Plants and Networks opens in Florence, enhancing the safety and responsiveness of interventions on our network.
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Emergency Response reports
It receives, provides information on immediate actions to be taken, and manages the field intervention service.
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DANA
Through DANA, it monitors and acts directly on the network remotely, paving the way for the expansion of predictive maintenance programs.
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A fully digitalized network
Advanced software, centralized management, and predictive maintenance mark a further step forward towards the automation of networks.
The continuous pursuit of innovation has allowed Italgas and its subsidiaries to be recognized as benchmarks in the industry. The technological upgrade has triggered a Copernican revolution that has completely transformed our networks, making them one of the engines of the ecological transition to net zero and the sustainable development of our cities. With the new Center in Florence, we also reach another important milestone: we are getting closer to the goal of a fully digitalized network capable of functioning like the nervous system of the human body, with the ability to react at both central and local levels.
Paolo Gallo
AD di Italgas
