Engineering Journal
Field Notes from Critical Infrastructure
Engineering deep-dives, case studies, and platform updates from the team building the future of energy infrastructure software
Insights, case studies, and tutorials
Day-Ahead Hourly Electricity Demand Forecasting: A Spanish Case Study at 1.21% MAPE
In a 2018 test our system achieved an hourly MAPE of 1.21%, and combining it with the operator's forecast reduced the operator's error by 7.2%. This article describes the results, the methods used and the main limitations of the study.
- Revaz Chikashua
- Case Study
SCADA Modernization: How a Digital Operating Layer Extends the Control Room
SCADA remains essential for monitoring and control. A digital operating layer extends it with simulation, forecasting, event context, and system integration.
- MetaEnergy Team
- Insights
Auditable Hydraulic Calculations, Not Spreadsheets
Ordinary hydraulic spreadsheets can obscure units, pressure basis, fitting sources, and assumptions. Learn what an auditable engineering record preserves.
- Revaz Chikashua
- Insights
The Single-Model Trap in Gas Demand Forecasting
Most gas demand forecasts ride on one model. MetaCast treats model choice as evidence, comparing 16 forecasters and audited ensembles across delivery points, seasons, and horizons.
- Revaz Chikashua
- Insights
From Hours to Seconds: Alarm Routing for a 2,000+ Device Gas Distribution Network
How MetaPulse turned fragmented field telemetry across 2,000+ devices, manual handovers, and delayed alarm escalation into a structured response workflow for gas distribution operations.
- Revaz Chikashua
- Case Study
Why Static Pipeline Schemes Can’t Run a Live Gas Network
Static pipeline schemes help teams orient, but live gas networks need current telemetry, dynamic topology, audit trails, and role-based dispatching.
- Revaz Chikashua
- Insights
We ran critical systems. This is what we learned to build.
We do not begin with screens. We begin with operational questions - lessons from 18 years inside critical infrastructure.
- MetaEnergy Team
- Insights