GE Expands Its Innovative Advanced Gas Path Technology to Fifth Gas Turbine Fleet & Announces First Adoption in the Cement In...
May 16 2018 - 11:00AM
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- GE Announces Three New AGP Orders
Globally with Saudi Cement, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
and Ohgishma Power Co. Ltd.
- Project with Saudi Cement Marks First
Installation on a GE 6B Gas Turbine and the First in the Cement
Industry
- Project with Ohgishma Power Marks First
Win for 9F AGP Technology in Japan
- GE’s AGP Technology Spans Its 6F, 7F,
9F, 9E and 6B Gas Turbine Fleets
GE’s Power Services business (NYSE: GE) today announced another
significant series of milestones with its innovative Advanced Gas
Path (AGP) solution—a win with Saudi Cement in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia that expands this technology to the fifth GE gas turbine
fleet, the 6B, and marks the first AGP installation in the cement
industry. In addition, its win with Ohgishma Power marks the first
win for GE’s 9F AGP technology in Japan.
“Since 2010, our revolutionary AGP technology has been installed
on 435 units across four GE gas turbine fleets in 39 countries on
five continents,” said Scott Strazik, president and CEO of GE’s
Power Services business. “Now, we are expanding our AGP solution to
GE 6B gas turbines to increase output and availability on our fifth
gas turbine type. In certain industrial applications, the need for
more megawatts, efficiency and flexibility is paramount, and our
AGP technology can help cement companies like Saudi Cement increase
their power capacity.”
In a deal that represents the first time GE’s AGP solution will
be implemented to strengthen power generation productivity for the
cement industry globally, GE will upgrade Saudi Cement’s three GE 6B gas turbines at its Hofuf plant in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The upgrade will help Saudi Cement
increase power output and efficiency while reducing the need to
draw power from the national grid in support of the Kingdom’s drive
towards greater economic diversification. The AGP upgrade will help
scale up the combined output by a total of up to 16.9 percent
across the three turbines.
Mohammed AlGarni, CEO of Saudi Cement, said, “Power supply is
both a key input and one of the major costs in our manufacturing
process. Reliable, efficient electricity supply is thus essential
to the continuous operations of our facility as well as our
competitiveness. GE’s Advanced Gas Path upgrade solution will allow
us to improve efficiencies and become more self-sufficient in power
production.”
GE also announced two other milestones with its AGP
technology:
- GE signed a $52 million agreement with
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) to install its AGP
technology on three GE 9E gas turbines at the Jebel Ali Power &
Desalination Station. The upgrade will be installed next year. The
agreement aims to increase energy production, improve efficiency
and reduce carbon emissions in the future. It supports efforts to
achieve the Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy, as well as improving
DEWA’s production efficiency, which increased by 28.86 percent
between 2006 and 2017. The necessary improvements will be made to
extend the life cycle of the gas turbines for an additional 12
years, increase production, improve efficiency and reduce emissions
from these turbines.
- In its first 9F AGP installation in
Japan, GE signed a service agreement with Ohgishma Power Co. Ltd.,
a subsidiary of Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K, to
upgrade three GE 9F gas turbines with AGP, DLN2.6+ and OpFlex*
technologies at the Ohgishima Power Station in Kanagawa. The
upgrades will help Ogishima to improve efficiency by 2.5 percent
and reduce its emissions level to 15 ppm nitrous oxide to help
Tokyo Gas remain competitive and profitable in very dynamic power
industry.
GE’s AGP solution offers customers a range of performance
advancements that can be tailored based on their operational,
business and energy market needs. It has delivered significant
market-based benefits around the globe, including saving customers
$775 million a year and providing about 7 gigawatts of additional
power capacity. AGP technology is helping to generate nearly 19.4
million additional megawatt-hours of power a year, which is enough
to power equivalent of approximately 2 million homes.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) is the world’s Digital Industrial
Company, transforming industry with software-defined
machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and
predictive. GE is organized around a global exchange of
knowledge, the "GE Store," through which each business shares and
accesses the same technology, markets, structure and intellect.
Each invention further fuels innovation and application across our
industrial sectors. With people, services, technology and scale, GE
delivers better outcomes for customers by speaking the language of
industry. www.ge.com
About GE Power
GE Power is a world leader in power generation with deep domain
expertise to help customers deliver electricity from a wide
spectrum of fuel sources. We are transforming the electricity
industry with the digital power plant, the world’s largest and most
efficient gas turbine, full balance of plant, upgrade and service
solutions as well as our data-leveraging software. Our innovative
technologies and digital offerings help make power more affordable,
reliable, accessible and sustainable. For more information, visit
the company's website at www.gepower.com.
About GE’s Power Services
GE’s Power Services, headquartered in Baden, Switzerland,
delivers world-class service solutions for our customers across
total plant assets and their operational lifetimes. This
organization supports 2,800+ customers worldwide with an installed
base of 28,000+ power generation assets across 90+ brands of power
generation equipment and taps into the Industrial Internet to
improve the performance of our solutions over the entire life cycle
through the power of software and big data analytics.
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countries.
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