ELPEDISON Chooses GE Digital Software to Help Ensure Greece’s Access to Reliable Energy
December 13 2022 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- APM Reliability helps reduce unplanned downtime by predicting
equipment issues before they occur
- The installation of this software at ELPEDISON’s two combined
cycle power plants reinforces GE’s strategic relationship with the
company
- ELPEDISON’s focus on energy reliability comes as Europe is
dealing with a significant energy supply crunch
GE Digital, an energy software leader, today announced that
ELPEDISON S.A., the first independent energy producer in Greece,
has chosen its cloud-based Asset Performance Management (APM)
Reliability application to improve the reliability of its combined
cycle fleet. The software will be installed at ELPEDISON’s Thisvi
and Thessaloniki power plants, making it the first energy company
in the country to cover an entire combined cycle plant with digital
twin technology.
APM Reliability helps reduce unplanned downtime by predicting
equipment issues before they occur. The software provides
asset-intensive organizations with operational visibility and a
comprehensive set of analytical tools—including digital twin
blueprints—to help reduce asset failures, control costs, and
increase production availability. From the plant to the enterprise,
it’s designed to work across a broad array of assets (fixed,
rotating, and non-rotating), equipment types and manufacturers (GE
and non-GE), and industries.
This news comes after a recent Bloomberg report citing comments
by Greek Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas that his country is
predicting a “winter full of challenges…in terms of supply adequacy
and energy prices.” It’s important now more than ever that energy
companies across the region have the tools they need to ensure
access to reliable power.
“We are proud to be the first Greek energy company to adopt
artificial intelligence tools to improve the availability of our
power plants,” said Silvio Jean, Power Generation Director at
ELPEDISON. “Higher availability of the power plants means higher
resilience of the Greek power network, reducing the possibility of
energy cutoffs. We believe that the new digital technologies will
provide an excellent contribution to boost the efficiency in all
the company’s processes, bringing value and knowledge to the
country and to our final customer.”
The installation of APM Reliability reinforces an already
existing strategic relationship between GE and ELPEDISON. In
September 2021, GE Gas Power announced the completion of a
significant project to modernize the company’s Thessaloniki power
plant with upgrades to its power generation assets—consisting of a
GE 9F gas turbine and a Franco Tosi-supplied steam turbine—and the
installation of GE Digital’s Operations Performance Management
(OPM) software. ELPEDISON successfully uses OPM to analyze
Thessaloniki’s plant operations and monitor thermal performance to
drive improved efficiency and flexibility.
“We’re excited to be expanding our relationship with a leading
energy company like ELPEDISON,” said Linda Rae, General Manager of
GE Digital’s Power Generation and Oil & Gas business. “Ensuring
access to reliable power is important work because the world would
slow to a standstill without it. This is where software like APM
Reliability comes in because you can’t ensure reliability without
it. Software is the solve for this and other aspects of the energy
transition.”
GE Digital was recently named a leader in the 2022 Verdantix
Green Quadrant for APM Solutions. Earlier this year, the company
also achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Energy Competency status
based on its APM software. This designation recognizes GE Digital’s
expertise in using AWS to build, implement, and integrate
technology that helps accelerate the energy transition for energy
companies.
More information about GE Digital software for the power
generation industry can be found here.
About GE Digital:
GE Digital, an integral part of GE Vernova’s portfolio of energy
businesses, is a $1 billion software business putting data to work
to accelerate a new era of energy. GE Digital has pioneered
technologies like Industrial AI and Digital Twins to serve
industries that matter for decarbonization like energy,
manufacturing, aviation. Our software drives insights customers
need to transform how they create, orchestrate, and consume energy.
Over 20,000 customers world-wide use our software to fuel
productivity and reliable operations while reducing costs and
carbon for a more sustainable world. For more information, visit
www.ge.com/digital. GE Vernova, a dynamic accelerator comprised of
our Power, Renewable Energy, Digital and Energy Financial Services
businesses, focused on supporting customers’ transformations during
the global energy transition.
About ELPEDISON:
ELPEDISON, the result of the collaboration between two experts
in their respective fields, the Greek Group of Hellenic Energy and
the Italian Edison, is a leading company in energy production and
the supply of both electricity and natural gas. With a long
expertise and solid knowhow, ELPEDISON is a customer-focused energy
company that understands the market needs in depth, aspiring to be
the leader in the supply of innovative and outstanding energy
solutions. With its two privately owned, natural gas-fired combined
cycle power plants, ELPEDISON commits itself to one of the most
environmentally friendly electricity production processes. The
combined cycle state-of-the-art technology used in both ELPEDISON’s
power plants, ensures the most efficient use of fossil fuels,
achieving an efficiency of about 56%.
ELPEDISON specializes also in Energy Efficiency Services,
assisting customers to reduce their energy costs and contribute to
sustainable development. Furthermore, it imports large volumes of
LNG in the country and is significantly active in the cross-border
trading activities, overall contributing to the supply safety and
stability of the Greek energy system.
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