GE Power kicked off a series of roadshows and meetings across the Middle East and Pakistan to demonstrate path-breaking digital industrial solutions for energy efficiency and flexibility, leading to significant cost savings for the power generation sector.
The events will be held in Dubai, Muscat, Islamabad and other locations in the coming weeks. They will be led by industry experts, who will provide a detailed overview of how GE’s high efficiency gas turbines, Predix-based digital solutions for utilities and other technologies are pushing the frontier of possibilities for the power sector. GE’s experts will also discuss the financing landscape and means to fund new projects. The events will be attended by high-ranking government officials, power plant owners and operators, regulators and consultants, among others.
A highlight of the roadshows and meetings will be GE’s HA technology. The result of $2 billion in research and development, this is the world’s largest and most efficient gas turbine. The turbine helped EDF’s power plant in Bouchain, France, achieve a world record in combined cycle efficiency of 62.22 percent. It has undergone full-speed, full-load validation tests at extreme conditions well beyond those encountered while in service and completed more than 12,000 operating hours. More than 60 HA units have been ordered to date by more than 15 customers across 15 countries, including the US, Brazil, Japan, Bahrain, China and others.
Ghassan Barghout, president & CEO of GE’s Gas Power Systems — sales for MENA and Pakistan, said: “With the region’s growing focus on maximizing energy sector efficiency and productivity, GE’s HA technology is an excellent fit for its power generation sector. The turbine offers significant annual savings in fuel expenditure, versus currently operating combined cycle plants, and enables greater stability of the grids as utilities across the region increase the contribution of renewables to the total generation. Through the roadshows, we are highlighting the tangible value that our advanced technology brings to the region.”
The HA technology also offers industry-leading flexibility. It allows customers to maintain stable power production and to reliably accommodate grid variations through quick start up, rapid load changes and other features. It can reach from start to full load in less than 30 minutes, delivering reliable and flexible operations not just for large power plants and utilities but also for captive power plants or small grids.

Source: Arab News