GE and Invenergy signs to deploy GE’s Predix APM on 13 GE Thermal plant turbines

GE and Invenergy signed an agreement to deploy GE’s Predix based Asset Performance Management (APM) software on 13 GE turbines. The turbines are located at six different gas-operated thermal plants in the U.S. with an operating capacity of 3,15MW.

Invenergy LLC EVP & chief commercial officer, Jim Shield said that cutting-edge technologies, including advanced digital solutions such as APM and software analytics, give them greater visibility into the performance of their plants at both the asset management and fleet level, while demonstrating real economic value for their plant operations. They believe these digital solutions are the key element of their innovation strategy to deliver power more reliably to their customers’ energy needs.

GE Power chief digital officer Ganesh Bell said that across the United States, the average power generation system is unavailable six percent of the time due to unplanned downtime. With GE’s Predix-based APM, they can eliminate in most cases 70% of that unplanned downtime today, and they’re heading rapidly towards 90% coverage. This is the type of outcome that dramatically changes the economics of modern power production, something that is all the more important in a rapidly-evolving energy landscape.

GE’S APM

It will assist plant O&M technicians at these sites to more accurately predict and diagnose equipment failures before they occur to avoid costly unplanned outages through early warning alerts. The APM solution also enables intelligent asset strategies that balance three traditional competing priorities within the plant—reducing cost, improving availability and reliability, and managing risk—to help improve a plant’s overall asset and operational performance.

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