KUALA LUMPUR: General Electric (GE) has signed a multi-year agreement with Southern Power Generation Sdn Bhd (SPG) to improve efficiencies of the latter’s new Track 4A plant, a 1,440-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle power plant in Pasir Gudang, Johor.
Under the terms of the 21-year agreement, GE said it will provide services solutions for first two GE 9HA.02 gas turbines to be installed in the country and deploy its Predix Asset Performance Management (APM) software to help improve asset visibility, reliability and availability of SPG’s plant, contributing to long term energy security need in the country.
The firm said it will also use its Fleet360 platform of gas plant solutions and provide a full spectrum of digital solutions and plant improvement services, major inspections on the 9HA.02 gas turbines, along with technical advisory services.
GE said APM improves asset visibility, reliability and availability and reduces operating and maintenance costs: data processed by the APM solution can help balance maintenance costs, improve inspection intervals and provide invaluable insights into operational risks.
Data collected from sensors throughout the facility will be monitored 24/7 at GE’s monitoring and diagnostics (M&D) centre here, it added.
GE Power APAC president Ramesh Singaram said it will continue to help drive improved efficiencies and business outcomes for its customers like SPG.
“Our combined services and digital capabilities will help support long-term maintenance and performance for the first HA-based power plant in the country, ensuring more reliable and flexible power generation for the country,” he said in a statement.
The services deal follows the success of achieving the financial closure for the engineering procurement construction (EPC) contract with SPG in October 2017, marking the growing fleet of GE’s largest gas turbine platform to a total of over 70 units HA-platform gas turbine ordered to date.
The plant will be jointly constructed through the collaboration with a Taiwanese EPC partner, CTCI Corp.
It will consist of two generating blocks, each equipped with a 9HA.02 gas turbine, generator and heat recovery steam generator from GE.
GE which has been doing business in Malaysia for more than 40 years, has invested almost US$2 billion in the development of HA technology.
HA power plants provide a combination of the high efficiency and superior operational flexibility, leading the industry in total life cycle value.