GE Power Services is to provide plant equipment upgrades at two Uniper UK's CCGT power plants in the UK.
The upgrades are part of GE’s new Fleet360 services platform and include a full suite of digital, plant and gas turbine solutions. The contract also includes the first order for GE’s Operations Optimization software on a GT26 gas turbine, GE said.
The two plants, Enfield and Grain, which have a capacity of 400 MW and 1200 MW, consist of four GT26 single-shaft combined cycles.
“The upgrades reflect a broader trend, as European utilities seek to modernize their combined-cycle power plants to increase performance, deliver competitive costs and meet additional environmental and flexibility requirements” the company said.
The installation of GE’s Operations Optimization software also gives Uniper "the capability to monitor and predict key plant performance indicators," it added.
“Our new Fleet360 services platform of total plant solutions allows us to offer customers like Uniper the capabilities to help increase the efficiency, availability and operational flexibility of their combined-cycle plants in the United Kingdom” commented Paul McElhinney, president & CEO of GE’s Power Services.
“Fleet360 represents GE’s expanded capabilities as a total solutions provider for all power generation equipment, regardless of whether the components were originally supplied by GE or another original equipment manufacturer” the company added. It “applies to upgrades, repairs, parts, multiyear agreements, operations and maintenance, as well as GE’s advanced digital solutions.”