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Signs a 22-year maintenance services contract with Reliance Bangladesh LNG & Power Ltd. Power Plant to begin generating power in early 2023. It will provide the equivalent electricity needed to supply over 850,000 homes in Bangladesh.  DHAKA, Bangladesh, March 31, 2021 — GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that it will be providing maintenance services and […]

Power plant operators continually search for ways to make electricity production and transmission more efficient. With more generation sources coming online, the use of artificial intelligence and machine

The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the power sector has so far been immense, resulting in supply chain disruptions, labor constraints, construction delays, restrictions on business activities, and, crucially, financial challenges. But according to Dr. Colin Parris, senior vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) at GE Digital, the sector’s response has been adaptive, and digitalization […]

Recent health concerns are propelling power generators to re-evaluate emergency preparedness, control procedures, and the need to operate reliably with limited on-site staff. Secure access to HMI plant controls can allow remote operators and technicians to aid, extend and signficantly reduce on-site staff – all while maintaining reliability and compliance. GE Remote Operations is a […]

SAN RAMON, Calif. – March 3, 2020 – GE Digital today unveiled enhancements to its industry-leading CIMPLICITY and Tracker software to enable operators to make smarter, faster decisions and better manage operations across plants. CIMPLICITY 11, part of GE Digital’s Proficy HMI/SCADA suite, decreases operator response time and errors, keeping critical control systems up and running. Tracker 11, part of GE Digital’s Proficy […]

Proficy Operations Hub helps customers to simplify plant operations and digitize processes with an industrial-grade solution that aggregates data from multiple sources SAN RAMON, Calif. – February 4, 2020 – GE Digital today unveiled Proficy Operations Hub 1.5 to provide users with a centralized environment that enables greater operational efficiency and collaboration within industrial organizations. […]

The Connected Plant Conference allows for interaction with the industry’s early adopters. Attendees will meet generators who are using the latest connected plant tools. The speaker lineup (Figure 1) provides

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a term power professionals are seeing increasingly to describe sophisticated digital technologies. Could it be the breakthrough that is so highly hyped? There is no argument

The power industry is always looking for ways to improve efficiency and enhance reliability. 5G, that is, fifth-generation wireless technology, may help utilities reach new heights. Every day, we learn a

In a recent conversation with POWER, GE Digital CEO Pat Byrne discussed why GE made key changes to the lucrative business, streamlining it to focus on four key markets, including electric utilities and power generation.  GE has been at the forefront of the innovation in the energy sector since Thomas Edison formulated the essential requirements […]