TM2500 and Channel Island Power Station: supporting hydrogen
Territory Generation selected GE’s TM2500 mobile aeroderivative gas turbine, using its Channel Island Power Station to support grid firming in the Darwin-Katherine region and support hydrogen endeavors.
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"Territory Generation sought technology to modernize our current fleet that struggles to meet changing grid demands and low power system loads. We plan for the TM2500 to be the first of multiple units to be deployed over the next five years as existing units near their end of life. At this stage, the TM2500 generator’s operational flexibility makes it the best fit to firm up the growing renewables base in the Northern Territory."
Gerhard Laubscher
Territory Generation CEO
The LM2500 and Cove Power Station help stabilize Tobago’s grid
GE has inaugurated the first gas turbine for the island nation of Tobago, providing flexible and sustainable electricity to the country’s grid. Cove Power Plant provides the electricity equivalent of more than 28,000 households using the most reliable gas turbine in its class—the LM2500.
1st
Gas turbine on the island
20 MW/28,000
households worth of power distributed to the grid
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"The island of Tobago is poised for productive growth, and to fuel that growth it made sense to tender for an additional generator. Our GE LM2500 aeroderivative, with its small footprint and high level of reliability was chosen, and we look forward to its performance for years to come."
Courtenay Mark
Chief Technical Officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission
Powering Indonesia’s pearl paradise with grounded jet engines
When pearl farmer Fauzi Se wanted to take advantage of nature’s bounty and expand production of his jewelry business on the Indonesian island of Lombok, he was stymied by a problem only humans can solve—his workshop depended on the grid and didn’t have enough electricity to power his machines. But the country’s geography creates a special set of challenges. You can’t just build big power plants and string wires across the sea.
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“Because of the archipelago, you need to have lots of microgrids. That’s where you see the benefits of fast power.”
Instead of building a conventional power plant, which can take years, GE Power deployed two fast power units on Lombok, truck-mounted mobile gas turbine generators that were connected to the grid able to start producing more than 25 megawatts each less than a month after delivery. GE’s TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines are essentially a ground-based version of GE’s popular CF6 jet engine—the same engine that powers many Boeing 747s. Since 2016, GE has installed 14 mobile power plants in Indonesia, which generate 500 MW of power, enough to supply about 4 million homes.
Bringing grid stability to the Bahamas
In early 2020, Bahamas Power & Light Company Ltd. (BPL), the state-owned electric company that provides service to approximately 110,000 customers, installed GE’s TM2500 mobile aeroderivative gas turbine in its Blue Hills plant. The unit supplies up to 34 MW, enough energy to power the residential consumption of between 12,000 and 18,000 customers and may help stabilize the country’s grid.
42 days
installation and commissioning time
5 minutes
cold metal to full power
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“The highest peak of energy consumption during summer in New Providence is 250 MW and in winter goes down to 160-170 MW. Having an additional of up to 34 MW is significant for our operation and will allow us to deliver a better service to our customers and to the millions of tourists who visit us every year.”
K. Quincy Parker
Director of Public Relations of BPL
Solar energy has always been a potential renewable power resource for the Bahamas, but its efficiency depends upon connection to a stable grid. Currently, the grid is at its limit and the frequency is not stable, as a result of the 6.6 million tourists that visit the island every year. The gas turbine could help bring that stability.
Working to firm a wind-powered grid
Southern California has become a hotbed for renewable energy projects. To offset the intermittency of Coachella Valley’s 700+ MW of wind power capacity, Competitive Power Venture (CPV) set out to build a natural gas-fired power plant capable of providing efficient and reliable summer peaking and backup power. Unique operating requirements for the plant included: varying capacity, flat efficiency curve, rapid start, and load changes.
At 800 MW, CPV constructed the world’s largest facility utilizing GE’s intercooled LMS100 aeroderivative gas turbine. The turbine was selected for its rapid start (10 minutes) and ramp rate (greater than 10 MW per minute) capabilities. Eight total turbines provide a wide range of dispatch loads—from 50 MW to 800 MW—and a variety of ancillary services, like spinning- and non-spinning reserve, to help stabilize the grid and support intermittent renewable power sources.
103 days
project completed ahead of schedule
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"With California's San Onofre nuclear plant off-line and power reserve margins expected to be tight, it is more important than ever that the CPV Sentinel Energy Project be available to support electric reliability this summer. Gemma Power Systems did a fantastic job of working with GE and our team to complete this project ahead of schedule and on budget."
John Murphy
Senior Vice President of Engineering and Construction for CPV
A world's first for GE and Germany
In the northern region of Germany there is an abundance of renewable power available, but there is a lack of power being transmitted to the southern portion of the country. GE provided 11 LM2500XPRESS gas turbines, as well as generators and other equipment, for RWE Generation’s Biblis power plant to increase grid stability throughout the country.
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LM2500XPRESS gas turbines for Germany
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"We are delighted that we were awarded the contract for the Biblis site. The excellent existing infrastructure there and our reliable and flexible concept for the plant have won out. We will thus be able to make an important contribution towards security of supply in Southern Hesse. We have a long-standing relationship with GE and we’re proud to work together to install the world’s first LM2500XPRESS."
Roger Miesen
CEO of RWE Generation
Infigen Energy: Helping keep Southern Australia powered
Infigen Energy leases four GE 30 MW TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines due the their fast-start capability, dual-fuel flexibility, portability, and low maintenance costs. The units complement Infigen Energy’s renewable energy portfolio and add to the grid stability of South Australia.
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30 MW TM2500 gas turbines