GE Highlighting Transmission & Distribution Services at 2003 IEEE/PES T&D Expo DALLAS--Sept. 8, 2003--GE is showcasing its comprehensive range of transmission and distribution (T&D) solutions this week at the 2003 IEEE/PES Transmission & Distribution Conference & Exposition in Dallas, Texas.
In its The Power to Deliver booth, GE presents a wide spectrum of offerings available from GE Power Systems and GE Industrial Systems components worldwide, with emphasis on transmission and distribution capabilities. GE Power Systems delivers product and service solutions for T&D utility customers with a focus on developing leading technologies for enterprise and asset management, producing feature-rich automation and information management tools and delivering large-scale services to design, deploy and maintain these products in the customer's environment.
GE Power Systems' Network Reliability Services business is promoting its comprehensive transmission and distribution automation product portfolio and expert services to cost-effectively manage and execute substation automation projects, from design engineering to installation and commissioning.
A range of substation asset management services including condition assessment, monitoring and field services for oil-filled transformers complements the automation services offer. Several demonstrations will be available at the exposition, showcasing substation controllers and intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), portable test equipment, and transformer management systems to enable utility personnel to further improve asset performance and network reliability. Network Reliability Services also provides an integrated approach to network and asset management.
GE's network management software, based on geographic information system (GIS) technology, enables utilities to effectively design and manage their transmission and distribution networks. The network solutions move disparate applications and processes into an integrated system that is accessible at the control center, at remote offices, at dispatch centers, and even in the field. Another part of GE Power Systems' services portfolio being highlighted at the show is its Renewal Parts, Services and Engineering Solutions.
These offerings enable GE to extend the asset life cycle through services, repairs, replacements, upgrades and uprates. The transmission cooling solutions offer programmable intelligent control, data logging with local and remote access, local and remote alarm generation, and compact, fail safe design. Over the past few years, wind energy has emerged as an environmentally friendly way to provide significant incremental generation that offers independence from fuel price constraints, but a number of aspects of wind generation including prospecting, grid integration, wind farm design and technical issues resolution present challenges to market participants.
GE Power Systems Energy Consulting (GE PSEC) has been involved in systems-level development of wind technology for more than a quarter century, and with the recent growth of the U.S. wind generation market, regularly participates in the siting, design and application of commercial wind turbines and farms. At the conference, GE PSEC engineers will be sharing their experiences regarding the challenges involved in designing the collection bus system for large wind farms.
They have come to understand that while collection bus systems appear to have a lot in common with radial distribution systems, there is a set of unique issues that requires careful consideration. Issues include neutral grounding, arrester applications, voltage and VAR regulation and even the most basic of reliability considerations.
GE Industrial Systems (GEIS) will also have a significant presence at the booth. GEIS is showcasing its Interlogix business, which offers proven security systems utilizing advanced video surveillance, integrated security management, key management, intrusion and fire detection systems, home automation systems, and medical emergency systems. GEIS brings advanced, reliable protection to residential and industrial customers. GEIS will also be demonstrating its capabilities in dynamic VARS, power switching and controls, metering, commercial transformers, capacitors and arrestors, substation and switchyards, series compensation, and services and solutions.
GEIS' services and solutions include PREDICTOR(TM) services that utilize advanced modeling tools to optimize electrical equipment reliability and reduce maintenance cost, process optimization that delivers improved productivity and quality through automation, a single source provider for Relay Protection Panels, and a broad field presence with over 2000 service engineers and technicians.
About GE Power Systems
GE Power Systems (www.gepower.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation technology, energy services and management systems with 2002 revenues of nearly $23 billion. The business has the largest installed base of power generation equipment in the global energy industry. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Power Systems provides equipment, service and management solutions across the power generation, oil and gas, distributed power and energy rental industries.
About GE Industrial Systems
GE Industrial Systems spans the globe as an industry leader in integrated industrial, electrical and security equipment, systems and services. The business brings to customers the latest technologies that are used to distribute, protect and control energy and equipment, and to provide premise management. GE provides innovative product and service solutions for commercial, industrial, residential and utility customers. For more information visit the website at: http://www.geindustrial.com.
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