GE ENErGy - Frank Farnel

CHINA
China EPC
Management
program
shanghai,
June 2-3, 2009
gE Energy is serious about its Chinese
EpC alliance partners. that’s
why the China EpC Management
program is a crucial tool in building
long-term relationships. “this
program helps our customers
better understand our company
while supporting them in developing
a global market,” explains
Cheng wen Yang, EpC account
Manager, gE Energy.
Magued Eldaief, Executive director
of global accounts, welcomed
the 38 attendees from key Chinese
EpCs with a keynote speech. the
conference focused on best practices
and lessons learned on global
operation, management and leadership
skills as well as project execution
and risk mitigation.
“the EpC Management program is
a great platform for EpCs to get to
know gE better,” says Yang. “they
now realize that besides offering
technology and innovative solutions,
we can also help with funding
support thanks to our relationships
with NgOs and the Us trade
development agency.”
the EpCs gave positive feedback as
well. “Clients told us they’re more
confident about working with gE
and would like to stay with us for
their future power projects,” Yang
sums up.
a pROVEN tEChNOLOgY
FOr CHINA
IGCC promises reduced emissions — a boon for countries
where coal is an important fuel source. Jason Crew, director,
Gasifi cation, Asia region & China at GE Energy, explains how
this technology can help power growth in China.
Integrated gasification, combined-cycle, or IGCC,
technology is not new. However, rapidly developing
countries with large coal reserves are looking
carefully at this system, which turns coal into gas
and, ultimately, electricity.
“based on IGCC’s success in the United States, a
number of large-scale projects featuring this technology
are already under development in China,”
says Jason Crew, director, Gasification, Asia region
& China at GE Energy.
How does IGCC work? In short, coal is transformed
into a synthesis gas (syngas) that is processed to
remove pollutants such as mercury, NOx and SOx
(nitrogen and sulfur oxides), and particulate matter.
These methods can also remove carbon for storage
or enhance oil recovery. The syngas is then sent to
a highly efficient combined-cycle gas turbine that
produces electricity.
“WITH GE’S PrOvEN IGCC
TECHNOLOGy, COAL CAN
ACHIEvE CrITErIA EMISSIONS
APPrOACHING THE
PErFOrMANCE OF NATUrAL
GAS”
Jason Crew
Cleaner power generation
The result? “Compared to traditional pulverizedcoal
plants, GE Energy’s IGCC plant would emit up
to 75% less SOx, 30% less NOx and 40% less particulate
matter*,” says Crew.
What’s more, IGCC offers higher than 90% mercury
removal while using 30% less water and enabling
carbon capture. All of this adds up to power with
less impact on the environment.
An historical leader in IGCC, GE Energy has played a
central role in several milestone projects, including
a pilot IGCC plant in California and a demonstration
plant in Florida back in 1996.
Today, GE Energy is supplying IGCC technology for a
commercial plant with an approximate capacity of
630 MW in Indiana for duke Energy. When it comes
online in 2012, it’s expected to be the largest IGCC
plant in the world.
“With GE’s proven IGCC technology, coal can
achieve criteria emissions approaching the performance
of natural gas,” Crew explains. “Not only
can clients use local coal supplies, but our cleaner
coal technology supports CO 2 reduction as well.”
Bringing IgCC experience to China
GE is already set up to get closer to Chinese customers.
“We have nearly 40 gasification licenses in
China with industrial customers and have helped
those clients start up their plants quickly,” Crew
says. “Plants have been built in 24 to 36 months and
have gone from commissioning to normal operations
in two to five weeks, with some achieving 90%
availability in the first year.” That’s experience that
will help China deliver power.
*data based on a US IGCC plant using bituminous-coal feedstocks.
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