Clarke Energy deploys GE technology on more than 170 gas engines in France

BERLIN — GE and Dalkia have worked together for more than 20 yr with over 170 of GE’s Jenbacher gas engines—totaling more than 320 MW—installed in Dalkia’s cogeneration and district heating applications, including municipalities and hospitals. The companies announced that, through GE’s distributor Clarke Energy, more than one-third of Dalkia’s Jenbacher gas engines were recently equipped with GE’s myPlant Asset Performance Management (APM) solution.

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In just one heating season, the fleet of engines could power nearly 240,000 French households, resulting in lower carbon dioxide emissions—which equates to taking nearly 100,000 European cars off the road annually.

GE’s myPlant APM solution for gas engines is a Digital Internet solution aimed at improving uptime and efficiency, reducing life cycle costs and driving operating performance and profitability. It provides a set of tools for advanced data management, predictive analytics, troubleshooting and remote control to reduce maintenance costs of customers’ power plants.

The myPlant APM platform uses secure, centralized cloud storage to collect the data from customers’ Jenbacher gas engines, driven equipment and balance of plant by regularly transmitting sensor data streams, control alarms and operational data. Depending on the myPlant package and access level, customers and service providers are provided with several capabilities from basic visibility to their fleet to advanced monitoring and analytics-enabled diagnostic capabilities.

In June 2013, GE, Clarke Energy, Dalkia and French waste management and services company, Véolia Propreté, celebrated the inauguration of the new Electr’od landfill gas-powered cogeneration plant in Plessis-Gassot, and in 2014, Plessis-Gassot became the first town in France to rely on district heating fueled by biogas. The 17.3-megawatt (MW) facility is the country’s most powerful landfill gas-fueled power plant, featuring 10 of GE’s Ecomagination qualified Jenbacher gas engines to generate renewable electricity and heat for residents and businesses. These are 10 of the 170+ Jenbacher gas engines now equipped with GE’s myPlant APM solution.

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