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First Time in China: GE’s 9FA Advanced Gas Path Technology to Boost Efficiency at Shanghai Caojing’s Power Station March 28, 2017 GE’s  Advanced Gas Path  Technology  Will Help  Increase Output by Approximately 25 Megawatts,  Boost Efficiency and  Reduce Emissions at the Plant Station Serves as Model for Utilities in China Seeking to Make Their Plants More Efficient and Reliable SHANGHAI—March 28, 2017—GE’s Power Services (NYSE: GE) signed a milestone agreement to provide Advanced Gas Path (AGP) upgrades for two GE 9FA gas turbines at the Caojing combined-cycle power station in China, marking the company’s first 9FA AGP upgrade in the country. The deal will help increase the output and efficiency of the 790-megawatt (MW) plant—the largest industrial cogeneration facility in Shanghai. In addition, GE signed a 25-year services agreement with  Shanghai Caojing Co-Generation Co., Ltd ., the owner of the Caojing power station, extending a previous collab...

I’ve frequently spoken about the power of digital. In all my years working in the energy industry there hasn’t been anything this exciting and potentially game changing. I believe the digital transformation of electricity is the single biggest opportunity we have to make power more accessible to the over billion people who don’t have it; more reliable for the over two billion who don’t have enough of it; and more sustainable for the people who have it. But it’s going to require putting aside our fears about digital and combining forces within the energy ecosystem to embrace this opportunity. Today, the energy ecosystem is an interconnected matrix of hardware and software technologies, from distribution to consumption, as well as production. Technology advancements, environmental concerns, changing consumer behavior, regulatory and policy changes, unprecedented fuel availability, and resource constraints are driving transformations in th...