GE is also an active participant in the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), hosted by Masdar from January 17 to 24, and will mark January 18 as ‘Energy Efficiency Day’ at the ecomagination Center – which marks its first anniversary this year – located in Masdar City. The Energy Efficiency Day will highlight GE’s tangible platforms and innovative approaches to achieve better outcomes in driving energy sector efficiency.
At the Energy Efficiency Day, GE will unveil a special white paper on the UAE, focused on how the adoption of energy efficient technologies can strengthen long-term energy security while generating national wealth savings and decreasing carbon intensity in the electricity value chain.
Nabil Habayeb, GE’s President & CEO for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, said: “With population growth and infrastructure development, demand for energy is rising across the region at significant rates. To address this, it is important to continue to develop highly efficient models for energy production, distribution and consumption. Enhancing efficiency across all touch-points of the energy sector supply chain will promote the industry’s sustainable growth by optimizing processes, achieving productivity leaps and effectively meeting the growing demand for energy.”
Habayeb said that the white paper on the UAE’s energy sector will further underline how retrofit and software enhancements at the power plant level can contribute to high efficiency gains in power generation. “With a high percentage of electricity generated in the country coming from natural gas, the country has already taken concerted efforts to diversify the energy sources. However, in conjunction with other cost and resource-saving initiatives, a vital component in achieving long-term energy security in the UAE is the transition towards higher efficiency technology along the electricity value chain. Our White Paper estimates that significant energy and cost savings can be achieved through efficiency improvements in the extraction process.”
GE will continue to build on this area of focus at their stand at WFES, putting a spotlight on its ecomagination and Industrial Internet technologies. Ecomagination is GE’s technology platform to increase customer productivity and drive cleaner energy solutions, while the Industrial Internet underlines the company’s unique strategy of leveraging big data and big iron (industrial machinery) to achieve significant productivity leaps.
Included among the ecomagination products on display is a GE Jenbacher gas engine. Capable of utilizing a variety of gas types including natural gas, flare gas, biogas, biomass, landfill gas and other gaseous fuel types, Jenbacher engines help industrial companies and municipalities meet their need for reliable on-site power. The full product line has set the standard for continuous innovation, high-power density, and low installation costs and emissions.
GE will also showcase the ecomagination-certified Brilliant Wind Turbine, a technology that pushes power and efficiency boundaries. With the power of software, analytics and advanced manufacturing technologies backing them, the solution integrates energy storage, advanced controls and forecasting algorithms to manage the variability of wind and position it for a subsidy-free world.
GE is also conducting a ‘Shape your Future’ interactive survey over Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, inviting the public to answer a survey on how they perceive the future in 2040. The questions will cover efficiency, skillsets, technology, innovation and collaboration.
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