GE Energy Consulting in Australia and Oceania

Power market development

GE Vernova’s Consulting Services analyzed Australia’s existing supply/demand, generation mix, annual load/peak demand profiles, major generator owner’s market share and power market dynamics. It also:
 

• Reviewed future generation outlook and strategies against peak demand growth and changing energy policies.
  
• Captured the region’s future development plans on new renewable and nuclear energy additions to sustain system adequacy and compliance to emission norms.
  
• Assessed the existing region’s transmission grid and future expansion plans.

Power to the people (PTTP) project

PNG is the Pacific’s largest country with one of the world’s lowest electricity access rates (13%). Naturally, the PNG government wants to raise that level. GE Consulting Services is an integral part of that effort to elevate the nation’s access to electricity by 2030.

GE Vernova’s Consulting Services evaluated several off-grid distributed power technologies applicable to PNG, including solar, micro hydro, gas engines with integrated liquified natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, and Diesel engines. Micro grid solutions in village centers are another possible solution.

Onshore wind

The Australia Gas Light Company (AGL) contracted with GE to construct 58 wind turbines in Australia’s remote Outback region. With an up to AU$3 billion investment and a target service base of 400K homes, it was important for AGL to determine whether the investment would yield positive returns, both financially and practically.

While opting to move ahead with construction of the wind farm, AGL worked closely with GE Vernova’s Consulting Services, using data-driven resources to analyze service potential and help make them better stewards of the grid.

Demand forecasting and dispatch profile simulation

On Luzon—the largest, most populous island in the Philippine archipelago—a utility was considering adding a combined- cycle power plant to generate higher levels of electricity. The utility wanted to know if the plant would be a powerful, yet economical addition to the grid.

GE Consulting Services developed a forecasting tool for the Luzon grid as well as a production simulation model in GE MAPS software. Using this model, GE Consulting Services produced a load forecast for the Luzon grid and a review of generation capacity additions.