Multi-year agreement to implement GE’s digital solutions
Mass Energy Group enters a multi-year agreement with GE to utilize their Asset Performance Management (APM) software application to optimize and predict equipment health.
Overview
GE implements a unique digital solution that enables Mass Energy to view advanced insight into operational data
The challenge
In the past, Iraq has had issues meeting the enormous demand for energy in the region. To remedy this problem, Mass Energy will use GE’s digital solutions to help improve Iraq’s infrastructure and increase the reliability of their power grid.
The solution
The multi-year agreement between Mass Energy and GE will optimize plant performance at every level of their 3 GW gas-fired Basmaya Power Plant and allow the company to meet the demands of the region through increases in productivity, reliability and efficiency.
Outcomes
Strengthening Iraq’s energy infrastructure
$520 million
Multi-year agreement worth
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In addition to meeting the surging demand for power from the Iraqi people, the plant will support the country’s focus on building its infrastructure and strengthening local industries. GE is bringing its advanced technology solutions to help us to deliver the highest levels of efficiency, reliability and productivity.
Ahmad Ismail
Chairman of Mass Energy Group Holding
GE Gas Power signed a multi-year agreement with Iraq’s Mass Energy Group Holding worth $520 million. The agreement will enhance plant performance at every level, and provide digital industrial solutions to manage risk, reduce downtime and expand the capabilities of their 3 gigawatt (GW) gas-fired Basmaya Power Plant located near Baghdad.
Infrastructure must be sustainable to benefit future generations and enable economic growth. GE’s goal of delivering results in an uncertain world also serves as the foundation for action to improve reliability, increase productivity and to meet regional goals.
“The Basmaya Power Plant is a milestone project that marks the first-of-its-kind independent power producer (IPP) agreement between Mass Energy Group Holding and Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity,” said Ahmad Ismail, Chairman of Mass Energy Group Holding
To improve plant performance, GE’s Predix-powered, Asset Performance Management (APM) software application will draw data to monitor, analyze, enhance and predict equipment health, delivering key insights vital to Mass Energy Group Holding and Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity’s operational objectives. Providing equipment-agnostic service solutions is an important part of any long-term asset management strategy.
“This agreement is historic for GE highlights GE’s long-term commitment to Iraq and is a testament to the trust our customers have in our ability to execute,” said Joe Anis, President & CEO of GE Gas Power in the Middle East and Africa. “The introduction of Predix and the Digital Twin as part of the multi-year agreement for Basmaya Power Plant marks a new shift in the industry by maximizing the distinctive value digital technologies bring to promote the power plant’s operational efficiency.
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