Smart Grid 2015: GE showcases solutions

GE Energy Management is showcasing an advanced range of innovative solutions for a smart, reliable and resilient grid at the Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference & Exhibition 2015, which ends at the Jeddah Hilton today.
The event, which opened on Dec. 7, is organized with the support of Minister of Water & Electricity Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Hussein.
Through its participation, GE is underlining its enhanced competencies in the smart grid industry with a more complete offer to provide better outcomes for customers.
The solutions on display include smart grid technologies that will help GE’s Saudi customers to optimize the performance of their assets, and strengthen the efficiency and reliability of their grid.
“The outdated, one-way, linear, passive approach in power delivery is now evolving toward an open, interactive, interconnected model. This transformation has been made possible by the improvements in information and communications technology. As a digital industrial company, we are leading the development of digital solutions to create intelligent networks known as smart grids,” said Hisham Al-Bahkali, president and CEO of GE Saudi Arabia & Bahrain.
He added: “Smart grids are redefining the way power sector efficiency and reliability is strengthened to benefit the people. With an enhanced range of capabilities, GE’s grid solutions business is bringing innovative technologies to the Kingdom that can help reduce investment costs by 20 percent through intelligent and predictive management.”
GE’s showcase at Saudi Arabia Smart Grid 2015 includes solutions to monitor, analyze and optimize the entire grid network with some of these already deployed by customers in the region, including in Saudi Arabia.
The smart grid technologies presented by GE also include demos of comprehensive asset management solutions for aggregating and storing all asset-related data for monitoring the status of equipment, assessing the needs for maintenance and replacement, and for better control of operation expenditure.