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GE’s gas turbines have nearly 30 years of experience operating on a variety of fuels that contain hydrogen, totaling over 4.5 million operating hours as hydrogen-fueled turbines using concentrations ranging from 5% to 95% (by volume). This includes synthesis gas (syngas), a variety of steel mill gases (i.e. coke oven gas and blast furnace gas), and refinery off-gases. This experience has helped GE become one of the world leaders in the application of fuels containing hydrogen in gas turbines.
According to McCoy Power Reports, 1980-2017, GE has more experience than any other original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in the hydrogen space. In the chart below, you can see that whether it's measured by megawatts (MW) or number of units installed, GE has the largest fleet.
* Per McCoy Power Reports, 1980-2017; Hydrogen containing fuels include BFG, COG, COREX, H2, Refinery gas, and syngas.
Did you know GE’s gas turbines are already using hydrogen as a source of energy? Let GE’s Fuel Guy walk you through how hydrogen can be used as a power generation fuel.
“Yes! In fact, GE recently announced a successful completion of its first-of-its-kind battery energy storage used to “black start” a GE 7F.03 gas turbine at a 180 megawatt (MW) simple cycle power plant in the US. This is the first time GE has achieved a black start of a heavy-duty gas turbine using energy storage.
A “black start” consists of rebooting an idle power plant without support from the grid in the event of a major system disruption or a system-wide blackout. The project will help the customer improve the availability and reliability of its power supply while supporting renewable energy penetration on the grid.”
Amit Kulkarni, VP Product Management, GE Gas Power
“We believe that a combination of gas plus renewable generation enables the fastest practical and affordable path to decarbonization of the power sector, a critical step to addressing global climate change. Renewable power generation technologies such as wind and solar are making important contributions to decarbonization.
However, based on our extensive analysis and experience across the breadth of the global power industry, we do not believe this alone can achieve the most meaningful near-term results. Instead, coal-to-gas switching in combination with increased renewables is the quickest path to reducing power sector carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at scale.
The International Energy Agency has also published a report on the “Role of Gas in Today’s Energy Transitions” in which it considers coal-to-gas switching a “quick win” for emissions reductions, with a near-immediate capability to reduce global power sector emissions by 10 percent and total energy-related CO2 emissions 4 percent.”
Guy Deleonardo, VP Customer Applications, GE Gas Power