Efficient Geothermal with GE

Harnessing the Power of GE's Water Treatment Technology Maren Energy Makes Their Geothermal Energy Production Process Even More Efficient, Sustainable and Profitable

Three geothermal power plants in Turkey, owned by KipaÅŸ Holding, have significantly reduced water usage, lowered CO2 emissions, decreased corrosion and are using theIndustrial Internetto analyze data with help from GE's (NYSE: GE) water treatment technology. GE honored KipaÅŸ Holding with the Return on Environment (ROE) award to recognize the company for its noteworthy reductions in water usage, lowered CO2 emissions and decreased corrosion.

KipaÅŸ Holding recently expanded three of its existing Maren Enerji geothermal plants and is constructing one new plant—all with GE water treatment technology. The three existing plants, together, produce a total of 68 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The new facility will produce 24 MW.

Harnessing the power of the Industrial Internet, the Maren Enerji geothermal plants in Aydin, Turkey, are usingGE's InSight* Knowledge Management Solution, a remote monitoring and diagnostic platform, to monitor the performance of the water treatment systems at the power plants. GE's InSight, a Web-based platform, helps maximize the plants' reliability through real-time visualization and diagnostics related to keeping the water systems' performance and the contributing parameters on track.

GE also provided an automatic chemical solution preparation unit to remove the chance of human error in preparing the solution manually. In geothermal power plants, chemical dosing needs to be precise and GE's unique solution ensures accuracy. GE also provided an environmentally friendly solution to reduce water consumption in an area that is experiencing a shortage of agricultural-quality water. The geothermal power plants have one of the world's longest underground piping networks to deliver the chemical to the geothermal wells. Due to GE's automatic chemical solution preparation unit and the underground delivery system, Maren Enerji has ceased truck deliveries within agricultural zones, which improved air quality by eliminating dust and lowering CO2 emissions due to less traffic from delivery trucks.

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