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The energy transition – and the growth of renewable power generation – is fundamentally changing the operating environment for power plants. Power generators are challenged by strengthening environmental regulations, fluctuating fuel prices, labor attrition and supply chain disruption. On top of these factors, load demand variations due to renewable generation can cause plant reliability and performance to suffer. Though it may not have been designed for it, your plant needs to operate flexibly – and legacy methods for managing plant performance are no longer enough.

In power plants designed for high steady-state generation, variable operation can cause equipment degradation and negatively affect power plant heat rate. Plant teams need accurate, easy to access data and insights to know where the problem is occurring and how much it is costing. The ultimate goal is ambitious, but necessary — improving both efficiency and reliability, while reducing emissions and supporting increased renewable power implementation for the future.

In conversation with POWER Magazine, GE Digital experts discuss methods to reduce or eliminate the impacts of flexible generation, including software designed to both monitor performance and provide proactive, actionable recommendations for Operations & Maintenance.
Presenters
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Janet L. Webb
Senior Product Manager for APM Performance Intelligence and GE Gas Power Monitoring & Diagnostics APM, GE Digital
An accomplished program and product manager bringing more than fifteen years of experience in power generation with demonstrated expertise in life cycle reliability and data analytics. Current Product Management role supports Asset Performance Management (APM) Performance Intelligence and the monitoring and diagnostics of power generation equipment via GE Digital’s APM software. Dedicated to solving problems and delivering outcomes for our customers with data-driven, digital solutions.
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Thomas Lowisz
Sr Product Manager, APM Reliability & SmartSignal, Power Generation and Oil & Gas, GE Digital
Thomas is the Product Manager for GE Digital’s APM Reliability and SmartSignal products, driving the vision, strategy, and product roadmap investments. With over 13 years of experience in the predictive analytics space, he has worked with customers across the power generation, oil & gas, mining & metals, and aviation industries. Starting his career with SmartSignal who was later acquired by GE, Thomas worked in the original “monitoring and diagnostic center” which provides asset monitoring services for customers. His role included active monitoring of analytics and weekly calls with plant managers/reliability groups to investigate findings and provide recommendations on mitigating actions. Later Thomas moved to the United Kingdom working hands on at customer facilities implementing software, helping customers improve their data and scaling their asset coverage. Thomas graduated from Milwaukee School of Engineering with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
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Truman Hwang
Technical Product Manager, APM Reliability & SmartSignal, Power Generation and Oil & Gas, GE Digital
Truman has 6 years of experience in the predictive analytics space, currently as the technical product manager for APM Reliability Plus and SmartSignal Classic, and previously as a Lead Services Engineer. His passion is providing customers with tools that add a new component to their assets, putting their pre-existing sensors and data to work, and thereby driving safety, environmental, and productivity advances

Previous to his GE Career, Truman devoted 11 years in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industries, through designing modular unit Instrumentation & Controls design packages, and as an Instrumentation & Electrical Maintenance/Reliability Engineer.

Truman holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Aaron Larson
Executive Editor, POWER magazine
Aaron Larson joined the POWER team in September 2013 as an associate editor and was named executive editor in 2017. Aaron has a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering technology and a master’s degree, specializing in finance. He spent 13 years in the U.S. Navy nuclear power program, advancing to Chief Petty Officer. He has worked at commercial nuclear, biomass, and coal-fired power plants, functioning in operations, maintenance, safety, financial, and management capacities. Aaron holds a Chief A Engineer boiler operator license in the state of Minnesota.
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