The FINANCIAL — Electricité Du Cambodge (EDC), Cambodia’s government-run utility, contracted GE’s Energy Consulting business to evaluate the country’s grid system and deliver recommendations on how the utility can enhance reliability, availability and security of the electric system, while simultaneously optimizing the efficient use of grid equipment, according to General electric.
This study marks an important step in EDC’s efforts to enhance the grid infrastructure in the country, as it continues to experience significant economic and population growth. This growth requires the country to import energy from other countries in the region, which could pose reliability, availability and security challenges. The GE study will help EDC and the Cambodian government to ensure a reliable supply of electricity that makes optimal use of its existing assets, a critical component for the country’s continued growth.
In addition to the Cambodia Grid Study, to further enhance the GE-EDC partnership in Cambodia, EDC will be awarding a 5 year software Maintenance and Services contract to GE. This contract will allow GE to provide specific software maintenance and support to the EDC’s Energy Management System (EMS) system as well as local training to the EDC staff to further enhance their EMS system operation knowledge and skillsets, according to General electric.
Since 2010, GE has been a software technology partner of EDC, supplying, implementing and maintaining the EMS software and solution for EDC. The EMS system is a mission critical, key component in an electric utility grid, and the GE EMS system has helped EDC to monitor, control, and optimize the performance of the EDC generation and transmission system.
GE’s Energy Consulting business is highly regarded within the industry for its extensive expertise. Over the last several decades, it has worked closely with regulators and policymakers around the world to analyze large interconnected power systems, while delivering recommendations to help ensure the supply of reliable, efficient, secure and affordable power. In addition to this study for EDC, GE has performed similar grid studies in other growing countries such as Bangladesh, Nigeria and Myanmar, according to General electric.
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