The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Interest within Bangladesh's industrial sector for GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engines continues to grow as more companies are seeking to install on-site power systems to meet production targets, lower operational costs and improve their competitive positions in a rapidly changing global economy, says a press release.

Textile companies Parity Fashion, R.K. Spinning and the Sinha Group, and the food and beverage division of the Akij Group, have ordered a combined total of about 30 of GE's natural gas-fuelled Jenbacher gas engine systems for on-site cogeneration or electricity production. Overall, GE Energy currently has an installed base of about 100 Jenbacher engines in Bangladesh, producing a total of more than 100 megawatts (MW) of power.

GE's Jenbacher gas engines solutions are an increasingly attractive option in Bangladesh, given the lack of reliable, cost-effective service from the public grid, combined with the low cost and abundant supply of natural gas in the region.

GE supplied the Jenbacher units to these customers, with prompt and efficient customer service assured by GE's local authorised distributor for Jenbacher gas engines, Orient Energy Systems. "These projects in Bangladesh demonstrate the reliability and flexibility of GE's Jenbacher gas engine technology to address a broad array of industrial requirements," said Prady Iyyanki, CEO of GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engine business.

"We are pleased to support the efforts of our customers to expand economic development in their communities while they become more competitive within the global export business."