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iemens’ energy sector is one of the world’s leading suppliers of a wide range of products, solutions and services in the field of energy technology. With around 86,000 employees worldwide, the company enables customers to generate, transmit and distribute electrical power at the highest levels of efficiency. Asian Power caught up with Markus Lorenzini, Siemens’ Head of Energy Sector for the ASEAN Pacific Cluster at POWERGEN Asia in Bangkok and he shared his insights on the energy and power needs of ASEAN countries. Lorenzini notes that Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore are some examples of energy-hungry countries. “They want to optimize their usage of fossil fuels and reduce the expensive import of these fuels, and therefore there is a clear intention to optimize their installed fleet, and to get a higher energy efficiency in the country.” On the other hand, there are “next wave” generation countries like the Philippines and Indonesia where the main goal is to get energy into their country to serve the population. For instance, in Indonesia, the current electrification rate is low at less than 75%. Transmission and distribution Lorenzini reckons that transmission and distribution gives an opportunity for the countries in ASEAN to collaborate with each other and to optimize the energy resources. He adds that the interconnection between the countries is essential to improve the stability and the sustainability of the electricity system in ASEAN countries.
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Markus Lorenzini, Siemens’ Head of Energy Sector for the ASEAN Pacific Cluster
Siemens has done the HVDC link already in 2002 between Malaysia and Thailand on 110km. They have also installed interconnection between the South Island and the North Island of New Zealand, and are in close contact with authorities for the upcoming opportunities in the region. There is a 3000-megawatt interconnection planned between China and Thailand via Laos, and there will be an interconnection plant between the island of Sumatra and the island of Java in Indonesia. “What we definitely love to see is for all the
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“Transmission and distribution gives an opportunity for the ASEAN countries to collaborate with each other.” WASH System are SIEMENS, GENERAL ELECTRIC , ROLLS ROYCE, ALSTOM and other major OEM’s.
Ferouz Ali, Rochem’s Business Development Manager/Regional Director
ince 1978, Rochem Technical Services has been a market leader in gas turbine and process compressor cleaning technology, cleaning chemicals and associated equipment. Being the only company in the world that designs, manufactures, markets and supports its own systems and chemicals on a worldwide basis, Rochem has met and exceeded its customers’ expectations over the years. Rochem’s patented cleaning system technology
countries here in the region to work and interact with each other rather than just talk about these collaborations, and also for the environmental issues to be given more attention to ensure high efficiency and less pollution,” says Lorenzini.
is based on a unique atomising injection nozzle system design and the broadest range of manual to fully-automated wash skids to suit every make and type of gas turbine and process compressor. These systems and chemicals are known worldwide as FYREWASH for online cleaning systems and KRANKWASH for off-line/on-crank cleaning systems and chemicals. Among the many gas turbine manufacturers and packagers that incorporate Rochem’s FYRE-
FYREWASH F4 Ferouz Ali, Rochem’s Business Development Manager/Regional Director, revealed that they are launching their new chemical this year called the FYREWASH F4. This was developed to give the maximum possible cleaning efficiency and effectiveness from a non-solvent chemical. Rochem’s R&D department have developed this product using state of the art technology, resulting in a non-hazardous, userfriendly and biodegradable water-based cleaner. FYREWASH F4-MC has been developed to meet the most stringent cleaning abilities and chemical & physical requirements to meet the standard for military applications according to MIL-PRF-85704-c. FYREWASH F4-CC is an environmental friendly product, according to OECD 301-A test and has been developed to meet the requirements of OCNS for use offshore whilst still achieving a high cleaning ability.
“FYREWASH F4-MC has been developed to meet the most stringent cleaning abilities and chemical & physical requirements.”