GE Announces Innovative Energy Storage Platform Called the Reservoir

• The Reservoir seamlessly integrates across the Grid to enable
  customers to increase Renewables integration, improve financial
  performance, enhance grid operations, reduce energy costs and enable
  more distributed, local generation
• GE’s Reservoir condenses 4MWh and 10 years of energy storage
  experience into a 20’ box – delivers an estimated 15% improved
  lifecycle on the batteries, 5% higher efficiency and reduced
  installation time and costs
• The first launch of the reservoir platform is a 1.2 MW, 4MWh unit;
  a fundamental building block to a modular, scalable platform with GE’s
  unique digital tools

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With a commitment to deliver cleaner, more reliable power where and
when it’s needed most, GE (NYSE: GE) today launched the GE
Reservoir – a comprehensive energy storage platform that delivers a
suite of customized storage solutions to help customers address new
challenges and seek new opportunities in a rapidly transforming power
grid that is becoming more highly diversified and distributed.

The Reservoir, which already has a 20 MW, 80 MWh pre-launch commitment,
expands GE’s 10-year footprint in the energy storage space and builds
upon recent successes and milestones. Last year, GE introduced the world’s
first hybrid-electric gas turbine to multiple accolades across the
industry. GE was the first-to-market with advanced applications for
hybrid electric-gas turbines, wind hybrids and “Black Start”
capabilities. And just last month, GE announced a new project with the
Arenko Group to build one of the world’s
largest energy storage systems in the UK.

“The energy landscape is undergoing an unprecedented paradigm shift, as
the growth of renewables, decentralization of power and digitization
create both new challenges and opportunities in how power is generated,
transmitted and distributed,” said Russell Stokes, President and Chief
Executive Officer of GE Power. “GE’s Reservoir delivers the new type of
energy system that customers are looking for to help manage
electricity’s next chapter.”

Eric Gebhardt, Vice President and Strategic Technology Officer of GE
Power, said, “GE’s Reservoir platform enables cost-effective
distribution, storage, and utilization of cleaner, more reliable power
where and when it is needed most. It can fit into most any setting, from
centralized grid systems to the most remote villages and communities.
The Reservoir also allows energy providers new degrees of flexibility
for more intelligently managing and getting the most out of all their
power assets.”

GE’s Reservoir Platform… Cleaner, more reliable power where and
when it’s needed most.

GE’s Reservoir platform, developed with innovative technology from GE’s
Global Research Center, is a flexible, compact energy storage solution
for AC or DC coupled systems. The Reservoir solution combines GE’s
advanced technologies and expertise in plant controls, power
electronics, battery management systems and electrical balance of plant
– all backed by GE’s performance guarantees.

The ability to tap deep and broad technical expertise from the GRC has
integrated unique power and digital technologies that make the Reservoir
a truly unique and differentiated solution.

“At the GRC, we were able to originate a new idea and then pull from
technologies across the Center to rapidly prototype, test and then
productize this breakout storage platform,” said Keith Longtin, Senior
Executive and Product Breakout Leader at GE Global Research. “The
Reservoir pulls in digital twins, Edge controls and extensive systems
expertise through Global Research that you only will find in this
platform.”

GE Reservoir Storage Unit
The 1.2 MW, 4 MWh Reservoir
Storage Unit, is the fundamental building block of GE’s Reservoir
platform. It is a modular solution that integrates GE’s Battery Blade
design (module stack design) with key technologies from across the
company’s portfolio to achieve an industry-leading energy density,
footprint and lifetime performance. GE’s proprietary Blade Protection
Unit (BPU) actively balances the safety, life, and production of each
battery Blade, extending battery life by up to 15% and reducing fault
currents by up to 5X.

The modular system has multiple installation and cabling options
including pad or pier and is designed to minimize operation and
maintenance (O&M) expenses over the life of the project with an
all-weather design and high-efficiency cooling system. It is factory
built and test to reduce project installation time and costs.

A Living, Learning System
GE’s Reservoir platform
leverages Predix and Edge controls technologies to provide data-driven
insights that help energy operators enhance their systems. These digital
technologies leverage GE’s unique and unparalleled technical and
industry domain knowledge across the entire energy ecosystem from
generation to consumption.

Put together, GE’s Reservoir delivers the most comprehensive energy
storage platform to help meet the energy industry’s rapidly changing
needs. The ability to offer highly customized solutions through the
platform offers customers unprecedented levels of flexibility,
resilience and operational efficiency in hybrid generation, grid
operation and energy management. GE’s Reservoir also enables other
diverse applications that include: Managing higher levels of renewable
power, grid stabilization, peak demand management and controlling energy
flow. By enabling better asset utilization and overall system
management, customers can realize new revenue opportunities and cost
savings as well.

About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) is the world’s Digital Industrial
Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and
solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized
around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," through which
each business shares and accesses the same technology, markets,
structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels innovation and
application across our industrial sectors. With people, services,
technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for Customers by
speaking the language of industry. www.ge.com

About GE Power
GE Power is a world leader in power
generation with deep domain expertise to help Customers deliver
electricity from a wide spectrum of fuel sources. We are transforming
the electricity industry with the digital power plant, the world’s
largest and most efficient gas turbine, full balance of plant, upgrade
and service solutions as well as our data-leveraging software. Our
innovative technologies and digital offerings help make power more
affordable, reliable, accessible and sustainable. For more information,
visit the company's website at www.gepower.com.
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