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JOB NUMBER:
2029314
BUSINESS:
GE Power & Water
BUSINESS SEGMENT:
PW-REN Renewables
ABOUT US:
Renewable Energy offers its customers solutions for energy production from renewable resources such as wind, solar and biogas. With more than 18,000 installed wind turbines globally, GE Energy provides more than 25,000 megawatt installed capacity of clean and efficient energy. A comprehensive service program supports clients from project development to operation and maintenance, to solutions for network integration and the commercial exploitation of wind energy. In Germany, GE Wind Energy is represented by almost 2,000 wind turbines. The wind turbines are manufactured in Salzbergen, Lower Saxony - GE's European headquarters for renewable energy, where also the European Customer Service and Training Center is located.
POSTED POSITION TITLE:
Renewables Plant Controls Engineer- (m/f)
CAREER LEVEL:
Experienced
FUNCTION:
Engineering/Technology
FUNCTION SEGMENT:
Product Design and Development
LOCATION:
Germany
U.S. STATE, CHINA OR CANADA PROVINCES:
CITY:
Salzbergen
POSTAL CODE:
48499
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No
ROLE SUMMARY/PURPOSE:
The Controls Engineer is an integral part of the Renewables product and design process, reporting directly to the Engineering Manager of the Control Systems organization. This is a global engineering role where the scope includes design & enhancement of wind farm and energy storage control systems, and coordinating with renewable product line and services team on product needs.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist development and enhancement of plant controls technologies, covering functional requirements definition, flowdown, preliminary design development & documentation.
- As part of the broader control system design, interface with the turbine and storage controls team and to incorporate operability requirements into the plant controller design.
- Assist senior plant controls engineer and work with controls product line personnel to flow down desired capability into requirements & preliminary design that can be executed through detailed design & implementation. Focus will be on next generation Plant Controller system concepts.
- Work with Fleet Reliability Operations and Renewable Services team to define plant control system needs for the installed base.
- Engage with wind turbine controls, energy storage controls, platform, and services team and investigate plant controls issues, identify & discuss with senior engineer, and implement improvements in the controls strategies.
- As a plant controls engineer and part of the broader controls team, assist/guide in conceptual, detailed design, implementation and validation of the controls features that address plant level and grid features ((voltage control, frequency control, ramp rate control, power curtailment, etc.).
- Engage in the effort of defining / documenting operability & grid constraints. This is creating the foundation on which controls architecture and approach can be modified to meet goals of improved transient response at the plant level.
- Work closely with PE and senior design engineers to develop strategy for high visibility tasks (RCA, new concepts for fast track design needs) and represent the team in discussions and reviews with renewables leadership.
- Assist in development of control algorithms for grid services including real power control, reactive power control, voltage control, etc. and execute complete design cycle (concepts, analysis, optimization, validation and coding) for controls of wind farm systems
- Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
* BS Degree in Control Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
* 3+ years real-time controls design or modeling experience.
* Proficiency in control system software requirements definition, requirements flowdown and design.
* At least 2 years of programming experience in C/C++, Matlab/Simulink, or IEC-61131 languages
* Experience in an engineering position dealing with controls and electrical and electronic system design
* Fluent in English, both written and spoken
* Conversational German
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS:
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:
- Greenbelt (internal GE) with demonstrated quality focus. Meets or exceeds schedule and quality targets.
- Masters of Science Degree in Controls Engineering, Computer, Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- Experience in design and/or modeling of controls systems.
- 5 years of wind industry experience with a focus on plant controls systems.
- Familiar with electrical grid operation and power systems control
- Strong analytical approach to problem solving
- Ability to lead in a matrix organization
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to succeed in a global team environment.
- Experience with typical controls platforms, favorable with GE's Mark-Vie platform(UCSA/B controllers)
- Strong background and experience in real-time control development
- Experience with the grid market including renewable integration and required services
- Experience with communication protocols such as CAN, MODBUS, EGD, DNP3, OPC-UA and IEC-61850
- Demonstrated process orientation in approach to work
- Experience with data acquisition systems, network and telephone-based remote monitoring, SCADA and building control systems
If you have any further requests, please contact Stefanie Wierich, Senior Recruiter, at Tel. + 49 5971
9801796.
Gas-powered vehicles r prominent n today's society tht replacing ll f thm wth SOLAR CARS wuld hv n overwhelmingly impressive impact n reducing greenhouse emissions. In fact, transportation th number n u f greenhouse emissions n mn counties.
Onl rntl th production f oil nd gas overstepping that. Th wh r worried but th greenhouse effect n mk great progress b changing hw th gt around. Evn still, walking, biking, nd tkng th bus simply isn't convenient driving car. Th solution? Mk mr energy-efficient automobile, uh n that's solar powered.
SOLAR POWERED VEHICLES M B TH FUTURE
Actually, whthr r nt solar powered cars uld vr replace gas powered vehicles, r vn electric cars, point f hot debate. Nevertheless, thr r ndd working cars n existence tht run ff f solar energy. Th cars don't emit n pollution, making thm vr safe fr th environment.
Th nl negative impact th uld hv n th manufacturing f thr parts nd n bi-products tht m m frm it, but tht concern vr minimal.
Th thng tht h bn delaying th u f th sun t power vehicles th amount f space t wuld tk t hv nugh solar panels t charge u r power th cars. Take, fr example, th Ford C-Max Solar. Th car m wth roof md f solar panels.
Th car h t b parked undr special charging station tht condenses th sun energy tht t takes nl n day t charge th car, ntd f longer. Whn undr th station, th car automatically moves frwrd nd bk fw feet tht t n b n th rght position t catch th sunlight. Th m b safe fr th Earth, but t sounds lk safety hazard fr kids.
TH RACE T BUILD GREAT SOLAR CAR
Work t perfect th concept f solar powered vehicle started bk n th 1990s, whn regulations whr introduced tht demanded move twrd zr transportation emissions. At tht time, vrl universities nd industry scientists hv tkn u th challenge nd md m impressive progress.
However, t m tht th electric car proving mr practical fr mass production nd use. Th cars d ndd satisfy th goal f reducing greenhouse emissions, but u problem fr th wh wnt t live life ff th grid'. Fr these, solar cars wuld b th bt option.
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After the recent death of the Brazilian congressman and a member of the Brazilian Socialistic Party Eduardo Campos the political field in Brazil has faced serious changes. Marina Silva, who is a member of a Green Party and who participated in the previous presidential elections, got a good chance to win the coming election race and bring serious changes in the green tech sector.
Marina Silva is a Brazilian environmentalist and an Ex-Environment Minister in the Lulu's government. On the contrary to the current government of Ms. Rousseff, she supports the development of the renewable energy and prioritizes the protection of the Amazon rain forest. Many experts in the renewable energy area are saying that if she wins, the renewable energy might have a more optimistic future in compare with the current forecasts
The changes in the energy matrix in Brazil, which are aimed at increase of the renewable energy share in it, are getting popular not only among public sector but also among private energy consumers. In Brasilia exists a social movement which is pushing the new government to change the energy policy to be more transparent and to use "clean" sources of energy.
Brazilian NGOs (including Greenpeace) have launched a campaign "Energia para vida" which purpose is to attract attention of Brazilian society to the topic of the perspectives of the development of national energy policy and making it more sustainable and environment friendly.
Solarinvest, an event held in Brasilia on the 17th September 2014, was dedicated to the discussion about new possibilities for renewable energy in the light of the coming political changes.
Good news is that the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has set the terms for financial support for the winners of the energy auction scheduled for 31st October 2014, who would use the solar energy. Normally BNDES invests in the products which have more than 60% of the components produced in Brazil. The higher is the amount of manufactured components or processes of solar systems made in Brazil, the higher is the participation of BNDES investments.
There are now more credit lines and investment programs to finance micro and mini generations for the private sector:
* The governmental bank Caixa Economica is offering the "construcard" to finance under the low interest the PV installations;
* Goias state has developed their own credit line with 3% per year interest rate to finance the PV installation in the region.
During the event the representative of the Meyer Burger, global technology group, has announced their plans on the opening of the production line for solar panels in Brazil. This decision was accompanied by the positive changes in the current energy politics and it could turn more profitable in the course of the coming political transformations.
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Behind schedule nine months of negotiations, a earth-shattering sit out key discernment has been signed linking the US and Chinaware, the world's two prime emitters of music school gases. This discernment heralds what looks take pleasure in the start of a new era of similarity that movement switch off the tides in the slip adjoining sit out key. On Wednesday November 11, in Beijing, Person in charge Obama and Chinese Person in charge Xi Jinping announced single-minded new music school gas reductions. "As the world's two prime economies, energy regulars and emitters of music school gases, we brandish a restricted thing to extend the cosmopolitan tramp adjoining sit out key," Obama believed. Unadventurously the discernment is being unwilling by the GOP, in spite of that, this is not a go down with and thus does not beg the endorsement of Republicans in Legislative body. Nonetheless the agreement is non-binding the two countries brandish indicated their end to run the following: - The US movement decrease emissions 26 to 28 percent underneath 2005 levels by 2025 (this movement beg the US to backup its carbon knock efforts). - The plan offers initiatives and incentives to develop supervisor solar and wind power in both countries. - Chinaware movement brandish its CO2 emissions record no higher than 2030. - Chinaware movement bring up their piece of non-fossil fuel energy to 20 percent by 2030 (amounting to 800 to 1,000 gigawatts of cleaner power ). Chinaware is in advance the cosmopolitan commandant in renewable energy and this discernment movement press on what the Pallid Friendly society has called a clean energy "twist," that movement likewise flatten the celebrated hitch-hike of air pollution in the ethnicity. The unaware anti-climate Republicans live to tell the tale to yank politics seeing that distorting the skill for flag-waver well-behaved. Conservatives brandish in advance started to keen about the fact that China's waves movement record in 2030. Although, this takes concerning loud noise the fact that the US is dependable for 29.3 percent of cosmopolitan collective carbon emissions, seeing that Chinaware has been dependable for specifically 7.6 percent. The Obama slip movement never be able to break up knock back Republican obstructionism, but the Person in charge may be able to core the plan to the American descendants by focusing on the "billions of dollars" of energy savings for regulars and businesses. This discernment represents an tone leading induce towards far better cuts. According to the Pallid Friendly society the survive desire is to "run elder economy-wide reductions on the subject of 80% by 2050." This is a discernment that movement brandish cosmopolitan repercussions both for wet behind the ears nations and for fossil fuel conditional countries take pleasure in Canada and Australia. "We hallucinate to animate all important economies to be single-minded -- all countries, wet behind the ears and full-blown -- to operate cater-cornered a number of of the old divides, so we can marked a tough cosmopolitan sit out agreement support meeting," Obama believed. This discernment may put sit out key account on the G20 arranger and it brightens the prediction of being able to hole a sit out agreement support meeting in Paris. Xi believed both sides were trustworthy to active in the direction of the goals before the Joined Nations Harden Hearsay in Paris support meeting. This discernment signals a new era of similarity that is groundbreaking for efforts to battle sit out key. Xi told the US Person in charge that he hoped they had laid the custom for a collaborative fraction, adage, "A assortment begins with many drops of water."For his part Obama told the Chinese be foremost that he popular to spell the fraction "to a new extent." "In the role of the U.S. and Chinaware are able to operate linked clearly," he extra, "the hard world benefits."A above Obama slip executive believed the sit out key discernment "basic furnish with a muscular just," and "movement expend in a new day, where the U.S. and Chinaware can operate as partners." Subscribe in a reader
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Iran is mulling to double its renewable energy output by March 20, 2015. According to an official with Iran's power sector, the country aims to attain the target by the end of the present Iranian calendar year, i.e. March 20, 2015.
Homayoun Haeri, the managing director of the Iran Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR) recently stated that the country's renewable power output is scheduled to touch 400 MW by the year end.
It was in December 2014 that Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian stated that the country is looking forward to generate power from different sources of energy. He added that 1,000 MW of electricity should be generated per year from renewable energy in Iran.
In November 2014, Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian had put forward plans to develop national electricity industry and had given high priority to the solar and wind power plants. He had estimated electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to increase by 7 to 8 per cent every year.
Meanwhile, the administration of Hassan Rouhani is looking forward to harness solar energy and has allocated 60 million for solar energy projects in the present Iranian calendar year as compared to merely 12 million in the previous year. It wants to tap the rural communities, which are by and large cut off from government services in different parts of the country.
Currently, Iran's power generation capacity is 68.38 GW. Over the past ten years, the capacity has increased by 7 per cent every year.
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