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Water & Process Technologies

The Water:Energy Nexus

Enabling the future with portfolio solutions

Desalination Solutions: Municipal Solutions: Product Water: Residential Products:
Drawing on the ocean’s virtually limitless Facing unprecedented growth and water Consumers use the products they trust – GE point-of-use and point-of-entry

Desalination
water resources, GE’s desalination
technologies are helping water scarce
regions to create new freshwater sources
Municipal
demand, cities are turning to GE’s
advanced membrane and water quality
measurement technologies to tackle
Product
whether it is pharmaceuticals, food, or
beverages. As brands expand globally, GE
technologies ensure high quality
Residential
filtration systems are enabling
homeowners to produce higher quality
water from every tap in the home. This

Solutions
that can quench growing demand.
Solutions
increasingly stringent water and
wastewater regulations and the threat of Water
ingredient water for manufacturing
regardless of a plant’s location or its water
source.
Products
same technology is helping developing
countries to leapfrog traditional, costly
infrastructure and provide safe water to
new, virulent pathogens in our lakes and
rivers. those who need it most.

Utility Solutions: Process Chemicals & Industrial Wastewater:

GE is optimizing system efficiency &
Process
Separations: Once considered a by-product, GE’s water

Utility
increasing uptime in cooling towers and
boilers by reducing energy usage and
Silently working in pipes, tanks and
Industrial
reuse technology is transforming industrial
wastewater into a sustainable, new water
greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced
Chemicals &
process fluids, GE’s advanced chemicals
protect valuable production assets from source that can often be used many times

Solutions
monitoring systems reduce the risk of
corrosion and fouling faced in day-to-day
Wastewater
over—dramatically reducing the strain on

Separations
pathogen growth, such as Legionella, in our precious water resources.
operations, while improving overall
cooling systems.
manufacturing efficiency and quality.

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2008: Strong organic growth in turbulent times

NAM +
W Europe -
Metals
Residential
MEA ++++
E. Europe +++
LAM ++
APAC ++

2007 Price Emerging Developed FX Disposition 2008

Markets Markets

• Flow product growth building • Global growth

• Order strength on long cycle • Service demand strong
• Price response solid • Portfolio awareness building

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2009: Focus on the Core

FIND KEEP GROW
New customers Business retention Grow existing customers
New locations through differentiation

• Target corporations • Leverage experience • Targeted NPI launch

• Deal selection…win:loss • Consistent value delivery • Industry Playbooks
• Rich pipeline • Global:local balance • Realize service value
• Demand creation • Global best practices • Water benchmarking
• Emerging geographies • Advanced digital services • Leverage expertise

Win:Loss Erosion

Expansion
Pipeline

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GE – focused on helping the world overcome
unprecedented challenges

Increasing Water Threat of Waterborne Growth of Developing

Scarcity Illness Nations

Rising Cost of Energy New Stringent Massive

Regulations Infrastructure Needs
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The Global Water Challenge

“Whiskey is for Drinking; Water is for Fighting.”

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– Mark Twain
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The Global Energy Challenge

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Water : Energy Nexus

both challenges must be addressed together

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Nexus #1: 6-20% of a city’s energy demand is
used to produce, treat & transport water
WATER ENERGY

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Solution #1: Distributed water & power…

right mix, right place, right price
WATER ENERGY

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Opportunity #1: Distributed drinking water,
reuse and waste water

• Information management … remote monitoring,

diagnostics and control

• Standardized, integrated equipment solutions

• On-site reuse technologies … re-packaging

opportunity to drive widespread use

• Wastewater to energy is real

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Nexus #2: Higher technology to treat impaired

water requires higher energy demand
WATER ENERGY
Membrane

Other
O&M* Capital
~33% ~33%

Energy
~33%

Thermal (MED)

Other Capital
24% 31%

Energy
45%

* Membrane replacement,
Chemicals, Labor, Maintenance

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Solution #2: Technology development driving
energy and cost out
WATER ENERGY
1.25
Cost of Water $/m3

1.00 Cost of Desalination

0.75
Cost Water Reuse
0.50

0.25 Cost of ‘Traditional’ Water Supply

1996 2010

The cost of desalination with GE membranes has fallen by more than 80% in the last two decades

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Opportunity #2: Technology development

driving energy and cost out
$$ SHORT TERM
• High-Flux Membrane Systems
• Chem/Membrane/Equip Integration
• Advanced Pretreatment

• Next-Generation Electrical Processes

• Nano technologies
• Solar & Low Grade Heat Integration LONG TERM

• High-Efficiency Membrane Materials

• SWRO-PRO/RED Integration
• Renewable Energy Integration

• Nano-tube Active Transport

• Additive Particulate Separation
• Sub-Surface Desalination

2008 2012 2016 2020

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Nexus #3: Declining reservoir levels reduce
hydro generating capacity
WATER ENERGY

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Solution #3: Reduce water consumption,

replenish reservoirs, alternative energy sources
WATER ENERGY

Bioenergy Wind

Solar Hydro Natural Gas

Cauley Creek water reuse facility…restoring

lake levels by treating municipal wastewater
Geothermal Hydrogen

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Opportunity #3: Reduce water consumption,
replenish reservoirs, alternative energy sources

• Direct water reuse … next gen NF/UF

• Biological control … move away from chlorine
• Water rights management
• Data management to find and extract unknown
underground water supplies … borrow from Oil & Gas
industry
• Combined water/renewable energy projects
• Agriculture … drip/micro drip irrigation
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Nexus #4: Power generation requires large

quantities of water
WATER ENERGY

>50% of global
industrial water
consumption is used
to generate power

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Solution #4: Reduce water consumption per
MW produced

Source Align optimum water source

To Use with consumption need 1) Baseline water & energy
footprint
Optimize water & energy 2) Identify efficiency
Process &
consumption in boiler, cooling opportunities
Utilities
and fuel systems
3) Prepare optimization plan
& engage stakeholders
Waste Convert waste streams 4) Execute & calibrate
To Value into value & minimize risk

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Opportunity #4: Reduce water consumption

per MW produced

• Global focus on industrial water efficiency

• Ecomagination … GE 20x12 water reduction goal
• Benchmarking services
• Common approach across geographies/industries:
– Oil & Gas
– Mining
– Steel
– Petrochemical
– Food & Beverage
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Nexus #5: Energy exploration & production
generates large quantities of wastewater
WATER ENERGY

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Solution #5: Advanced wastewater solutions

reduce water losses and enable water reuse
WATER ENERGY

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Opportunity #5: Advanced wastewater solutions
reduce water losses and enable water reuse

• Oilsands … high-tech chem & equip solutions needed

• SAGD … high temperature, oil content

• Gas frac water … water scarce & gas rich regions

• Address water issues across value chain

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Nexus #6: India’s huge energy demand creates

huge water demand
WATER ENERGY

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Solution #6: India’s water and energy
challenges can be solved simultaneously
WATER ENERGY

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Opportunity #6: India’s water and energy

challenges can be solved simultaneously

• Integrated power & water solution

• Shift from water hunting to water cultivation*

• Solutions apply across developing world

• Distributed water and energy solutions

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