The V Users Group serves owner/operators of both 50- and 60-Hz engines, as noted alongside the logo above. However, at meetings in the US, the focus is on the 60-Hz models of Siemens Energy’s 4000F and 2000E gas turbines. The V fleets here number about five dozen 2000Es and three dozen 4000Fs. Worldwide, the total

The first in-person meeting of V Users in three years began with a program characteristic of the Big Easy. The only event on the Monday calendar was a vendor-sponsored welcome reception in the early evening, allowing attendees to avoid weekend travel in the ever-crazy post-Covid world. Tuesday began with a social event—golf followed by a

Thursday’s program was intense, with four 90-min sessions conducted in parallel tracks for 4000F and 2000E owner/operators. Each track featured one session on mods and upgrades (M&U), one on engineering, and two closed sessions for user-only discussions. A 30-min skull session allowing Siemens Energy engineers and users to sort out sticking points identified over the

The fleet update at the front end of the SGT6-2000E breakout sessions reported the following facts: The 50-Hz units in the 2000E family outnumbered the 60-Hz units 223-105 based on end of 2021 data. The 12-month rolling average availability for the 60-Hz fleet was 96.4% based on July 2021 data. Reliability was 98.8% at that

The SGT6-4000F and SGT6-2000E owner/operators each met in private for about five hours on the third and final days of the conference to cover topics not addressed by the Siemens speakers and to compare notes on their experiences with the OEM and other vendors. Brief notes on subjects discussed, best practices, lessons learned, experiences both