by Groome Industrial | Oct 26, 2026 | GT Plant Solutions
THE WHOLE PLANT IMPERATIVE • PART 10 Nine posts of argument come down to one question: what does the plant look like when somebody finally looks at all of it? This series began with a claim that sounds like heresy in a gas plant: the turbine is not where most of your...
by Groome Industrial | Oct 16, 2026 | GT Plant Solutions
THE WHOLE PLANT IMPERATIVE • PART 9 Every deferral in this series was defensible on its own. That is precisely how the number got this large. Nobody in this series made a bad decision. That is the part worth sitting with. The condenser cleaning slipped because the...
by Groome Industrial | Sep 18, 2026 | GT Plant Solutions
THE WHOLE PLANT IMPERATIVE • PART 8 The lowest-priority work on the plant, carrying the steepest cost curve on the plant. Those two facts are related. Corrosion is the only failure mode on a power plant that never stops working. It doesn’t need the unit online. It...
by Groome Industrial | Sep 18, 2026 | GT Plant Solutions
THE WHOLE PLANT IMPERATIVE • PART 7 Two systems that almost never fail — and can keep a plant off the grid for a year when they do. Every maintenance program in the industry is built on frequency. What breaks often gets attention, a spare on the shelf, and a line in...
by Groome Industrial | Aug 26, 2026 | GT Plant Solutions
THE WHOLE PLANT IMPERATIVE • PART 6 The only system on the plant whose failure gets blamed on something else — usually on the most expensive asset you own. Output is off about two percent. Heat rate has crept. Nobody can point to an event, so the water washes get...
