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...
by Groome Industrial | Aug 25, 2026 | GT Plant Solutions
THE WHOLE PLANT IMPERATIVE • PART 5 The one place on the plant where deferral doesn’t buy you time. It buys you a deadline somebody else sets. The day a notice of violation arrives, the plant is usually running fine. Nothing tripped. Nothing alarmed. Availability for...
