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GSE Systems
GSE Systems, Inc. develops and markets software-based simulation and training products to nuclear, oil, and gas electricity generators, and the chemical process industries. It also sells software for monitoring and optimizing plant and signal analysis to the power industry. On November 1, 2024, the company announced that it had completed its merger with an affiliate of Pelican Energy Partners.[1] OverviewGSE Systems was established in 1994 from three simulation companies that came together. They were part of an original heritage from Singer-Link where they were involved in high-intensity simulation applications such as flight simulators. Since 1994 the company has grown through acquisitions. The primary businesses continue to be process control focused in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industry, and simulation, which is also focused on fossil and nuclear simulation. GSE Systems is headquartered in suburban Baltimore, Maryland. Global operations are conducted from offices in Columbia (Maryland), Ft. Worth (Texas), and Beijing (China). Timeline
Major MilestonesIn 2011, Construction of Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plant simulator, a first-of-a-kind project. The simulators were built for Sanmen Nuclear Power Station and Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in China, also Vogtle Electric Generating Plant and Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in US. In 1977, GSE was a pioneer provider of high-fidelity refinery and fossil power plant simulators. Since then, GSE has built more full-scope simulators than all of its competitors combined. In 1971, GSE Systems, then Singer-Link Simulation, built one of the early stage commercial full-scope nuclear power plant simulators. During 1968-1973 period there were four simulators commissioned by nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) vendors, which were General Electric, Westinghouse, Babcock & Wilcox, and Combustion Engineering. The later two were built by Singer-Link. The first utility-owned simulator was manufactured by Singer-Link for the Consolidated Edison Company in Buchanan, N.Y., which represented Indian Point 2, was ready for training in 1975.[2] Major AcquisitionsGSE Systems Acquires EnVision Systems in the year 2011. EnVision, which provides interactive multi-media tutorials and simulation models, primarily to the petrochemical and oil & gas refining industries. EnVision, with headquarters in Madison, NJ and an office in Chennai, India, was founded in 1991. EnVision’s tutorials and simulation models serve the rapidly growing entry-level training market for the oil & gas refining and specialty chemicals industries. EnVision’s products provide a foundation in process fundamentals and plant operations and interaction. With this knowledge base, users may then graduate to the full-scope, high-fidelity, real-time simulators provided by GSE. EnVision has completed more than 750 installations in over 28 countries and its approximately 130 clients include Shell Oil Company, BP, Total and Chevron. References
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