History

Global's products are designed for a minimum 20-year service life. Global solutions are known for their ability to operate reliably in any environment. There are 20,000 Global products installed in 50 countries. Global has received the Canada Export Award three times as well as a special Lifetime Achievement Award. Global is privately owned. Its head office is in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Global has corporate offices in Canada and the U.S. and authorized sales representatives throughout the world. Global and its employees are active contributors to its customer communities through charitable donations and volunteer work.

Need to power technology on the moon?

Global Themoelectric's history is interesting. In 1975, Global's founders, a group of entrepreneurs from the oil and gas industry, purchased thermoelectric technology from 3M. This technology was developed for NASA's Apollo program and was actually used to generate power on the moon.

After adapting the technology to apply to oil and gas and telecom markets in Alberta, Global's business really took off. In fact, it quickly became the world standard for remote power generation systems. From the first few installations in Canada, Global's Thermoelectric Generators (TEGs) were regularly used in the following industries:

• Gas pipelines
• Wellheads
• Offshore platforms
• Telecommunications
• Security and surveillance and monitoring.

To date there have been more than 20,000 Global Thermoelectric TEGs installed in 50 countries.

But Global is more than just TEGs:

Our success with TEGs soon led to the development and integration of other remote power products. Global can now provide remote power systems where TEGs are not ideal, including larger loads and liquid fueled systems.

We offer solutions based on industrial gensets, hybrids, photovoltaics, grid-connected systems and combined heat and power systems. We constantly monitor new power technologies and work with partners to integrate them into the world's best remote power systems.