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GE commissions first two 300 MW pumped storage units at Jinzhai hydro power plant, China

December 08, 2022
  • GE was selected to deliver four 300 MW pumped storage units for the project
  • The first two units passed the trial period and are now connected to the grid
  • The project annual generating capacity represents about 1.4 times the annual household electricity consumption in Jinzhai

GE Hydro Solutions was selected by Anhui Jinzhai Pumped Storage Power Co., LTD, one of the divisions of State Grid XinYuan, to supply four new 300 MW pumped storage turbines, generator-motors as well as the balance of plant equipment for the Anhui Jinz

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Agathe Lefévre de la Houplière
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GE Vernova
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Mountain Man: This Engineer Helped Design A Huge Power Plant On Top Of The Alps

Tomas Kellner
May 28, 2021

Having grown up in the shadow of the majestic Matterhorn in southern Switzerland — and summiting its pointy peak last year — Alex Schwery is not easily intimidated by the sight of a big mountain. But one cold day in the mid-2000s, he found himself standing in a cramped Alpine valley and he was practically trembling.

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GE Renewable Energy to Equip VERBUND’S Reisseck II+ Pumped Hydro Storage Power Plant

May 26, 2021
  • GE Renewable Energy to provide one 45 MW horizonal generator
  • From 2023, the new pumped hydro storage power plant will support the integration of wind and photovoltaic systems in Austria
  • Following Malta Oberstufe, Reisseck II is VERBUND’s second fully-fed variable speed pumped hydro storage power plant in Austria equipped by GE Hydro

Paris, May 26, 2021 – GE Renewable Energy announced today that it has been selected by VERBUND – Austria’s largest electricity producer - to supply and commission one 45 MW g

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Waldemar Oldenburger
Communications, Hydro Solutions
GE Renewable Energy
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GE Renewable Energy Awarded Contract for New Build Tauernmoos Pumped Hydro Storage Power Plant

May 18, 2021
  • GE Renewable Energy to provide two 85 MW variable speed pumped storage units.
  • Tauernmoos is one of the first new build pumped hydro storage units worldwide to feature fully-fed variable speed technology
  • Operated by the Austrian Railway Company ÖBB, Tauernmoos will be a cornerstone for a sustainable, demand-oriented supply of traction power from hydropower

Paris, May 18, 2021 – GE Renewable Energy announced today that it has been selected by the Austrian National Railway Operator, ÖBB, to supply and co

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Waldemar Oldenburger
Communications, Hydro Solutions
GE Renewable Energy
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GE Renewable Energy Signs Agreement with BE Power to Accelerate 400 MW Pumped Hydro Storage Project in Australia

December 15, 2020
  • GE Renewable Energy Hydro Solutions to provide technical and commercial support for the development of Big-T pumped hydro storage project in Toowoomba, Australia
  • Big-T pumped hydro storage power plant could provide power output equivalent to the demand of about 200,000 households in Queensland

Paris, December 15, 2020 – GE Renewable Energy and BE Power have signed an agreement to co-develop the 400 MW Big-T (Cressbrook) pumped hydro storage project in Toowoomba,

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Waldemar Oldenburger
Communications, Hydro Solutions
GE Renewable Energy
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Renewable energy

Waterworld: In The European Union, Hydropower Is The Key To A Renewable Energy Future

Karsten Strauss
October 19, 2020

In September, the European Commission in Brussels proposed an ambitious new goal for renewable energy in the region: a 55% reduction in greenhouses gases by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels) to put Europe on track toward climate neutrality by 2050.

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Mix It Up: Renewable Power Is Rising And This Tech Will Help It Shine

Sam Worley
David Hochman
September 26, 2019

Many countries have set ambitious goals for getting their electricity from renewable sources. Germany, for example, wants to generate 65% of its energy from renewables by 2030. Sweden wants to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2040.

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