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GE Renewable Energy awarded contract by SPIC Brasil for São Simão Hydroelectric Power Plant modernization

March 24, 2022
  • Located in the states of Minas Gerais and Goiás in Brazil, São Simão hydroelectric plant has 1,710 MW of installed capacity, enough to supply 6 million homes
  • Scope of the project includes six generating units and auxiliary systems of the hydroelectric plant.
  • Execution of the project will require components and services from other companies, generating opportunities for the hydroelectric sector’s supply chain inside and outside Brazil

Paris, March 24, 2022 – GE Renewable Energy’s Hydro division signed a co

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GE Vernova
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Danielle Abade Brito
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GE Vernova
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Paula Resende
Weber Shandwick, for SPIC Brasil
+55 41 99867-8317
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João Mauro Uchôa
Weber Shandwick, for SPIC Brasil
+55 11 99865-4053
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Joelma Amaral
Weber Shandwick, for SPIC Brasil
+55 11 98335-0082
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GE Renewable Energy assina contrato com a SPIC Brasil para modernização da Usina Hidrelétrica São Simão

March 22, 2022
· Localizada na divisa dos estados de Minas Gerais e Goiás, a usina hidrelétrica São Simão tem 1.710 MW de capacidade instalada, o suficiente para abastecer 6 milhões de residências · Escopo do projeto contempla as seis unidades geradoras da hidrelétrica e seus respectivos sistemas auxiliares · Execução do projeto demandará componentes e serviços de outras empresas, gerando oportunidades para a cadeia produtiva do setor hidrelétrico, dentro e fora do Brasil
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Global campaign will highlight hydropower’s role in achieving net zero and energy security

March 22, 2022

GE Renewable Energy’s Hydropower business is joining forces with organisations around the world to call for urgent investment in hydropower to combat climate change, accelerate progress towards net zero and strengthen energy security.

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Emilie Pervin
Hydro, Communications
GE Renewable Energy
+33 6 28 31 74 13
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Waldemar Oldenburger
Communications, Hydro Solutions
GE Renewable Energy
+49 172 631 22 34
[email protected]
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GE Renewable Energy to refurbish synchronous generators at Bitsch hydropower plant in Switzerland

March 16, 2022
  • GE Hydro Solutions to rehabilitate two vertical hydro synchronous generators at the power station Bitsch in Switzerland
  • Once refurbished, the lifetime of the units will be extended for sixty years
  • New generators will help ensure the highest level of reliability and flexibility

Paris, March 16, 2022 - GE Hydro Solutions has signed a service contract with HYDRO Exploitation SA, acting on behalf of the asset owner Electra-Massa SA, to refurbish two 120 MVA vertical synchronous generators at the Bitsch power

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Communications, Hydro Solutions
GE Renewable Energy
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GE Renewable Energy to refurbish generators at the historic Long Lake Hydroelectric Power Plant

January 12, 2022
  • GE Renewable Energy to rehabilitate four generators at Long Lake Powerhouse, a site listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
  • The first unit is scheduled for commissioning at the end of 2024
  • Once refurbished, the lifetime of the units will be increased by another 50 years.

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    Tim Brown
    GE Vernova
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    Communications, Hydro Solutions
    GE Renewable Energy
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    [email protected]
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GE Renewable Energy is awarded with a contract for operation and maintenance of the Igarapava Hydroelectric Power Plant

December 07, 2021
  • GE Renewable Energy, which provided critical equipment and solutions during Igarapava’s construction and installation, has recently signed a new contract to provide operation and maintenance support for the plant
  • Services will be performed by GE Renewable Energy in all five hydroelectric generating units available, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, over five years
  • Located in the boarder of the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo, Brazil, the hydroelectric plant has a total of 210 MW of installed capacity, enough to provide electric

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    Communications, Hydro Solutions
    GE Renewable Energy
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GE Renewable Energy connects the last of world’s most six powerful hydro units to the grid in Wudongde, China

June 30, 2021
  • Just under a year after the commissioning of the first unit, all units are now connected to the grid and in commercial operation
  • GE Renewable Energy Hydro Solutions has provided 6 x 850 MW Francis turbine generator sets and related equipment for the Wudongde project
  • The Wudongde Hydropower Project is the seventh largest hydropower station in the world with the largest single unit capacity in operation

Paris, 30 June 2021 – In line with the planned schedule, GE Renewable Energy’s last unit of the Wudongde (

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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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GE Renewable Energy announces a breakthrough in hydropower turbine condition assessment

May 25, 2021
  • GE Renewable Energy introduces a new underwater robotized hydropower turbine inspection solution able to inspect between the runner blades of a turbine, a first of its kind in the hydropower condition assessment field
  • This hydropower assessment solution reduces cost, inspection risks and outage time by 95%
  • GE Renewable Energy’s breakthrough inspection solution assesses the health of a hydropower turbine within a couple of hours with a level of quality similar to a dewatered visual inspection
  • This new inspection solution wil

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    Hydro, Communications
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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
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