December 09, 2003 -- EVENDALE, OHIO - A GE90-115B development engine has completed 3,000 cycles and three 330-minute diversions as part of an extended twin-engine operations (ETOPS) ground demonstration. During the ETOPS ground demonstration, the development engine was the first GE90-115B engine to operate at more than two times the production vibration limits in both the high-pressure and low-pressure systems at multiple thrust levels.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (December 9, 2003) --- GE Power Systems is supplying one Frame 9FA gas turbine-generator to Energiaki Thessalonikis, owned by Hellenic Petroleum, for a new combined-cycle power plant being built in the coastal city of Thessalonika, in northern Greece.
Thessalonika, Greece's second largest city after Athens, is an important commercial port and regional capital of Macedonia.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (December 9, 2003) --- Conmec, a U.S.-based unit of GE Oil & Gas, has been awarded a contract from HOVENSA LLC to supply a fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) power recovery system for a petroleum refining facility in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
The HOVENSA refinery receives and processes crude oils from all over the world and supplies the processed oil products to North and South America and Europe. The supply of the new, 28.5-megawatt FCC hot gas power recovery expander will increase the plant's power generating capacity by approximately 14%.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (December 9, 2003) --- GE Power Systems has been awarded a contract of nearly $18 million by the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority to provide a Frame 6B gas turbine, additional equipment and services for the expansion of a power plant on the island of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (December 9, 2003) --- GE Hydro will apply its advanced design X-Blade runner for a turbine refurbishment project to upgrade the performance of the New Melones hydroelectric plant located on the Stanislaus River near Sonora, California.
The work will be performed by GE Hydro under a contract of more than $8.8 million awarded by the Mid-Pacific Regional Office of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Sacramento, California.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (December 9, 2003) --- GE Jenbacher, a division of GE Power Systems specializing in the manufacture of gas engines and the utilization of alternative energy sources such as diverse biogases and other special gases, has received several recent orders for its technology in Thailand and Malaysia.
Thailand
Khorat waste-to-energy project
Rayong waste-to-fertilizer-and-energy project
Malaysia
Jana Landfill
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (December 9, 2003) --- GE Wind Energy's recent advancement in power electronics, a low voltage ride-through (LVRT) capability that enables wind turbines to stay connected to the grid during system disturbances, is among the technologies the company is highlighting at Power-Gen International 2003.