10-Year Contract Covers 127 GE 1.5-MW Wind Turbines in United Kingdom and Ireland
PERTH, Scotland--03 November 2010-- SSE Generation Ltd., the wholly owned generation business of SSE plc, has signed a comprehensive and flexible service agreement with GE (NYSE: GE) covering its fleet of 127 GE wind turbines in operation across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
HOUSTON--03 November 2010-- GE Oil & Gas' drilling & production business has been awarded two contracts totaling more than $120 million by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (DSME) of South Korea, one of the world's leading specialized shipbuilding and offshore contractors.
Under the first contract, GE will supply a blowout preventer (BOP) stack and controls system, to be installed on a Petroserv-owned drillship for oil and gas production activities offshore Brazil.
GE Capital today announced that Elmar Lukas has been appointed Managing Director, Equipment Financing for GE Capital in EMEA. The creation of the new role will support GE Capital's focus on growing and expanding its equipment financing business across Europe. Elmar will oversee the company's equipment financing portfolio and be responsible for leading and executing the equipment financing and leasing strategy across the region. He will report into Isabel Fernandez, Chief Commercial Officer for GE Capital in EMEA.
Executing on Its Strategy to Focus on Its Core Businesses; GE Remains Committed to Turkey
NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Capital, the financial services division of GE, announced today it has reached agreement to sell an 18.6% stake in Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S ('Garanti Bank') to Spanish banking group, Grupo Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria ('BBVA'). GE will receive $3.776 billion (bn) and retain 2.25% of Garanti shares.
GE's 88-megawatt Wintering Hills Project Win Will Help Alberta, Canada Expand its Use of Renewable Energy
MONTREAL--02 November 2010-- GE (NYSE: GE) today announced an order from Suncor Energy for 55 of GE's advanced 1.6-megawatt wind turbines for one of the largest wind power projects in the province of Alberta, Canada. The Wintering Hills project is part of a new "crop" of wind farms being built across Canada with the help of GE's technical expertise and highly reliable wind turbine technologies.
GE's international venture capital specialists in healthcare and clean tech (energy, power and water) are meeting at MaRS to explore partnership opportunities with Ontario based start-up companies on November 2, 2010. MaRS is coordinating meetings between 16 clean tech and healthcare companies, which will meet one-on-one with GE's VC specialists. MaRS CEO Ilse Treurnicht will also host a panel discussion with GE's VC experts focused on partnership strategies and opportunities for Canadian companies. This is the first time GE's global VC team has met with companies in Ontario.
Executing on its strategy to focus on its core businesses;
GE remains committed to Turkey
NORWALK, Conn. (November 2, 2010): GE Capital, the financial services division of GE, announced today it has reached agreement to sell an 18.6% stake in Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S ('Garanti Bank') to Spanish banking group, Grupo Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria ('BBVA'). GE will receive $3.776 billion (bn) and retain 2.25% of Garanti shares.
SAN DIEGO, CA, November 1, 2010---GE Healthcare is advancing the role of magnetic resonance across the cancer care continuum with the introduction of new solutions for radiation therapy planning on the premium wide bore 1.5T Optima™ MR450w, which is being showcased at the annual American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting, October 31 to November 2 in San Diego.
