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GE Celebrates Success for First GT26 HE Upgrade Implementation, Adds New Orders around the World

July 20, 2021
  • GE and international energy company Uniper conducted implementation and testing of the first GT26 High Efficiency (HE) gas turbine upgrade at Uniper’s Enfield Power Station in London
  • The results of the first implementation confirmed both efficiency and power output have exceeded expectations
  • Enel Argentina SA’s subsidiary Central Dock Sud and Keppel Merlimau Cogen Pte Ltd (KMC) have ordered the GT26 HE upgrade to boost the performance of their plants in Argentina and Singapore


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Central Dock Sud SA, a company with participation by Enel Argentina SA, Awards Contract to GE for First GT26 HE Upgrade in Latin America

July 20, 2021
  • GE’s technology will increase performance of the two GT26 AB gas turbines powering Enel Argentina’s Central Dock Sud plant aiming to add over 100 megawatts (MW) of power, improving efficiency, and helping to decommission its high-fogging system
  • This will be the first GE GT26 HE upgrade to be installed in Latin America
  • The first implementation of this technology at Uniper’s Enfield site confirmed both efficiency and power output have exceeded the guaranteed performance values

Buenos Aires, Argentina – July


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Keppel to Increase Plant Efficiency in Singapore with First in South East Asia Investment in GE’s GT26 HE Upgrade

July 20, 2021
  • GE’s GT26 High Efficiency (HE) solution increases performance of the GT26 platform through advanced technologies from GE’s H-Class, F-Class and Additive Manufacturing
  • Keppel Merlimau Cogen’s (KMC) unit will be the first GT26 HE upgrade in Singapore and in South East Asia, aiming to improve efficiency and achieve fuel savings that will lead to abate up to approximately 50,000,000 kilowatt-hour equivalent of carbon emissions each year

JURONG ISLAND, SINGAPORE —July  20, 2021—Continuing to keep its gas turbine fleet competitive in


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Cricket Valley Energy Center and GE Sign Agreement to Help Reduce Carbon Emissions in New York with Green Hydrogen-Fueled Power Plant

July 15, 2021
  • Agreement will launch H2 Roadmap project aiming to convert upstate New York natural gas plant to zero carbon emission green hydrogen

Dover Plains, NEW YORK, July 15, 2021—GE (NYSE: GE) and Cricket Valley Energy Center (CVEC) today announced the companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop a green hydrogen technology roadmap (H2 Roadmap) and advance a demonstration project to reduce carbon emissions at CVEC’s combined cycle power plant located in Dover Plains, New York—initiating the first step toward the conversion to a


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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Invests in Ontario Jobs

July 15, 2021

Creates 80 skilled positions in Markham, Ontario to support deployment of new, carbon-free nuclear power technology

TORONTO—July 15, 2021—GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced the creation of 80 highly skilled jobs in Ontario to support the deployment of BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in Canada and around the world. The professional technical jobs will be based at GEH’s Canada SMR headquarters in Markham, Ontario and are primarily in engineering, project management, sourcing and quality.   

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Jon Allen
GE Vernova
+1 910 819 2581
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GE to supply high performance and ultra-precise power supply systems for one of the largest scientific research projects in the world today.

July 15, 2021

GE Power Conversion have been selected by GSI for the design, development, engineering, manufacture, installation, and commissioning of power converters for the main dipole and quadrupole magnets of the ring accelerator SIS100 at the new Facility for Antiproton Ion Research (FAIR), an accelerator facility in Darmstadt, Germany.


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Marafiq and GE Support Tanweer to Produce More Sustainable Electricity in Oman with Diesel-to-Gas Switching through a New ‘Power Plant on Wheels’

July 12, 2021
  • GE Gas Power to supply Marafiq with four TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines and subsequently build, own and operate a power plant for Tanweer in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm in Oman.
  • The TM2500 units will run on natural gas and replace diesel generators, contributing to fewer greenhouse gas emissions per megawatt hour of power generation.  
  • The units are expected to be commissioned in five months, providing fast, reliable power.

 


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GE Hitachi, Global Nuclear Fuel and Cameco to Examine Potential Collaboration to Support BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Deployment

July 06, 2021

TORONTO—July 7, 2021—GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A) and Cameco Corporation (Cameco) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to explore several areas of cooperation to advance the commercialization and deployment of BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in Canada and around the world.

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Jon Allen
GE Vernova
+1 910 819 2581
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GE announces new ‘Energy Transition Plan’ to support Iraq’s electricity sector

June 30, 2021
  • GE will showcase a comprehensive set of solutions that responds to growing demand while working toward decarbonization of the power sector at the Rebuild Iraq event in Baghdad
  • Several key pillars are part of the plan to help unlock opportunities and secure a cleaner energy future for the people of Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq; June 28, 2021: GE has announced a comprehensive “Energy Transition Plan” for Iraq,  presenting its transformative strategies to support the country’s evolution to a cleaner energy future.

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Duraid Adnan
Senior Communications Manager, GE Iraq & Levant Senior Communications Manager, GE Gas Power MENA & South Asia
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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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Waldemar Oldenburger
Communications, Hydro Solutions
GE Renewable Energy
+49 172 631 22 34
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