LONDON--29 October 2008-- GE Energy announced today that EDF Energy Networks is installing GE's power distribution management software system to help manage EDF's London electricity distribution network. The new distribution system completes the final phase in EDF's integration strategy that will benefit eight million customers in the United Kingdom.
LONDON, U.K.---October 29, 2008---GE Energy announced today that EDF Energy Networks is installing GE's power distribution management software system to help manage EDF's London electricity distribution network. The new distribution system completes the final phase in EDF's integration strategy that will benefit eight million customers in the United Kingdom.
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Plant Supports Japan's Renewable Energy Goals, Serves as Regional Model
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA---October 23, 2008---Japan's most powerful wood gas-to-energy power plant, powered by two of GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engines, has won the Gold Award for the Best Renewable Energy Power Plant of the Year, conferred by Asian Power magazine. The innovative project generates power from an abundant, renewable biomass resource that would otherwise be treated as rubbish, demonstrating opportunities for future waste-to-energy initiatives in Japan.
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ATLANTA, GA.---October 22, 2008---Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) of California plans to deploy as many as 3.3 million GE meters equipped with SmartMeter™ technology to utility customers in northern and central California. These meters will help customers manage their energy consumption and costs, while helping the utility improve customer service. Overall, PG&E plans to deploy 10.3 million SmartMeter gas and electric meters by the end of 2011 to virtually all of its customers.
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New Operation Enhances Local Customer Service as Jenbacher Engine Orders Increase in Asia
BEIJING, CHINA---October 16, 2008---Citing a significant growth in onsite power projects in Asia, GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engine business today announced the opening of a new regional engine packaging operation at GE's manufacturing center in Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province in southeast China. The new packaging operation will help support GE Energy's customers in China and Asia that are working to address their urgent energy and environmental challenges.
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Essential Insight™ .mesh Allows Plant Operators to Monitor Previously Inaccessible Equipment
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HOUSTON, TEXAS---October 14, 2008---GE Energy today announced the launch of its new Bently Nevada™ wireless condition monitoring solution, called Essential Insight™ .mesh. Designed to improve overall plant reliability, productivity and efficiency for remote and inaccessible plant equipment, the Essential Insight .mesh solution is now available and was unveiled at ISA Expo in Houston, Texas.
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HOUSTON, TEXAS---October 14, 2008---GE Energy has announced the successful implementation of its Bently Nevada™ condition monitoring technology designed for remote and distributed equipment assets, primarily in power generation, oil & gas, and other industrial facilities. The new wireless technology was deployed with Norsk Hydro and Norske Shell A/S for the Ormen Lange gas field in Norway.