NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy is supplying 20 natural gas-fueled Jenbacher generator sets for a new 30 MW power plant being built to support the regional grid as well as oil and gas field production requirements in southwestern Argentina as the country seeks to overcome its energy shortages.
Contracts Include Sale of First 50-Hz Unit
NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to a growing need for flexible power generation in the Southern Cone of Latin America, GE Energy has received contracts with three companies totaling over US$142 million to supply four 50-Hz LMS100 simple-cycle gas turbines.
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Latest Agreement With Noble Valued at Approximately $650 Million
NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy has received a contract of approximately $650 million to provide 333 wind turbines to Noble Environmental Power for new and expansion projects in New York and Texas that will add nearly 500 megawatts of wind power capacity to the country's renewable energy supply.
The new agreement is the fourth wind turbine supply contract that GE and Noble have signed over the past three years, adding up to 877 GE 1.5-megawatt wind turbines with a total value of more than $1.5 billion.
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NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illinois-based Exelon Nuclear, the nation's largest nuclear operator, has signed a major, multi-million dollar order with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) for large forgings and component fabrication for two next-generation ESBWR nuclear reactors, should the company decide to build a new nuclear power plant in Texas.
The long-lead items agreement requires GEH to supply the major components needed for developing nuclear power plants, including the manufacturing of ultra-large forgings, reactor pressure vessels and steam turbine generators.
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200 Community, Industry Leaders Discuss Region's Water Solutions & Scarcity Challenges
ATLANTA, GA. -- December 10, 2007 -- GE Water & Process Technologies and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce (MACOC) are co-hosting the Georgia Water Solutions Forum.
The Forum is a thought leadership conference that is bringing together leading water experts from the government, municipalities and industrial and technology businesses to explore sustainable approaches to Georgia's unprecedented water shortage.
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SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy (NYSE: GE) expects to invest roughly $50 million to increase supply chain and engineering capacity and will more than double its global capabilities to meet steam turbine demand around the world, company officials announced today. Output will be expanded across GE's steam turbine production and engineering centers in North America, Europe and Asia.
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy (NYSE: GE) has supplied 363 roof-mounted solar panels at the top of 45 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City that will help generate electricity for the first solar powered Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The Christmas tree is decorated with 30,000 new energy-efficient LED lights, on five miles of wire, which will help illuminate Rockefeller Center with a cleaner source of holiday power.