SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2006--A new coal mine methane (CMM) power plant, developed and owned by renewable energy developer Envirogen Pty Ltd., featuring 12 of GE Energy's (NYSE: GE) Jenbacher generator sets, has begun operating at one of Australia's largest coal mines, the Oaky Creek Colliery in central Queensland.
The plant is providing power to the regional grid while helping to offset the mine's methane gas emissions.
TREVOSE, Penn. (August 28, 2006) ---GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), will showcase ZENON Membrane Solutions' Z-MODTM Packaged Plants for Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) systems and tertiary ultrafiltration at booth # 3131 at WEFTEC 2006 at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, October 21-25, 2006. The recent introduction of the new 1 MGD Z-MOD--X packaged MBR plant gives GE the industry's largest offering of pre-engineered immersed membrane systems for wastewater treatment.
WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2006--GE Energy's nuclear business and the STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC), acting as agent for NRG South Texas LP, have signed a project development agreement to study the deployment and begin licensing activities for two GE Advanced Boiling Water Reactors (ABWRs) that would be located at the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STP).
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2006--
Consumer Finance Unit Supports GE Manufacturing Unit
GE Money's Retail Sales Finance unit today announced a multi-year agreement to provide revolving consumer credit to retailers who sell water treatment products manufactured by GE Water & Process Technologies. The financing will be offered through GE Money's industry-wide AquaVantage program.
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2006--BP and GE today announced their intention to jointly develop and deploy hydrogen power projects that dramatically reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from electricity generation. Vivienne Cox, BP's Chief Executive of Gas, Power and Renewables, and David L. Calhoun, Vice Chairman of GE and president and CEO of GE Infrastructure, signed the agreement today in London.
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2006--As part of its ambitious program to supply 20 percent of the electricity for the city of Los Angeles from renewable sources by 2010, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is moving forward with a project that will utilize GE Energy's wind turbine technology to produce up to 120 megawatts of wind power.
REXDALE, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2006--GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), joined the Hon. Laurel Broten, Minister of the Environment, in honouring Unilever Canada with a 2006 global ecomagination Leadership Award today. Unilever Canada received the award in recognition of their significant environmental and operational savings, which resulted in nearly 13 million gallons of water saved; an eight percent reduction of natural gas use; and an operational savings of USD $300,000.
TREVOSE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2006--GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced its completion of the ZENON Environmental Inc. (TSX:ZEN and ZEN.A; OTC:ZNEVF and ZNEAF) acquisition. GE purchased ZENON, a global leader in advanced membranes for water purification, wastewater treatment and water reuse, in an all cash transaction valuing ZENON at approximately US $689 million or Cdn $763 million.
