ATLANTA, GEORGIA (September 25, 2003) --- GE Power Systems has announced that its Network Reliability Services business will host a Users Conference specifically targeted for its network management and substation automation end users. The conference, which is tracked according to each discipline, will be held in New Orleans, La., at the Fairmont Hotel and will run from October 26 through October 29.
BELFORT, FRANCE (September 25, 2003) --- Four F-technology gas turbines supplied by GE Energy have entered commercial service at two combined-cycle power plant projects in Spain, and are producing nearly 300 megawatts of power for ENDESA, Spain's largest electric utility.
The two projects are Barranco de Tirajana in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, and Son Reus II in Mallorca, Balearic Islands. The four MS6001FA (Frame 6FA) gas turbines were provided to Duro Felguera of Asturias, Spain, the general contractor to ENDESA for both projects.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA (September 24, 2003) --- GE Wind Energy, a business unit of GE Power Systems, has been selected by ENERSIS SA to supply 16 wind turbines and construct two turnkey wind farms in Portugal.
The two projects are Lomba da Seixa II, sited in northern Portugal near the cities of Braga, Vilareal and Porto; and Senhora da Vitoria, sited near Nazaré, north of Lisbon in the central western section of Portugal. Each site will utilize eight GE 1.5-megawatt wind turbines.
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (September 23, 2003) --- GE Hydro has been selected by Sichuan Huanglong Electric Power Co. Ltd. to supply equipment and services for a new, 180-megawatt hydroelectric plant in Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China, GE announced today at Power-Gen Asia 2003.
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HOUSTON, TEXAS (September 9, 2003) --- GE Aero Energy, a GE Power Systems business, has been awarded a contract to upgrade gas turbines at Northland Power Income Fund's cogeneration plant in Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Canada. This upgrade marks the first LM6000 PA to PD conversion in the world.
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OSLO, NORWAY (September 9, 2003) --- GE Hydro has received a contract of more than US$1.6 million from Vattenfall AB of Sweden for a major turbine refurbishment that is expected to increase the output of the Stalon hydroelectric power plant by nearly 20 megawatts.
The Stalon facility is more than 40 years old, and is located at Ångermanälven, about 60 kilometers northwest of Vilhelmina in northern Sweden. GE's refurbishment of the KMW turbine at the site will include a new Francis runner, new turbine bearing, high-pressure governor system and self-lubricated bushings.
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DALLAS, TEXAS (September 8, 2003) --- GE Power Systems has announced that its Network Reliability Services business will supply a variety of portable testing equipment for the purpose of conducting protective relay and circuit breaker testing to Hong Kong-based distributor Control Measurements, Ltd. The products will be distributed in China. The value of the contract is estimated to be $500,000 (4,107,000 SEK) and is one of the largest orders the company has booked for portable testing equipment.
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DALLAS, TEXAS (September 8, 2003) --- GE Power Systems introduces its ZEHPlot for Smallworld™ application software. This new Smallworld product, offered by GE's Network Reliability Services business, brings Raster Image Processing (RIP) technology to the Smallworld user to allow complex images to be converted into a simple format for printing, without distorting the quality of the image. This software product addresses the need to produce high quality plots in a timely fashion, in a variety of formats, using a host of devices.