DUBLIN, IRELAND (March 11, 2003) --- Dublin is celebrating St. Patrick's Day for a full week this year, and GE Energy Rentals is supplying the power behind all of the festivities.
St. Patrick's Festival 2003 is running from March 11-17 and includes street theater, fireworks, music, exhibitions and a variety of other entertainment events, culminating with a parade on St. Patrick's Day itself that is expected to attract more than 400,000 people.
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Romanian and US government ministers notified of contract at Romanian joint commerce meeting
MOSCOW (March 11, 2003) --- GE Power Systems today announced a major contract with Transelectrica SA, the transmission grid operator of Romania, for 102 Remote Terminal Units (RTU) valued at EUR4.8 million. The contract was recognized at a recent event in Romania attended by Mr. Dan Ioan Popescu, minister of Industry and Resources, US Assistant Secretary of Commerce Mr. William Lash and US Ambassador Mr. Michael Guest, GE reported at
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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA (March 10, 2003) --- Andrew White has been named President of GE NuclearEnergy, Inc., a GE Power Systems business. White has over 20 years of experience with GE Power Systems and was recently named a company officer. He most recently served as General Manager, Installation and Field Services, based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA (March 10, 2003) --- GE Hydro has received a contract of more than $47 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a five-year, seven-unit refurbishment of the John H.Kerr Powerhouse in Boydton, Virginia. The project will increase the plant output by more than 70 megawatts.
The Kerr powerhouse is located on the Kerr Reservoir, a Roanoke River project in southern Virginia near the border with North Carolina. Completed in early 1953, the power plant supplies electricity to Dominion and Progress Energy.
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BEIJING, CHINA (March 7, 2003) --- General Electric Power Systems (GEPS) today signed a series of contracts with five Chinese power producers. An additional contract will be signed shortly bringing the total contract value to approximately US$900 million to provide 13 GE 9FA gas turbine-based combined cycle systems.
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (March 4, 2003) --- Atlanta-based Cox Communications, Inc. has chosen the Smallworld Network Inventory™ portfolio of products from GE Network Solutions to help it achieve its ambitious plans for a rapid deployment of its GIS applications. Cox replaced its incumbent product with Smallworld Network Inventory in April 2002, and completed its first implementation within just eight months. Ultimately, the suite of products will be accessed by approximately 300 users, managing Cox's entire nationwide network.