November 08, 2004 -- EVENDALE, Ohio -- GE reported that five new cruise ships began commercial operation in 2004 powered by GE aeroderivative gas turbines. Cruising at sea are Princess Cruises' Sapphire Princess and Diamond Princess, Royal Caribbean International's Jewel of the Seas, Holland America Line's Westerdam and Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2.
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Company Pledges Greenhouse Gas Reduction
ERIE, Pa. (November 8, 2004) -- GE Transportation announced today that it is joining the Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders program, an initiative that targets greenhouse gas emission reduction among leading corporations.
GE Transportation is committing to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions 25% between 2003 and 2008. Progress toward this goal will be measured on a revenue normalized basis.
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Second Contract Awarded For Incremental Train Control System
ERIE, Pa. and BEIJING, China (November 8, 2004) -- GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announcedtoday that it has received an order for 78 locomotives from China's Ministry ofRailways. China currently operates approximately 400 GE locomotives and GE has operated a successful locomotive parts business in China for many years.The 78 locomotives represent the first units sold to China by GE since 1985.
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November 04, 2004 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - Frontier Airlines has signed a 16-year MCPH
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November 04, 2004 -- LYNN, Massachusetts - GE's T700-GE-701D turboshaft engine, the latest generation of T700s powering U.S. Army Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, was recently awarded U.S. Army qualification and is now in production. Rated at 2,000 shaft horsepower (shp), the T700-GE-701D features improved hot-section components that provide twice the hot-section durability and 5 percent more power than the current T700-GE-701C model engine.
The U.S. Army plans to convert its entire fleet of Black Hawk and Apache helicopters to the T700-GE-701D.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2004--The end of October means the close of National Fire Prevention Month, and the time to replace batteries in smoke detectors. And, it's also a good time to look at hot technology for firefighters - who rushed from their stations to fight 1.6 million fires in the United States alone in 2003. Ironically, their speed in helping others can put their own firehouses at risk of danger or result in costly operational overhead at a time when every dollar is needed.
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PORT TALBOT, Wales--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2004--GE Energy today hosted a visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, to the Baglan Bay Power Station in Port Talbot, Wales, U.K.
Her Majesty officially dedicated the power plant, which was built and is being operated by GE as global showcase for the world's most advanced gas turbinecombined-cycle technology.
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WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2004--GE Energy's nuclear business has honored Progress Energy's nuclear power plants in Brunswick, N.C. as two of the world's top sustained generation boiling water reactors (BWRs).
In an Oct. 26 presentation at the 1,800 megawatt Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant, located two miles north of Southport along the Cape Fear River, Andy White, President and CEO of GE's nuclear business, presented plaques to Brunswick Plant Vice President Neil Gannon and several of the site's managers, recognizing the reactors' inclusion on