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.
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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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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WATERFORD, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2003--GE Silicones announces the introduction of the Company's newest innovation for electronics gasketing and staking applications, LVG342 low volatile silicone adhesive. Formulated for use by aerospace, avionics and other specialty electronics manufacturers, LVG342 adhesive offers low volatility, controlled out-gassing and excellent compression set properties.
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March 5, 2003 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - Mr. Jan Schilling has been named chief engineer for GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE), succeeding Fred Herzner, who is retiring after 38 years of outstanding service.
As chief engineer, Schilling will be responsible for ensuring the safety of all GEAE products, leading the technical integrity of the Engineering division and defining and driving engineering process initiatives.
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March 4, 2003 --
GE Marine Engines, at its Evendale, Ohio facility, manufactured all the LM aeroderivative gas turbines for the following projects. The LM gas turbine-generator sets were built and sold by GE Aero Energy Products, a GE Power Systems business headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Rick Kennedy
GE Aviation
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+1 513 243 3372
+1 513 607 0609
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March 4, 2003 -- MIAMI, Florida - A GE LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine recently began operating in a COmbined Diesel And Gas (CODAG) turbine, electric drive propulsion configuration aboard Holland America Line's Zuiderdam cruise ship. The 951-foot-long Zuiderdam debuted on December 14, 2002, GE reported today at the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention.
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