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Customers increasingly turn to GE’s industry-leading fixed series compensation technology to meet grid challenges

September 28, 2021
  • GE continues to provide leading technological solutions to the ever-evolving challenges facing grid operators today, whether they need a new substation or an upgrade
  • Recent Fixed Series Compensation (FSC) projects totaling more than USD $70 million reflect customers’ confidence in GE’s expertise, which can save costs and improve reliability
  • With over 50,000 Mvars of series compensation systems since 2012 and nearly 380 systems installed globally, GE’s industry-leading technology is the best bet for customers looking to increase the performanc

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GE’s g3 technology to accelerate decarbonization efforts in Sweden

September 21, 2021
  • GE has been awarded a contract for Sweden´s first SF6 free 145 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS)
  • g3 switchgear will be installed at the Vattenfall Eldistribution AB Lindhov substation in Tumba
  • 25 leading electrical utilities have already adopted GE’s g3 products for their high voltage networks, avoiding the addition of more than a million tons of CO2 equivalent to the grid

Paris, FRANCE and Västerås, SWEDEN – September 21, 2021 – GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Soluti

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GE’s g3 technology to accelerate decarbonization efforts in Norway

September 14, 2021
  • Elvia, the biggest distribution system operators (DSO) in Norway, awards GE contract for delivery of SF6 free gas-insulated switchgear for their pilot digital substation project
  • DSO Elvia recognizes potential of GE Renewable Energy’s g3 insulating and switching gas for high-voltage equipment as an alternative to sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) to help significantly cut global greenhouse gas emissions
  • This SF6 free digital substation will also be one of the most digitally advanced in the world, as it will

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GE met en service le tout premier poste électrique Haute Tension 100% numérique en Afrique

September 08, 2021
  • Ce projet phare fait partie du programme d'extension, de renforcement et de fiabilisation du réseau de transport et de distribution de la société nationale d'électricité du Sénégal, Senelec, réalisé par VINCI Energies Afrique de l’Ouest.
  • Les postes électriques ne se contentent pas de fournir de l'électricité aux foyers, mais gèrent également l'alimentation du réseau en provenance de diverses sources d'énergie renouvelables.
  • Les fonctionnalités avancées d’un poste électrique numérique de la branche Grid Solutions de GE, avec une réduction de s

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GE energizes Africa’s first ever fully digital high voltage substation

September 08, 2021
  • This flagship project is part of Senegal’s national electricity company Senelec’s transmission and distribution grid expansion, reinforcement and reliability enhancement program to be completed by VINCI Energies West Africa
  • Substations not only supply electricity to the homes, but also manage the power flowing into the grid from various renewable energy sources
  • GE’s Grid Solutions’ digital substation’s advanced functionalities, with its footprint reduced by up to 50% as well as accelerate

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GE’s Grid power electronics technologies solve complex challenges for customers worldwide

August 26, 2021
  • GE spotlights four major FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) power electronics project wins for customers around the globe
  • GE demonstrates ongoing role as an industry leader in STATCOM and Static Var Compensator (SVC) technology with key wins in South America, the United Kingdom and the Middle East
  • These wins reinforce our customers’ confidence in GE’s Reactive Power Compensation technologies and our execution capability to deliver complex projects within the context of the energy transition

Paris, FRANCE

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EU supports GE’s development of a 245 kV g3 circuit-breaker to accelerate decarbonization of Europe’s electrical grid

July 22, 2021
  • EU’s LIFE program recognizes potential of GE Renewable Energy’s g3 insulating and switching gas as an alternative to sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) to help significantly cut global greenhouse gas emissions
  • This is the second GE g3 gas project to be co-funded by the EU within two years
  • New g3 gas 245 kV circuit-breaker will be scalable to other high-voltage levels across Europe’s electrical grids and help utilities get ready for stricter fluorinated (F)-gas regulations

Paris,

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GE wins multiple orders of high-voltage power transformers and reactors from India’s largest transmission utility

July 20, 2021
  • GE wins multiple orders of 765 kV transformers and reactors from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL)
  • GE will produce 45 units of 765 kV transformers and reactors for the new substations to be set up in the Indian state of Rajasthan by PGCIL, for evacuating 8.1 gigawatt (GW) of green power from the state’s solar energy zones
  • The project’s transformers and reactors will be supplied by GE’s Grid Solutions’ state-of-the-art power transformer manufacturing facility in Vadodara, India

New Delhi, India and Paris, France, July 20, 2021:<

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Delivering the Power for Clean Energy Desalination in Saudi Arabia

GE Hewar
June 13, 2021

Beginning in 2023, there will be something special about the drinking water flowing out of taps across Makkah and Madinah: this desalinated water will be partially produced using solar power.

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Prolec GE to acquire SPX’s Transformer Solutions business

June 09, 2021
  • Acquisition will enhance Prolec GE’s position as a key player in the growing power transformer market in the Americas
  • Strong operating assets that bring complementary product offering and talent to Prolec GE
  • Expected to close during the second half of 2021

MONTERREY, N.L., MEXICO, June 9, 2021 — GE-Prolec Transformers, Inc., (together with its affiliates, “Prolec GE”), a subsidiary of a 50/50 joint venture between GE (NYSE:GE) and Xignux, a Mexico-based private company, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement

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