MANAUS, Brazil--Friday, January 29, 2010-- Seeking to fulfill local utility plans in Brazil, independent power producer Breitener Energética S.A. has launched an ambitious project to replace power plants running on heavy fuel-oil with new, cleaner-burning natural gas engines supplied by GE (NYSE: GE), and also create a more reliable energy source for the country's northern regions.
Brazil has established a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 36.1 and 38.9 percent from projected amounts in 2020.
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--Friday, January 29, 2010-- GE Capital Fleet Services today announced full-year results for its cost-savings efforts for customers in 2009. Total savings identified were $256 million, with total-cost-of-ownership analysis yielding the highest opportunity at more than $50 million.
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São Paulo - 28 de Janeiro de 2010 -- O produtor independente Breitener Energética S.A. está lançando um projeto ambicioso de substituição das centrais elétricas movidas a óleo combustível por motores a gás de queima mais limpa. O equipamento para a conversão, fornecido pela GE, opera com uma fonte de energia mais limpa e confiável para a região norte do País, o que representa uma diminuição significativa das emissões de gás poluente.
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São Paulo - 28 de janeiro de 2010 --- A GE acaba de fechar o primeiro memorando de intenções para fornecimento de turbinas eólicas para o Brasil. O projeto, que marca o início do uso desta tecnologia da empresa no País, abastecerá os parques eólicos a serem desenvolvidos nos próximos anos e deverá acrescentar mais de 400 megawatts de energia limpa à matriz energética da região.
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Erie, Penn. (January 27, 2010) - GE Transportation and Komatsu announced today the delivery of 17 Komatsu 830E-AC mining trucks containing GE240AC™ drive systems to Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL). The units will be the first AC mining trucks in India.
HZL is currently expanding production at the Rampura Agucha Mine as demand for zinc continues to rise around the globe. The AC trucks provide increased productivity and availability levels while lowering life cycle costs.
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RIO DE JANEIRO--Wednesday, January 27, 2010-- GE (NYSE: GE) has received commitments to supply wind turbines for wind farms to be developed in Brazil that will add more than 400 megawatts of power to the country's clean energy capacity. These projects will mark the debut of GE's wind turbine technology in Brazil.