BELFORT, France--23 June 2009-- GE Energy today opened a new Technology Center in Belfort, the company's European headquarters for the past 10 years and its international center of excellence for the manufacturing of medium-sized gas turbines. The new Technology Center will house up to 400 engineers from 15 different countries, who will work to develop the most advanced technology to help customers address environmental and energy challenges.
Technology to Help Meet Increasing Efficiency and Performance Requirements
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--23 June 2009-- GE Energy and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) have signed final agreements to co-develop a "next generation" steam turbine for use in gas turbine combined-cycle power plants. The co-development effort will focus on the design of a new, advanced steam turbine, leaving each of the parties to separately manufacture and sell the co-developed steam turbine in support of its natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power generation products.
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Second GE Water Plant in Region Furthers Commitment to Provide Critical Water Solutions
DAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA---June 23, 2009---As Saudi Arabia is facing unprecedented demand for reliable sources of water, GE Energy is building on its growing commitment to provide critical water solutions to the Kingdom with the opening this week of a near $10 million GE Saudi Water & Process Technology Center.
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MagneScan™ Completes First 250 Miles of Pipeline Inspection on Both Sides of the Atlantic
HOUSTON, TEXAS---June 22, 2009---GE Oil & Gas' PII Pipeline Solutions business has presented recognition awards to two of its valued customers following their pioneering use of MagneScan™, the next generation of MFL (magnetic flux leakage) pipeline inspection technology, now proven on both sides of the Atlantic.
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As U.S. Evaluates Used Fuel Strategy, GEH Details Benefits of Proposed Advanced Recycling Center
WILMINGTON, N.C.--18 June 2009-- As the White House and U.S. Congress create a new national strategy for managing used nuclear fuel, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is encouraging lawmakers to support the research and development necessary for recycling nuclear fuel.
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Al Dur project expected to account for 30% of the Kingdom's existing electricity output
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--11 June 2009-- GE Energy today announced that it has signed contracts totaling more than $500 million to supply advanced power generation equipment and long-term services for the Al Dur Independent Water and Power Project, the largest power plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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Software interactively guides operators to improve effectiveness by up to 15 percent solving problems faster for a true sustainable advantage
Charlottesville, VA, June 10, 2009 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, today announced the availability of Proficy® Workflow for the Water/Wastewater industry, enabling an environment of information-rich, circumstance-based workflows that operators follow to understand what's happening around them and how to react in a sequenced and procedural manner that is repeatable every single day.
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Trial Project Brings Together the Technology and Resources of GE Energy and Scottish and Southern Energy for Smart Meter Home Study
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM---June 8, 2009---GE Energy smart meters are helping prove the value of a smart grid in the United Kingdom as part of a government-sponsored Energy Demand Research Project (EDRP). GE is committed to assisting the U.K. government meet an objective to have smart meters in every home by 2020.