NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy is supplying 20 natural gas-fueled Jenbacher generator sets for a new 30 MW power plant being built to support the regional grid as well as oil and gas field production requirements in southwestern Argentina as the country seeks to overcome its energy shortages.
Contracts Include Sale of First 50-Hz Unit
NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to a growing need for flexible power generation in the Southern Cone of Latin America, GE Energy has received contracts with three companies totaling over US$142 million to supply four 50-Hz LMS100 simple-cycle gas turbines.
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Latest Agreement With Noble Valued at Approximately $650 Million
NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy has received a contract of approximately $650 million to provide 333 wind turbines to Noble Environmental Power for new and expansion projects in New York and Texas that will add nearly 500 megawatts of wind power capacity to the country's renewable energy supply.
The new agreement is the fourth wind turbine supply contract that GE and Noble have signed over the past three years, adding up to 877 GE 1.5-megawatt wind turbines with a total value of more than $1.5 billion.
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NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illinois-based Exelon Nuclear, the nation's largest nuclear operator, has signed a major, multi-million dollar order with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) for large forgings and component fabrication for two next-generation ESBWR nuclear reactors, should the company decide to build a new nuclear power plant in Texas.
The long-lead items agreement requires GEH to supply the major components needed for developing nuclear power plants, including the manufacturing of ultra-large forgings, reactor pressure vessels and steam turbine generators.
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200 Community, Industry Leaders Discuss Region's Water Solutions & Scarcity Challenges
ATLANTA, GA. -- December 10, 2007 -- GE Water & Process Technologies and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce (MACOC) are co-hosting the Georgia Water Solutions Forum.
The Forum is a thought leadership conference that is bringing together leading water experts from the government, municipalities and industrial and technology businesses to explore sustainable approaches to Georgia's unprecedented water shortage.
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SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy (NYSE: GE) expects to invest roughly $50 million to increase supply chain and engineering capacity and will more than double its global capabilities to meet steam turbine demand around the world, company officials announced today. Output will be expanded across GE's steam turbine production and engineering centers in North America, Europe and Asia.
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世界の需要増大に対応
GEはサプライチェーンおよびエンジニアリング能力向上のために約5,000万ドルを投資し、世界の蒸気タービン需要に応えるため、それらの能力の倍増に取り組みます。GEは北米、ヨーロッパ、アジア各地に展開している蒸気タービン生産及びエンジニアリングセンターで生産能力を拡大します。
現在、世界中でコンバインドサイクルの発電所に強い関心が寄せられており、蒸気タービンへの需要が急速に高まっています。今年の年初以来、ヨーロッパ・中近東におけるコンバインドサイクル・プロジェクトに関する設備供給のGEの受注額は20億ドルを超えています。
GEエナジーのグローバルサプライ担当バイスプレジデント、ローレンス・ブライストーン（Lawrence Blystone）は次のように述べています。「世界で増大する電力需要に応えるためには、幅広いテクノロジーのオプションが必要になりますが、蒸気タービンはエネルギー業界を支える大黒柱として、世界のエネルギーの80％以上の発電量をまかなうという役割を果たし続けます。」
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy (NYSE: GE) has supplied 363 roof-mounted solar panels at the top of 45 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City that will help generate electricity for the first solar powered Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The Christmas tree is decorated with 30,000 new energy-efficient LED lights, on five miles of wire, which will help illuminate Rockefeller Center with a cleaner source of holiday power.
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reinforcing its capability to meet the growing global demand for wind turbines, GE Energy has signed an agreement with one of the leading wind turbine blade suppliers, TPI Composites. In support of the agreement, TPI plans to build a new 316,000 square foot facility in Newton, Iowa that will create approximately 500 new jobs.
The new plant will expand TPI's capacity to produce blades for GE's 1.5-megawatt wind turbines, which are among the most widely used wind turbines in the world, with more than 6,500 installed.