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GE Renewable Energy Signs Agreement with Walcha Energy to Accelerate 500MW Pumped Hydro Storage Project in Australia

August 04, 2020
  • GE Renewable Energy Hydro Solutions to provide technical and commercial support for the development of Dungowan pumped hydro storage power plant
  • Dungowan pumped hydro storage power plant will support the addition of another 4 GW of renewable energy to the Australian grid

Paris, August 4, 2020 – GE Renewable Energy and Walcha Energy have signed an agreement to jointly develop the 500MW Dungowan pumped hydro storage project in the New England Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

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GE Renewable Energy connects the world’s most powerful hydro unit to the grid in Wudongde, China

July 06, 2020
  • GE Renewable Energy Hydro Solutions is providing 6 x 850 MW Francis turbine generator sets and related equipment for the Wudongde project
  • Connection to the Grid and successful 72 hours trial operation marked a significant step towards the official commissioning of the giant hydropower project
  • The Wudongde Hydropower Project is another large-scale national energy infrastructure project that GE Hydro Solutions has built with the China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) following the Three Gorges Project and the Xiangjiaba Hydropower Station

    For media inquiries, please contact:

    Sebastien Duchamp
    Communications Director
    GE Renewable Energy
    +33 6 73 19 59 64
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Energy

In Sync: How A Steam-Era Machine Can Upgrade The 21st Century Electric Grid

Dorothy Pomerantz
January 15, 2020

The peculiar machine described in the 1920 issue of GE Review — essentially a giant engine designed to produce no mechanical power — seems like nothing more than a charming relic from the early years of electrification. Yet the device, known as “synchronous condenser,” turns out to be far more than a steam-era oddity, as the engineers in charge of today’s electric grid are discovering.

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Hydropower

Canal Plus: These Tiny Turbines Can Turn Man-Made Waterways Into Power Plants

September 05, 2019

The water-energy nexus might sound like a secret organization run by a mysterious Bond villain, but in reality, it’s nothing to fear. Quite the contrary: Scientists believe that the relationship between water and energy, the world’s two most critical resources, could help save the planet.

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Hydro Power

Hot Dam: How Hydro Storage Will Allow Uruguay To Join The 100% Renewables Club

May 16, 2019

Water is the foundation of the South American country of Uruguay – literally. The country’s name means either "river of snails" or "river of birds" in Guarani, one of the indigenous languages of the continent. Wedged between Brazil and Argentina, the nation now plans to use the power of water to wave goodbye to electricity from fossil fuels forever.   

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Mekong Nations Eye Hydropower To Drive Energy And Economic Plans

September 08, 2017
Hydropower is the colossus of the renewable energy world – the single largest clean energy source available today accounting for more than 16% of total global electricity generation worldwide, and 85% of total global renewable electricity.
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Hydro

Hydropower Catches The Digital Wave

Richard Taylor International Hydropower Association Ceo
Debora Frodl GE
March 24, 2017

Digital solutions promise to improve economic and environmental outcomes, write Debora Frodl, Global Executive Director at GE Ecomagination, and Richard Taylor, CEO of the International Hydropower Association.

 

 
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Renewables

This Unique Combo Of Wind And Hydro Power Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy

Tobey Grumet
October 16, 2016
Wind is a clean, cheap source of renewable energy, but it’s also fickle. You can never be sure whether the wind will blow. But engineers in Europe have now found a way to crack this shortcoming by combining it with hydropower. The big idea here is that the wind will generate electricity when it’s, well, windy, and the water will act as a giant battery that will discharge and modulate output when it stops blowing.
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Hydro

Dammed If You Don’t: Why The US Will Lose Big Without Investing In Hydropower

Kristina Johnson
September 28, 2016

Hydropower - energy that comes from water flowing through turbines in dams - is referred to as America’s first renewable electricity source. Kristina Johnson, co-founder and CEO of Cube Hydro, GE Ecomagination Advisory Board Member, and former Under Secretary of Energy, explains how this 100-year old energy source needs a facelift.

 

 

  1. Do all the dams in the U.S. produce energy? 

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Minds-Machines

Tour De Force: This New Software Is Helping Digitize An Ancient Source Of Energy - Water

Tomas Kellner
July 01, 2016
The city of Briançon sits in a mountainous corner of France that has become a popular destination for cycling fans, who flock to the punishing Tour de France stages there. But it may soon become a required stop for the energy geeks too.
That’s because a dam in the hills above the city recently started testing new software that allows the operators to monitor power generation in a new, revolutionary way.

 
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