Program Could Include up to 51 Wells and Significantly Increase Country's Discoveries
RIO DE JANEIRO--02 March 2009-- VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas business, has signed a four- year frame agreement with OGX Petroleo e Gas to supply subsea wellhead systems and casing strings for an exploratory drilling campaign that could include more than 50 wells offshore Brazil. The drilling campaign has the potential to significantly increase Brazil's oil discoveries.
ATLANTA--12 February 2009-- Hydro-Québec, one of the largest electric utilities in North America, has selected GE Energy to perform a turbine island refurbishment that will extend the reliable operating life of the 675-megawatt Gentilly-2 nuclear generating station, a major supplier of electricity for Montreal and Québec City in Canada.
GE Gas Turbine Technology to Add 2,000 Megawatts of Power to Help Meet Kingdom's Energy Needs
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--11 February 2009-- GE Energy has signed a contract for nearly $1 billion to supply more than 30 Frame 7EA gas turbines for the Saudi Electricity Company's (SEC) Riyadh Power Plant 10 (PP10). This project, the latest in a series of GE contracts for SEC power projects, will add 2,000 megawatts of much needed power to help support the region's dynamic economic and population growth.
GE's Coal Mine Gas Engines to be Installed at New Power Plant in First Quarter 2009
JENBACH, Austria--10 February 2009-- GE Energy today announced that two of its ecomaginationTM-certified Jenbacher coal mine methane (CMM) gas engines will contribute to China's efforts to reduce the amount of methane-rich greenhouse gases that escape from the nation's coal mines. The technology has been selected by the Sichuan Coal Group for its Furong project that will utilize the mine gas to generate onsite power for the active mine.
FLORENCE, Italy--09 February 2009-- GE Oil & Gas has received a major contract to supply Italian energy company Eni S.p.A. with the largest refinery reactors of their type ever to be manufactured. The reactors will be a critical part of Eni Refining & Marketing Division's project to boost production at its refinery in Sannazzaro, Italy. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.
新たな市場創出に向けて2億5,000万ドルを共同出資
自立した生活と慢性疾患管理のための革新的技術の開発・販売を狙う
2009年4月2日 コネチカット州フェアフィールド、カリフォルニア州サンタクララ発
GEとインテル・コーポレーションは本日、高齢者の自立した生活、ならびに慢性疾患患者の自宅や任意の場所での疾患管理を支援する在宅医療のテクノロジーの開発および販売において提携することを発表しました。
この提携に伴い、GEのヘルスケア事業部門であるGEヘルスケアは今後、慢性疾患患者のケアを担当する医療従事者向けのケアマネジメントツール「IntelÒ Health Guide」を販売します。慢性疾患を抱える患者や高齢者が飛躍的に増加し、病院を離れた在宅ケアに対するニーズが高まりを見せる中、GEヘルスケアとインテルはこの喫緊の課題克服に向けて連携支援します。なお、2009年の遠隔ヘルスケア（telehealth）および在宅ヘルスモニタリングの推定市場規模は30億ドルですが、2012年までに77億ドルに拡大すると予測されています [1]。
Abu Dhabi, January 20, 2009 -- Masdar announced today that GE will be an anchor partner in Masdar City. In a joint Masdar-GE agreement, the two companies outlined plans to house a new Ecomagination Centre, focused on sustainable business solutions and to form a broader R&D relationship that will support the development and deployment of new and innovative technologies. This center is part of a multi-faceted strategic partnership signed by Mubadala and GE in July 2008.
Abu Dhabi, January 20, 2009 -- Masdar announced today that GE will be an anchor partner in Masdar City. In a joint Masdar-GE agreement, the two companies outlined plans to house a new Ecomagination Centre, focused on sustainable business solutions and to form a broader R&D relationship that will support the development and deployment of new and innovative technologies. This center is part of a multi-faceted strategic partnership signed by Mubadala and GE in July 2008.
ERIE, Pa. and Shenyang, China (January 12, 2009) -- GE Drivetrain Technologies, a unit of GE Transportation, and A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR) announced today that they have signed two Letters of Intent (LOI), one for GE Drivetrain Technologies to supply A-Power with 2.7 megawatt (MW) wind turbine gearboxes and a second to establish a Joint Venture partnership for a wind turbine gearbox assembly plant.
