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sustainability

A Year Of Sustainability Stories: How GE Is Helping Decarbonize the Energy Industry

Will Palmer
June 28, 2022
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In 2020, GE made a commitment to become carbon-neutral in its own operations by 2030, and the following year the company announced that it is going even further, reaching net zero by 2050 — including the Scope 3 emissions that result from the use of sold products. As the company unveiled its 2021 Sustainability Report this week, we looked back at some of this year’s biggest developments, which include offshore wind, hydrogen fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, small modular nuclear reactors, pumped hydro and other technologies.

Renewables

The Road To A Greener World: GE Renewable Energy Chief Talks About The Energy Transition

Tomas Kellner
September 13, 2021
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COVID-19 has altered the world, but it hasn’t stopped the steady march of renewable energy. In fact, during the pandemic the segment grew faster than in the past. The world added more than 260 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity in 2020, up nearly 50% from the previous year, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Press Release

GE Renewable Energy to Equip VERBUND’S Reisseck II+ Pumped Hydro Storage Power Plant

May 26, 2021
  • GE Renewable Energy to provide one 45 MW horizonal generator
  • From 2023, the new pumped hydro storage power plant will support the integration of wind and photovoltaic systems in Austria
  • Following Malta Oberstufe, Reisseck II is VERBUND’s second fully-fed variable speed pumped hydro storage power plant in Austria equipped by GE Hydro

Paris, May 26, 2021 – GE Renewable Energy announced today that it has been selected by VERBUND – Austria’s largest electricity producer - to supply and commission one 45 MW g

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Waldemar Oldenburger
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GE Renewable Energy
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GE Renewable Energy Awarded Contract for New Build Tauernmoos Pumped Hydro Storage Power Plant

May 18, 2021
  • GE Renewable Energy to provide two 85 MW variable speed pumped storage units.
  • Tauernmoos is one of the first new build pumped hydro storage units worldwide to feature fully-fed variable speed technology
  • Operated by the Austrian Railway Company ÖBB, Tauernmoos will be a cornerstone for a sustainable, demand-oriented supply of traction power from hydropower

Paris, May 18, 2021 – GE Renewable Energy announced today that it has been selected by the Austrian National Railway Operator, ÖBB, to supply and co

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Waldemar Oldenburger
Communications, Hydro Solutions
GE Renewable Energy
+49 172 631 22 34
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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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