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GE’s industry-leading Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) portfolio helps customers meet complex grid challenges

April 27, 2023
  • GE Grid Solutions wins five Flexible AC Transmission (FACTS) projects in recent months
  • Wins include a Fixed Series Compensation (FSC) project for Public Service Company of New Mexico and a Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) project in Saudi Arabia, Grid Solutions third such project in the Kingdom in the last two years
  • With nearly 450 FSC and STATCOM systems installed globally, GE Grid Solutions is one of the leading FACTS players in the world

Paris, France — April 27, 2023 —GE

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Allison J. Cohen
External Communications, Grid Solutions
GE Vernova
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[email protected]

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Offshore Wind

Big Yellow Box: Long-Distance HVDC Transmission Will Support Next Wave of Offshore Wind Off North Sea Coast

Gregor Macdonald
April 25, 2023

Last May, four countries in Northern Europe declared their intention to install at least 65 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy in the wind-rich North Sea by 2030, up from the current 20 GW. It’s another sign that the offshore wind industry is set for an unprecedented boom as the technology improves and countries rush to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and speed the journey to net zero.

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GE Power Conversion fecha parceria com o Estaleiro Keppel para fornecimento dos Módulos Elétricos para os navios-plataformas P-80 e P-83 da Petrobras

April 20, 2023

• A GE Power Conversion foi escolhida para o desenvolvimento do projeto de engenharia, fabricação e entrega de dois Módulos Elétricos para os navios-plataforma (FPSO) P-80 e P-83 da Petrobras, que serão usados na área do pré-sal

• Os módulos serão construídos na Ásia com entregas previstas ao longo de 2024 e 2025 no estaleiro da Keppel em Cingapura, local onde será feita a integração final de todos os equipamentos “topside” das plataformas


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GE Announces New Options to Further Reduce Emissions on LM2500XPRESS* Aeroderivative Gas Turbines

April 20, 2023
  • Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and Catalytic Oxidation Reduction (COR) systems are now available on GE LM2500XPRESS* aeroderivative gas turbines
  • COR emissions control technologies were installed for the first time on GE’s LM2500XPRESS* units in Colorado to reduce emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) up to 50%.
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Wind energy

Career Spin: Why a Carpenter and a Charter Boat Captain Are Servicing GE Wind Turbines Off Martha’s Vineyard

Dianna Delling
April 18, 2023
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Patrick Cassidy was working as a carpenter when he saw the newspaper notice about job opportunities at Vineyard Wind in the summer of 2019. The country’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm was being built 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, the island he’d called home since 1995, and he was curious. He enjoyed his work, and he was good at it, but he liked the idea of a more regular paycheck — and maybe even paid time off.

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Gas Turbines

Mobile Service: Switzerland Is Shoring Up Its Energy Security With GE’s Brilliant ‘Power on Wheels’

Chris Noon
April 17, 2023

Two months ago, one of GE Gas Power’s ingenious TM2500 aeroderivative trailer-mounted gas turbines rolled into war-torn Ukraine with a mission to keep the lights on at the epicenter of Europe’s security emergency.

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GE Adds Approximately 250 Megawatts of Reserve Power in Switzerland in Record 26 Weeks

April 17, 2023
  • The installation of GE’s gas turbines at GE’s premises in Birr was completed in record time to improve the power supply reliability of the country
  • Eight of GE’s trailer mounted TM2500* aeroderivative gas turbines are able to inject approximately 250 megawatts of fast power, if needed
  • The units have high fuel flexibility with the capability to burn natural gas blended with hydrogen, or biodiesel

Baden, Switzerland, April 17, 2023 — GE Gas Power (NYSE: GE) today announced the completion of the Swis


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GE fecha contrato com Eneva para fornecer turbina a gás de ciclo combinado 7HA, contribuindo para estabilidade da rede elétrica apoiando transição energética no Brasil

April 14, 2023

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GE Power Conversion commissions shore power system converters for ships at the Port of Brest

April 14, 2023
  • The Shore Power System can help to reduce ports’ carbon and noise emissions, enabling visiting ships to connect to the port’s electrical power and turn their engines off in port
  • GE’s Power Conversion business provides system paralleling capability so that the power supplies can flex for different ships’ needs, sharing available power where and when it’s needed

At the busy port of Brest in France, the Brest ESID (the Defence Infrastructure Service Establishment) installed a unique Shore Power System equipped with GE Power Conversion’s converters.


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Puzzle Pieces: From Greece to Brazil, Natural Gas Unlocks Pathways to Less Coal and More Renewables

Gregor Macdonald
April 13, 2023
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In the ongoing effort to reduce emissions, retire coal, and support the growth of renewables, countries around the world continue to choose high-efficiency natural gas to complement renewables and smooth the path to lower emissions. Take Greece, for example, a country that’s impressively built out wind and solar in recent years but still uses a good deal of coal and even oil in power generation.

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