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L’Haliade-X 12 MW de GE, l'éolienne la plus puissante au monde, reçoit sa certification provisoire de DNV-GL

June 18, 2020

Paris, le 18 juin 2020 - GE Renewable Energy annonce aujourd’hui que le prototype de l’Haliade-X 12 MW, l’éolienne la plus puissante exploitée à ce jour, a reçu un certificat provisoire§ de DNV-GL, le plus grand organisme de certifica

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Santiago Chacon
Offshore Wind, Communications Leader
GE Renewable Energy
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Today’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine, GE’s Haliade-X 12 MW, obtains provisional type certificate by DNV GL

June 18, 2020
  • GE Renewable Energy on track to obtain the full type certificate in the coming months
  • Haliade-X technology has already been selected as the preferred wind turbine for 4.8 GW of projects in the US and the UK, enough to power more than five million households

Paris, June 18th 2020 - GE Renewable Energy announced today that its Haliade-X 12 MW prototype, the world’s most powerful wind turbine operating to date, has received a provisional type certificate§ from DNV-GL, the world’s largest independent certification body.

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Santiago Chacon
Offshore Wind, Communications Leader
GE Renewable Energy
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Monika Dippel
Communications Manager
DNV GL
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GE Renewable Energy crée 250 nouveaux emplois pour son usine de pales d'éoliennes à Cherbourg, en France

June 18, 2020
  • GE Renewable Energy prévoit de recruter 250 employés dans son usine de fabrication de pales d'éoliennes LM Wind Power à Cherbourg, en France, pour le premier trimestre 2021.
  • Chaque nouvel employé suivra un programme de formation intensive au « Centre d'excellence » de l'usine pour apprendre les processus de fabrication des pales d'éoliennes.
  • Ouverte il y a deux ans, en avril 2018, l’usine compte aujourd’hui plus de 300 employés et a produit la plus grande pale d’éolienne en mer jamais fabriquée, d’une longueur de 107 mètres.

Cherbourg, Jeudi

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Sebastien Duchamp
Communications Director
GE Renewable Energy
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GE Renewable Energy to hire 250 employees for its wind turbine blade factory in Cherbourg, France

June 18, 2020
  • GE Renewable Energy plans to recruit 250 employees at its LM Wind Power wind turbine blade factory in Cherbourg, France, by the first quarter of 2021.
  • Every new hire will go through an intensive training program at the factory's ‘Center of Excellence' to learn wind turbine blade manufacturing processes.
  • Opened two years ago in April 2018, the factory today counts more than 300 employees, and has produced the world’s largest offshore wind turbine blade ever manufactured, 107-meters long.

Cherbourg, Thursday June 18th, 2020 - GE Renew

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Sebastien Duchamp
Communications Director
GE Renewable Energy
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GE Renewable Energy, COBOD and LafargeHolcim co-develop record-tall wind turbine towers with 3D-printed concrete bases

June 17, 2020
  • Historic multi-year collaboration between three leaders in their industry to increase renewable energy production and use
  • Wind turbine towers have typically been limited to a height of under 100 meters, as they are traditionally built in steel or precast concrete
  • Printing the base directly on-site with 3D-printed concrete technology will enable the creation of larger bases and cost-effective taller hybrid towers, reaching up to 200 meters
  • Taller towers capture stronger winds, thereby generating more energy at a lower cost
  • First prototype succes

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    Eva Mairinger
    Head of Media Relations
    LafargeHolcim
    +41 58 858 87 11
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    Asger Dath
    Communications Manager
    COBOD International A/S
    +45 2067 9535
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    Sebastien Duchamp
    Communications Director
    GE Renewable Energy
    +33 6 73 19 59 64
    [email protected]
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GE Powers US Navy’s 1st Full-Electric Power and Propulsion Ship

June 11, 2020
  • The first full-electric power and propulsion surface combatant, the USS Zumwalt, has been delivered to the US Navy.
  • The electric propulsion solution delivers efficiency, survivability, cost-of-ownership reductions, and system redundancy for enhanced vessel safety.
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GE Renewable Energy asegura un contrato integral de 5 años de servicio con Naturgy en España

June 11, 2020
  • El acuerdo cubre el mantenimiento de 13 turbinas eólicas tipo Eco-80
  • Incrementa el número de aerogeneradores de Naturgy bajo contrato de servicio con GE a casi 100 turbinas eólicas

Barcelona, 11 de junio de 2020 - GE Renewable Energy anunció hoy que ha sido seleccionada por Naturgy para un contracto de servicios integral (FSA) de 5 años para el parque eólico La Rabia en Jérez de la Frontera (Cádiz). El parque eólico incluye 13 turbinas eólicas tipo Eco-80.

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Verónica Botet García
Comunicación
GE Renewable Energy
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GE Renewable Energy Secures 5-Year FSA with Naturgy in Spain

June 11, 2020
  • Agreement covers maintenance for 13 Eco-80 turbines
  • Increases GE’s servicing contracts with Naturgy to nearly 100 turbines

Barcelona, Spain, June 11, 2020 - GE Renewable Energy today announced that it has been selected by Naturgy to provide a 5-year full-service agreement (FSA) for the La Rabia Wind Farm in Spain. The wind farm includes 13 Eco-80 turbines.

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Becky Norton
Communications Leader, Electrification Software
GE Vernova
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GE Renewable Energy hails its first onshore wind contract with PowerChina Guizhou Engineering Company in China

June 11, 2020
  • Contract includes 12 units of 2.5-132 onshore wind turbines with a two-year service agreement
  • The Xuanli Qingfeng wind farm will generate 30 MW of clean energy, enough to power more than 40,000 homes in Henan province

China – June 11, 2020 – GE Renewable Energy continues to grow its onshore wind energy business in China with the first contract with Power China Guizhou Engineering Co., Ltd to supply 12 units of 2.5-132 low-wind speed turbines for a 30 MW wind farm near Puyang city, China. The order includes a two-year service agreement.

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Adeline Teo
Communications, Onshore Wind Asia Pacific
GE Renewable Energy
+65 87253027
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GE Hitachi Awarded Long-Term Outage Services Contract by TVO

June 09, 2020

WILMINGTON, NC—June 10, 2020—Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has awarded a contract to GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) to provide outage services for the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Eurajoki, Finland. 

GEH will provide control rod drive mechanism exchange services for Olkiluoto units 1 and 2 for the remainder of the plant’s operating license. The first outage supported by GEH was recently completed.

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Jon Allen
GE Vernova
+1 910 819 2581
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