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GE Unveils New H-Class Gas Turbine—and Already Has a First Order

October 2, 2019 admin 7ha, 7ha.03, 9ha, Business, combustor, compressor, dln, emissions, f-class, flexibility, Gas, gas turbine models, ge, general, h-class, high-ramp, hydrogen, International, news, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:29:24 +0000

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GE on Oct. 1 unveiled the 7HA.03, the newest model in its 2014-launched high efficiency air-cooled (HA) gas turbine line. On Oct. 2, it also announced that Florida Power and Light’s (FPL’s) Dania Beach Clean Energy Center will be the first to showcase two of the “world’s largest, most efficient, and flexible gas turbines” for the 60-Hz […]

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Redefining Modern Gas Power: Lackawanna Energy Center

October 1, 2019 admin Business, Gas, gas technology, ge, ha gas turbines, invenergy, kiewit, kpc, lackawanna, Markets, news, Pennsylvania, pjm, single shaft, Technology, top plant

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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To endure a highly competitive and rapidly changing marketplace, Invenergy made the bold choice as it developed the 1,480-MW Lackawanna Energy Center in Jessup, Pennsylvania, to pair a first-of-its-kind

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Engineering a World-Class Gas Turbine [PODCAST]

September 4, 2019 admin Business, don brandt, engineering, f-class, Gas, gas turbine, ge, Markets, news, Plant Design, power podcasts, Technology, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 21:02:08 +0000

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GE introduced the F-class gas turbine to the power industry nearly 30 years ago. Since that time, more than 1,500 F-class machines have operated for more than 54 million hours. With available outputs ranging from 51 MW for a GE 6F.01 simple cycle unit to more than 1,000 MW for a 3×1 7F.05-based combined cycle […]

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The POWER Interview: What Drove the Gas Turbine Technology Leap at GE Over the Past 70 Years

July 30, 2019 admin alstom, belle isle, Business, efficiency, Gas, gas turbine, ge, General Electric, History, Interview, news, Plant Design, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:34:12 +0000

On July 29, 1949, at 2:15 p.m., General Electric’s (GE’s) first gas turbine at the Belle Isle Station in Oklahoma City began delivering power to Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co.’s distribution system. The 3.5-MW GE Frame 3 machine reportedly had an efficiency of about 17%. Since the Belle Isle machine (Figure 1) started up seventy […]

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A Brief History of GE Gas Turbines

July 8, 2019 admin abb, aeroderivatives, alstom, b-class, baglan bay, bbc, belle isle station, blackout, Business, condensers, Distributed Generation, dln, e-class, EDF, Environmental, f-class, frame machines, France, g-class, Gas, gas turbines, ge, ge gas power, gt13e, gt24, gt26, gt26 he, h-class, h-class system, History, hrsgs, Infographics, International, j-class, lm, Malaysia, market competition, Markets, neuchâtel, NOx, purpa, Renewables, Research and Development, slideshows, steam turbines, Technology, timeline, tit, turbine inlet temperature, uk

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:39:47 +0000

July marks two important milestones that set gas-fired generation on its course to becoming a dominant form of power generation: commercial operation of the world’s first industrial gas turbine in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1939, and commercial operation of the first gas turbine in the U.S. used to generate electric power—a 3.5-MW General Electric (GE) unit […]

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Iraq Developing Solar to Complement GE, Siemens Projects

July 1, 2019 admin Gas, ge, ge power, Iraq, natural gas, news, power up plan, Renewables, siemens, Solar

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Iraq’s $14 billion deal with Siemens to develop power generation projects in the country has grabbed most of the headlines this year, but the country continues to develop power projects with GE, and also in

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Siemens Will Cut Another 2,700 Jobs; GE Announces Cuts in Switzerland

June 18, 2019 admin Business, Coal, France, Gas, gas and power, gas turbines, ge, GERMANY, International, job cuts, news, Nuclear, Renewables, siemens, Switzerland

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 21:41:16 +0000

Siemens on June 18 said it would cut 2,700 jobs from its Gas and Power division, on top of 10,400 positions the German engineering firm last month said it would jettison as part of cost-cutting measures. The Siemens’ announcement comes one day after U.S.-based rival GE said it would cut 450 jobs at two of […]

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GE Launches New Analytics Technologies to Boost Grid Efficiency

June 12, 2019 admin analytics, Business, connected plant, digital, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, ge, grid, iiot, iiot power, inertia, Markets, network connectivity, news, Renewables, Smart Grid, storm restoration, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:57:27 +0000

General Electric (GE) has rolled out a new portfolio of predictive analytics that could allow utilities to use data from transmission and distribution networks to achieve better operational efficiency as more distributed assets are introduced to the grid. The company on June 11 unveiled three new grid analytics—for storm readiness, network connectivity, and effective inertia—that […]

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Financing Secured for GE’s UAE Combined Cycle Project

June 5, 2019 admin Business, combined cycle, Gas, ge, Gulf Cooperation Council, International, news, sewa, siemens, sumitomo, Technology, UAE

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:35:11 +0000

The first independent combined cycle power project in the emirate of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is taking shape after $1 billion in financing was recently secured from GE Energy Financial Services (EFS) and its partners. The plant, featuring three combined cycle blocks, is expected to have 1.8 GW of generation capacity. The […]

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POWER Notebook: GE Plant in France, Targeted for Job Cuts, Will Not Close

June 3, 2019 admin accelerated decommissioning partners, ALABAMA, amea, belfort, Business, crystal river, decommissioning, duke energy, France, ge, International, lightsource bp, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Solar

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:56:07 +0000

The head of GE’s operations in France told a Paris newspaper that a French factory targeted for more than 1,000 job cuts will not close. GE last week said it wanted to make its operations in France more efficient and said changes would come at the Belfort plant in eastern France, which handles technology for […]

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