GE Renewable Energy signed a Service contract with Avista Utilities, a US energy utility serving four northwestern states, to modernize four generator units at the Long Lake hydropower plant in the U.S. Upon completion of the refurbishment project, the facility will have an installed capacity exceeding 100 MW. This amount of energy is sufficient to meet the demand for electricity of approximately 80,000 homes.

GE researchers are aiming for Venus with breakthrough electronics and sensors on Earth, which could serve both planets in the future.

GE has concluded phase 1 testing on its second XA100 adaptive cycle engine as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP). Phase 1 testing took place at GE’s Evendale, Ohio, altitude test facility and enabled GE to continue gathering high-quality performance data validating the engine’s transformational propulsion capability.

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions (NYSE-GE) announced today it has been awarded a three-year framework contract with SP Energy Networks in the UK for the supply of 145 kV sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-free live tank circuit-breakers utilizing GE’s g3 gas as the insulating and switching dielectric medium.

GE Digital today announced that it is partnering with its valued customer UK Power Networks on a world-first smart substation project. The project, known as Constellation, is designed to optimize utilization of the distribution network to facilitate the rise of renewable energy generation across the United Kingdom.

GE Renewable Energy's Hydro Solutions has signed a contract to provide full Operation & Maintenance (O&M) for the Igarapava Hydroelectric Power Plant, located in Rio Grande in the Paraná River Basin, between the municipalities of Igarapava and Rifaina, in São Paulo; Conquista and Sacramento, in Minas Gerais.

BWRX-300 small modular reactor technology chosen for Darlington clean energy project.

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business recently commissioned the first digital substation in the public power grid connected to Brazil’s National Interconnected System (SIN). Owned by ISA CTEEP - Brazil’s largest private transmission company - the Lorena substation (Sao Paulo, Brazil) has a 1,200 MVA installed capacity and will benefit the entire Vale do Paraiba region, recognized as Sao Paulo’s main center of technology.

LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business, announces that it will produce zero waste blades by 2030, a significant milestone for the industry as it seeks to reduce the carbon footprint of its products. 

GE Renewable Energy announced today that its Haliade-X prototype in Rotterdam, a port city in the Netherlands, has been operating for two years, making it the first 10+ MW offshore wind turbine to achieve this milestone.