General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) Partners With InterRAO Of Russia To Form A JV And Produce Higher Capacity Gas-Fired Power Turbines: InterRAO Will Invest $580 Million
General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) and InterRAO will create JV to manufacture higher capacity Gad fired Power Turbines in Russia. InterRAO will invest $580 million in the JV, which is established to modernize Russia’s thermal power capacity.
Gas turbines with a capacity of 79 to 87 MW
The JV will manufacture Gas Turbines with a capacity of between 79 and 87 Mega Watts by the year 2025-26. It will also produce gas turbines with a higher capacity between 181 and 210 Megawatts. Russia wants to manufacture 90% of the Gas turbines domestically. InterRAO plans to market 25% of the gas turbines produced locally by 2030 and increase quantity.
General Electric increases its footprint
General Electric is improving its footprint in Russia to satisfy the growing energy demand. The 6FA gas turbine, which boasts robust design and packaging, provides an output of 77 Megawatts and ideal for a variety of applications that comprise district heating and industrial cogeneration.
Introduces Remote Operations Power Generation
GE Digital unveiled ROPG (Remote Operations for Power Generation) to facilitate mobile operator/ remote access to onsite control functions and monitoring. The company’s ROPG is already in use by seven leading power generation customers worldwide.
Group VP (Energy and Manufacturing Insights), Kevin Prouty said the ongoing coronavirus and its impact resulted in industries adopting operational changes permanently. The Power Generators, as well as other industrial organizations, can use ROPG of GE Digital for flexible sourcing, remote staffing, autonomous operations, and centralized monitoring.
ROPG is selected by industries in the Middle East, Latin America, and North America for onsite staff efficiency, weatherproof operations, control flexibility of multi-plants, and support for the contingency operations.
Bags orders worth $112.57 million from India
GE Power India Ltd received multiple orders worth $112.57 million for the supply of AQCS (air quality supply systems) to NTPC Limited, Hindalco Industries Limited, and UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam.
GE Power will implement a common absorber for multiple boiler units, part of the NTPC’s Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Project in UP, India. It expects to complete the installation by February 2023 for treating 8.4 million m3/hour of Flue Gas and eliminate 63,000 tons of SO2 annually.