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GE Vernova Probe Finds Corners Were Cut

Nov 14, 2024

GE Vernova’s offshore wind turbine manufacturing plant has fired or suspended several workers in Quebec after a company investigation found they took shortcuts on quality control, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.GE Vernova launched the probe at the factory in Gaspe…

New Industry Alliance Targets Tech Supply for Multi-MW Tidal Energy Projects

Nov 04, 2024

SKF, Proteus Marine Renewables, and GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), setting out the framework for a potential alliance to supply tidal turbine generation systems to developers of tidal arrays for commercial tidal stream projects…

First Steel Cut for IJmuiden Ver Beta HVDC Offshore Platform

Sep 11, 2024

Transmission system operator TenneT and marine engineering and construction company Seatrium have held a strike steel ceremony at Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore, marking the start of construction of offshore platform IJmuiden Ver Beta, one of the first Dutch 2 GW grid connection projects…

Vineyard Wind Incident Not First Time a GE Vernova Turbine Came Apart

Jul 18, 2024

An incident at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project this week that scattered shards of fiberglass across Massachusetts beaches was the latest in a series of failures involving wind turbines built by GE Vernova.At least one other GE Vernova offshore wind turbine came apart this year…

Turbine Installation Kicks Off at U.S. First Commercial-scale Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 13, 2023

Avangrid, Inc., a U.S. offshore wind developer and part of the Spanish Iberdrola Group on Wednesday announced the start of the wind turbine installation campaign for Avangrid’s Vineyard Wind 1 project offshore Massachusetts, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States…

GE Names Rahul Ghai as New Senior Vice President and CFO

May 18, 2023

GE said Thursday that Rahul Ghai would become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE effective September 1, 2023, succeeding Carolina Dybeck Happe. Ghai will assume this role in addition to his current responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer of GE Aerospace…

GE to Deliver "Heart" for Two Petrobras FPSOs

Apr 11, 2023

GE Power Conversion said Tuesday it had recently secured a contract with Singapore-based Keppel Shipyard to supply and deliver two electrical modules for the Petrobras P-80 and P-83 FPSOs.'The integrated electrical module to be provided by GE…

GE and Siemens Gamesa Settle Offshore Wind Turbine Patent Dispute

Apr 05, 2023

General Electric Co has settled all its outstanding wind turbine technology patent disputes in the United States and Europe with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, the companies recently said.Terms of the settlement, which was described as amicable…

GE's Investors Seek Solutions to Renewable Energy, Supply Chain Challenges

Mar 09, 2023

When General Electric Co's investors gather on Thursday, the focus will be on the company's loss-making renewable energy business as well as persistent supply-chain challenges at its aerospace unit.A $100 billion reduction in debt since 2018…

GE Wants to Build Offshore Wind Blade, Nacelle Manufacturing Sites in New York

Feb 03, 2023

General Electric recently filed a plan to build two new offshore wind manufacturing facilities in New York if it wins enough orders from companies in the state’s ongoing solicitation for up to 4.6 GW of offshore wind.GE proposed building the…

GE Can't Make, Sell Haliade-X Offshore Wind Turbines in U.S. Over Patent Infringement

Sep 12, 2022

A Boston federal judge barred General Electric Co on Wednesday from making and selling its Haliade-X wind turbines in the United States, after a jury found in June that the turbines infringed a patent owned by rival Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S…

Crowley Names Karl SVP and GM of Wind Services

Aug 18, 2022

Crowley has appointed Bob Karl as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s new business unit, Crowley Wind Services. As Crowley elevates the scope of its offerings in wind energy, Karl will lead the company’s wind services…

Saipem Taps GE to Deliver 'Heart' of Petrobras' P-79 FPSO

Apr 27, 2022

Italian oilfield services giant Saipem has awarded GE Power Conversion a contract to develop the electrical module for Petrobras’ P-79 FPSO.In June 2021 Saipem, in a joint venture with South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co…

GE-BOND JV to Build Substation for Empire Wind 1 Project in New York

Mar 22, 2022

A consortium formed between GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and New York-based BOND Civil & Utility Construction said Tuesday it had secured a contract from Empire Offshore Wind JV to supply an onshore substation for Empire Wind 1, one of New York’s first offshore wind farm projects…

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