

General Electric to deliver turbines for NPP Paks
General Electric is to supply turbines for two new reactors in the Hungarian nuclear power plant Paks having beaten Russian based Silovye Mashiny on an international tender called by Rosatom. The contract is worth €793 million. GE already won turbine tenders for Finlandʼs Hanhikivi and Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant projects.. Source: Budapest Business Journal #GE #Hungary #Paks #nuclear #Rosatom


GE to supply 38 wind turbines in Serbia
General Electric Renewable Energy will deliver 38 wind turbines for the Serbian based wind farm of Kovačica after reaching an agreement with Enlight Renewable Energy. The new wind farm will have 105 MW installed capacity with 38 wind turbines of 110 m height each. GE also agreed to provide O&M services for the unit during the period of next 15 years. GE Renewable Energy recently announced that it will also deliver wind turbines for Čibuk 1, a wind farm aimed to become the lar
Škoda in effort to ensure TPP Pljevlja II
After failing to provide a financing arrangement for the new Pljevlja 2 unit through the Česká exportní banka (ČEB), Škoda Praha suggested Chinese-based Sinosure (China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation) as an alternative solution. Debt-to-equity ratio is reported to be 85/15. In addition, Škoda selected General Electric as a project partner during the EPC period. As reported by Vijesti, according to the pre-arranged dynamic, after a consensus has been reach between all
GE to finish revitalisation of Nikola Tesla
General Electric (GE) Power Services released a statement regarding its plans to complete the modernisation of the Nikola Tesla thermal power plant during 2017. The project involves steam turbine retrofitting (expected completion by May), equipment upgrade with special regard to the WT23S-106 generator unit (expected completion by October) and turbine control system. Steam turbine retrofit will extend the operating lifetime by 100,000 hours and increase capacity by 24 MW. TPP


Croatia adds 34.2 MW of wind capacity
Austrian based company RP Global announced the start of commercial operation for the 34.2 MW wind farm Rudine. The farm has 12 turbines of 2.85 MW each supplied by General Electric (GE 103 type). Each tower is 85 meter high with a rotor diameter of 103 meters. The project commenced in 2014. The investment is reported to amount to €53 million. This is RP Global’s second wind power plant investment in Croatia, after the 43.7 MW Danilo wind farm. Source: PV Magazine #Croatia #wi