GE Signs Contract for 14-Year Upgrade of World's Second-Largest Hydropower Facility
GE Renewable Energy says its Hydro and Grid Solutions businesses have signed a contract related to the works, which are set to last 14 years.
Among other things, GE says upgrades to include"equipment and systems of all 20 power generating units."GE Renewable Energy has signed a deal that will see it carry out upgrades to the 14 gigawatt Itaipu hydropower plant, a vast facility straddling the border between Brazil and Paraguay. In a statement earlier this week, GE Renewable Energy said its Hydro and Grid Solutions businesses had signed a contract related to the works, which are set to last 14 years. Paraguayan firms CIE and Tecnoedil will provide support for the project.
Among other things, GE said the upgrades would include"equipment and systems of all 20 power generating units as well as the improvement of the hydropower plant's measurement, protection, control, regulation and monitoring systems."Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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