GE Energy to Launch 7H Gas Turbine Technology in Hydro-Quebec Production Project; 800-Megawatt Class Power Plant Planned for 2007 Operation.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004 The world's first application of GE Energy's 7H gas turbine technology - the 60-hertz version of GE's advanced H System(TM)- will be an 800-megawatt class, combined-cycle project with Hydro-Quebec Production, the generation division of Hydro-Quebec, an international leader in power generation, transmission and distribution. The new facility, to be built at Beauharnois, Quebec Beauharnois is a city located in southwestern Quebec, Canada. According to the Canada 2006 Census:
"We are extremely pleased that Hydro-Quebec has selected GE and the H System for this project," said John Rice, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of GE Energy. "We recently celebrated the successful completion of validation testing and the commercial launch of our 9H, the 50-hertz version of the H System, at Baglan Bay Baglan Bay is a district and community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, south Wales. Baglan Bay is a re-generation area and new light industries have been built. A gas fired power station known as Baglan Bay power station and owned by GE was completed in 2004 following the in South Wales South Wales south n → sud m du Pays de Galles . Now we are teaming with Hydro-Quebec for the next power industry milestone: the first commercial project for the 60-hertz 7H system." Canada's and Quebec's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol: see global warming. was one of the determining factors in Hydro-Quebec's selection of H technology for the new plant. Because of its high efficiency, the H System offers significant benefits in environmental performance. For every unit of electricity produced, the H System will use less fuel and produce fewer greenhouse gas greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas emissions compared to other large gas turbine combined-cycle systems. Today's most efficient combined-cycle plants have hit a plateau in the 57-58% efficiency range; the H System moves beyond that point by offering a system that is capable of 60% while also providing a platform for continued evolutionary improvements in combined-cycle efficiency. While the H System employs today's most advanced technology, it benefits from millions of hours of GE gas turbine experience. It also is the most thoroughly tested product introduction in GE Energy's history. Developed by GE as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Turbine System program, the H System features an innovative closed-loop steam cooling system cooling system: see air conditioning; internal-combustion engine; refrigeration. cooling system Apparatus used to keep the temperature of a structure or device from exceeding limits imposed by needs of safety and efficiency. which enables the higher firing temperatures required for increased efficiency. In addition to the steam cooling system, GE engineers designed the H turbine's first-stage buckets and nozzles with single-crystal materials to withstand higher temperatures over a long service life. Much of the H design, however, is based on turbine technology proven in millions of hours of commercial operation worldwide. The H compressors were based on the compressor compressor, machine that decreases the volume of air or other gas by the application of pressure. Compressor types range from the simple hand pump and the piston-equipped compressor used to inflate tires to machines that use a rotating, bladed element to achieve designed for the CF6-80C2 aircraft engine and its aeroderivative LM6000 gas turbine. A dry low NOx combustion system, which mixes fuel and air prior to ignition ignition, apparatus for igniting a combustible mixture. The German engineer Nikolaus A. Otto, in his first gas engine, used flame ignition; another method was heating a metal tube to incandescence. to reduce emissions for the 7H, has been proven in millions of hours of operation on other GE gas turbines around the world. Shipment of the H System for the Suroit project will be covered under a previously announced agreement signed by GE and Toshiba of Japan in 1998. Under this agreement, GE has H System integration and performance responsibility, and will design and manufacture the H gas turbines and supply the integrated control systems for the power train. Toshiba will manufacture the GE-designed compressors, along with Toshiba-designed generators and steam turbines Steam turbine A machine for generating mechanical power in rotary motion from the energy of steam at temperature and pressure above that of an available sink. By far the most widely used and most powerful turbines are those driven by steam. . About Hydro-Quebec Production Hydro-Quebec Production, the generation division of Hydro-Quebec, is one of the world's largest generators of electricity, with a capacity of over 38,000 megawatts. Its revenues in 2002 were Cdn$7.9 billion for a net income of Cdn1.6 billion. Hydro-Quebec Production is an important player in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. electricity wholesale markets. Hydro-Quebec, created in 1944 and 100%-owned by the Quebec government, is also a major transmission provider and distributor of electricity in Quebec, supplying more than 3.5 million Quebec customers. For more information, please visit the corporate web site at www.hydroquebec.com. About GE Energy GE Energy is one the world's leading suppliers of power generation technology, energy services and management systems with 2002 revenues of nearly $23 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy provides equipment, service and management solutions across the power generation, oil and gas, distributed power and energy rental industries. |
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