GE To Supply Turbines for New Power Plant in Brazil.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2001 Termogaucha-Usina Termeletrica S/A S/A System Administrator S/A Service/Agency S/A Special Agent S/A Spectrum Analyzer S/A Situational Awareness S/A Selective Availability (GPS satellite mode) S/A Services/Agencies S/A Sub-Assembly , a special purpose project company (SPC 1. (business) SPC - Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management. 2. (body) SPC - Software Productivity Centre. 3. (company) SPC - Software Publishing Corporation. 4. ) based in Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Port and city(pop., 2005 est.: city, 1,386,900; metro. area, 3,978,263), southern Brazil. Located along the Guaíba River near the Atlantic Ocean coast, it was founded c. 1742 by immigrants from the Azores. It was first known as Porto dos Casais. , RS, Brazil, has awarded a contract of more than US$100 million to General Electric International, Inc. (GEII GEII Génie Électrique et Informatique Industrielle (French) GEII GE International Inc. ) to supply equipment and associated services for a new, 500-megawatt power plant in southern Brazil. To be located in South Petrochemical Complex - Triunfo, state of Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (rē`  grän`dĭ th s , the combined-cycle power plant will be an anchor for the development of a new pipeline that will transport natural gas from the border of Argentina in Uruguaiana into the Porto Alegre region. Both the power plant and the pipeline will help to support the continued expansion of the economy of Rio Grande do Sul, which has been growing at a rate of approximately 7% a year. Termogaucha is a consortium including CEEE CEEE Conference on Environmental Education in Europe CEEE Co-Operation for Environmental Education in Europe , a regional Brazilian utility; and three oil and gas companies: Companhia Brasileira de Petroleo Ipiranga Empresas Petróleo Ipiranga is a Brazilian conglomerate that are in the field of refining and distribution of oil. It also has business in petrochemical and chemical industries. S/A, Petroleo Brasileira S/A Petrobras and Repsol YPF Brasil S/A. The three oil and gas companies also are among the partners in the pipeline, which will supply natural gas to the new power station. Installation, commissioning and testing of the Termogaucha power plant will be completed in the third quarter of 2003. From September of 2003 to January of 2004, the plant may sell power on the spot market. Base-load commercial operation will begin in early 2004. GEII is supplying two PG7241FA gas turbine-generators and one GE steam turbine for the new power plant. The GEII contract also includes technical advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal and training. The two gas turbines will be manufactured in GE Power Systems' Greenville, SC gas turbine plant and shipped to Brazil in Fall 2002. The steam turbine will be provided by Hitachi of Japan, a GE business associate, and will be shipped in late Summer 2002. The generators for the gas turbines will be supplied by Mitsubishi Electric Company of Japan. The generator and the balance of the equipment for the steam turbine will be manufactured in GE's Schenectady, NY plant and shipped in Fall 2002. Overall, GEII has commitments for approximately 60 industrial and aeroderivative gas turbine-generators, to be shipped to Brazil by the end of 2003. About GE Power Systems GE Power Systems (www.gepower.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation technology, energy services and management systems with 2000 revenue of $15 billion. The business has the largest installed base of power generation equipment in the global energy industry. GE Power Systems provides equipment, service and management solutions across the power generation, oil and gas, distributed power and energy rental industries. |
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