2024 年 6 月 6 日

GEベルノバ

GEベルノバの陸上風力発電事業部門は本日、北海道石狩市にある石狩八の沢ウインドファームに、GEベルノバ製タービンが採用されたことを発表しました。石狩八の沢ウインドファームは、2024年3月から運転を開始しています。日本最大級の電力会社であるJ-POWER傘下の石狩グリーンエナジー株式会社が所有するこの21MWの風力発電所は、GEベルノバ製の4.2-117風力タービン5基を搭載し、一般家庭約7,400世帯分の年間消費電力に相当する電力を供給します。

今回のプロジェクトにより、両社は、経済産業省が「第6次エネルギー基本計画」において策定した、2030年度までに総発電量に占める再生可能エネルギーの発電比率を「36%～38%」に引き上げるという目標を支援します。本プロジェクトはGEベルノバにとってJ-POWERでの2件目の4.2-117風力タービン・プロジェクトであり、2023年初頭の江差風力発電所設備更新事業での運転開始に続き、両社の関係をさらに強化するものです。

GEベルノバ、J-POWER、プロジェクト建設パートナーは、2023年5月に石狩湾新港に風力タービンの主要部品が到着・搬入されて以来、運転開始に向けて緊密に協力してきました。このプロジェクトにおける特殊な課題は、雪への対応でした。石狩は豪雪や猛吹雪に見舞われる地域であり、プロジェクトの試運転中にも激しい雷や落雷を伴うホワイトアウトが発生しました。そのためプロジェクト・チームは、安全を優先させるためにたびたび作業を中断しなければなりませんでした。毎日の除雪作業、お客さまとの緊密な連携、適切な最終計画により、プロジェクトは安全かつ予定通りに進行しました。

GEベルノバの国際陸上風力発電部門のチーフ・コマーシャル・オフィサーであるギラン・サバティエは、次のように述べています。「J-POWERが、本プロジェクトに当社の4MW級タービンラインを継続して採用くださっていることに感謝しています。本プロジェクトは、J-POWERにとって日本における23件目の風力発電プロジェクトであり、当社は、アジアにおいて戦略的に重要な国である日本の電力需要を満たすため、J-POWERの事業が成功するよう尽力しています」

電源開発株式会社陸上風力事業部長の戸田勝也氏は、次のように述べています。「電源開発株式会社は、シン・エナジー株式会社との共同事業として、石狩八の沢で新たなクリーンエネルギープロジェクトを実施できたことを誇りに思います。当プロジェクトの実現に協力くださいましたGEベルノバはじめ皆様に感謝いたします。当社は引き続き、J-POWER “BLUE MISSION 2050” で掲げたカーボンニュートラルの実現に向け、日本で多くのクリーンエネルギーソリューションを提供してまいります」

GEベルノバの陸上風力発電事業部門は、全世界で約56,000基のタービンを設置し、約120GWの設備容量を有しています。20年以上にわたってお客さまの成功をサポートしてきた当社の製品ポートフォリオにより、当社は実績のある次世代技術を提供し、高品質なスケールを可能にする高出力タービンによって、より安価で持続可能な再生可能エネルギー発電による脱炭素化を推進しています。これには、5MW以上の容量を提供するすべてのOEMで最も広く導入されている陸上風力タービンである、6MWプラットフォームの稼働中の1,200基以上のタービンが含まれます。

GE ベルノバ について

GE ベルノバ は世界的なエネルギー企業です。電力、風力、電化部門で構成され、先端研究、コンサルティングサービス、および金融サービスのアクセラレーター ビジネスによってサポートされています。また、GE ベルノバは 130  年以上にわたって世界の課題に取り組んできた経験に基づき、世界の電化を継続すると同時に脱炭素化に取り組むことで、エネルギー転換をリードする独自の立場にあります。さらに、GE ベルノバ はお客様が経済を活性化し、健康、安全、セキュリティ、クオリティ・オブ・ライフの向上に不可欠な電力を供給できるよう支援しています。GE ベルノバ は米国マサチューセッツ州ケンブリッジに本社を置き、世界 100 か国以上に 約75,000人の従業員を擁しています。

GEベルノバの陸上風力発電事業は、陸上風力発電技術の世界的リーダーです。世界中に約56,000基のタービンを設置しており、幅広い立地条件に対応するタービンのハイテク製品ポートフォリオを提供しています。

GEベルノバ（Vernova）のミッションはその名前に刻まれています。長い伝統を表す「GE」を冠することで品質の高さと発明の才を表し、「Ver」または「Verde」は地球の緑豊かな生態系を表しています。「Nova」はラテン語の「novus（“新しい”という意味）」から引用し、低炭素エネルギーがもたらす革新的な新時代を表しています。当社のパーパスである ”The Energy to Change the World” に支えられ、GE ベルノバ はより安価で信頼性が高く、持続可能で安全なエネルギーの未来の実現に貢献します。詳しくは、GE ベルノバのホームページおよび LinkedIn をご覧ください。

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (May 28, 2024) – Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and GE Vernova's Onshore Wind division announced today the signing of an agreement worth more than EUR 700 million for the delivery, installation and commissioning of 125 GE Vernova 6.1-158 wind turbines at the Teruel wind project that CIP has been promoting through contracts with the developer in that province and which is expected to start the construction phase shortly. The agreement also includes a 15-year full service contract. The 125 wind turbines will be destined for the Teruel project which, with a combined installed capacity of approximately 760 MW, is expected to become the largest wind farm in Spain, contributing significantly to the acceleration of the energy transition and the decarbonisation of the national electricity system by reducing CO₂ emissions by an expected 320,000 tonnes per year.

CIP has foreseen an investment of around 1 billion euros for the construction of this wind farm, to which a further 1.4 billion euros will be added in operation and maintenance costs throughout the life of the project, according to the socio-economic impact report of the project carried out by an independent consultancy firm.

The order, which was booked by GE Vernova in Q4 of 2023, represents one of the largest contracts for wind projects ever in Spain and is expected to provide a significant boost to the Spanish wind industry.  The project will take advantage of GE Vernova's strong presence in Spain where the Company already has more than 4.3 GW in operation, an engineering center of excellence in Barcelona, and two wind turbine blade production factories. Specifically, the blades for the 125 wind turbines are expected to be manufactured at its plant in Les Coves de Vinromà, Castellón. The wind turbine towers are also expected to be manufactured at other companies' Spanish plants located in Albacete, Burgos and Galicia.

The contract builds on previous agreements through which GE Vernova has previously supplied 490 MW to CIP for onshore wind power in Aragon, Spain.

Vic Abate, CEO of GE Vernova Wind, said: "We are delighted to be able to again support CIP in its goals to bring more wind power online to meet Spain's ambitious renewable energy targets and continue to contribute to the Spanish wind industry. This agreement reinforces how we can use our workhorse product strategy to provide our customers with proven technology that enables them to build high quality, high performance fleets at scale to meet the demands of the energy transition."

Nischal Agarwal, partner at CIP said: "The Maestrazgo cluster is expected to have a very positive socio-economic impact on job creation and on the Aragonese and Valencian economy, but also on the value chain of the entire Spanish wind industry. The wind turbines will be manufactured in production plants located in Spain, such as GE Vernova's plant in Castellón and others from different suppliers in Albacete, Burgos and Galicia, where the towers are expected to be manufactured. The expected impact of investment and job creation figures make the Teruel project a benchmark for the sector in Europe".

The project is only awaiting the Administrative Authorisation for Construction (AAC) in order to start the installation works, with CIP having already committed all the necessary funds to undertake the construction.

The project will enable CIP, which has been developing one of the leading renewable energy project portfolios in Spain for the past five years, to accelerate the achievement of ambitious energy transition targets. In June 2023, the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) announced that it aims to produce 62 GW of wind power by 2030, up from a previous target of 50 GW, as part of a broader plan to maximise the amount of the country's electricity generated from renewable sources. In addition, the project is expected to contribute to the maintenance of more than 3,540 jobs, some 400 million euros in taxes, and enough electricity to supply the equivalent of approximately 570,000 homes per year.

GE Vernova's onshore wind business has a total installed base of more than 56,000 turbines and nearly 120 GW of installed capacity worldwide. Committed to customer success for more than two decades, its product portfolio offers proven, next-generation technology that leads with high-power turbines to enable high-quality scale and drive decarbonisation through more affordable and sustainable renewable energy generation. This includes more than 1,200 operational units of its 6 MW platform, the most widely deployed onshore wind turbine among all OEMs offering nameplates above 5 MW.

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About Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP)
Founded in 2012 in Denmark, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is today the world's largest fund manager dedicated to renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. The funds managed by CIP invest primarily in offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, biomass and energy from waste, transmission and distribution, reserve capacity, storage, advanced bioenergy and Power-to-X.

CIP currently manages twelve funds and to date has raised approximately EUR 28 billion for global investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 160 international institutional investors. CIP has approximately 500 employees and 12 offices worldwide.

With a presence in Spain for five years and offices and a strong management team in Madrid, CIP has been developing one of the leading portfolios of renewable projects in Spain, in excess of 4 GW. Its portfolio includes the operation and construction of several wind farms in Aragon, including the Monegros project (487 MW of wind power), and some of the most important wind farms in Spain today. It is also the promoter of Catalina, a world-leading large-scale green hydrogen project that will develop combined onshore wind and solar photovoltaic power plants of 1.5 GW and a 500 MW electrolyser, located in Andorra (Teruel), which has just received 230 million euros in the first auction of the European Hydrogen Bank, with CIP having received 66% of the total funds available at European level. This project will position Spain as a pioneer and technological leader in the production and management of green hydrogen. CIP also aims to become a key and very active player in the biogas sector in Spain and is currently developing projects for the production of biomethane in our country. Some of these projects have been declared by the authorities as strategic and of general and regional interest.

For more information, visit www.cip.com

About GE Vernova
GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) is a purpose-built global energy company that includes power, wind and electrification segments and is backed by its accelerator businesses. With more than 130 years of experience addressing the world's challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety and improved quality of life.

GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and has more than 80,000 employees in more than 100 countries around the world. Backed by the company's purpose, Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova technology helps deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable and secure energy future. Learn more: GE Vernova and LinkedIn.

GE Vernova's Wind segment is focused on providing a suite of wind products and services to help accelerate a new era of energy by harnessing the power of wind. The business comprises the Offshore Wind, Onshore Wind and LM Wind Power businesses. Technologies provided to customers include the Haliade-X platform, our offshore wind turbine and the next generation 3 megawatt high efficiency onshore wind turbine, as well as maintenance solutions and life extension option.

GE Vernova's mission is embedded in its name: it preserves its heritage, "GE", as a badge of enduring, hard-won quality and ingenuity. "Ver" / "green" points to the lush green ecosystems of the Earth. "Nova", from the Latin "novus", nods to a new and innovative era of low-carbon energy.

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Getting renewable electricity to big population centers is a growing challenge in the United States, but in the high desert of central New Mexico a plan is coming together. There, near the tiny town of Corona, GE Vernova will deploy 674 of its new “workhorse” 3.6-154 wind turbines* for the SunZia project and its developer, Pattern Energy. When completed in 2026, this colossus of a project will weigh in at a total 3,500 MW, making it the largest wind farm — and in fact the largest renewables project — in the Western Hemisphere, providing enough power for some 3 million people.

SSAB teams up with GE Vernova Onshore Wind to supply SSAB Zero™ steel for onshore wind towers in North America.

Congressman Paul D. Tonko cheered the announcement that a total of $22,899,840 will be delivered to GE Vernova Advanced Research Center in Niskayuna, NY to drive clean energy research and development, particularly in wind energy. This substantial funding, allocated through the U.S. Department of Energy, includes four projects for GE Vernova.