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GE Vernova signs contract for Kalyon PV’s 157 MW solar project to support decarbonization of the energy sector in Turkey

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  • GE Vernova to supply its advanced FLEXINVERTERTM solar power station technology, as well as design and engineering services, to Kalyon Güneş Teknolojileri Üretim A.Ş.’s (Kalyon PV) solar project in Viranşehir

  • GE Vernova's deployment of its FLEXINVERTERTM technology is set to achieve a combined solar power capacity of 2.5 GWp/1.9 GWe across commissioned and ongoing projects in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (May 28, 2024) - GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced it has signed a contract with Kalyon PV to supply its FLEXINVERTERTM solar power station, as well as design and engineering services, to Kalyon PV in Viranşehir, Turkey. Inogen, GE Vernova’s regional solutions provider, will be in charge of the construction and installation of the solar power station.

GE Vernova’s solar power station is expected to power Kalyon Enerji’s 157 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaics (PV) factory, making Kalyon Enerji one of the first companies in Turkey to produce solar panels using 100% renewable electricity when commissioned.

“We are proud to be a driving force behind Turkey’s transition to clean energy. By investing in solar panel manufacturing and providing these solar panels to large-scale solar power plants, we’re not only providing sustainable energy solutions, but also creating jobs and contributing to Turkey's energy independence,” said Dr. Murtaza Ata, Board Member of Kalyon PV.

"After having executed several Renewable Energy Resources Zones (YEKA) projects in Turkey, we are now focusing on industries that want to produce captive power at a utility scale for their self-consumption through PV projects, such as Kalyon PV’s solar power plant in Viranşehir, and renewable hybrid projects, including large scale storage. We offer a comprehensive financing to support our customers, which includes support from export credit agencies. This financing package enables us to provide competitive financing options to facilitate and scale up the adoption of renewable energy technologies in the energy sector," said Megi Gabriyel, Region Leader Solar & Storage Solutions, Middle East, Africa & Turkey at GE Vernova.

With 2.5 GWp/1.9 GWe of combined solar power capacity in Turkey, including commissioned and ongoing projects, GE Vernova’s FLEXINVERTERTM technology is playing a pivotal role in the development of Turkey’s solar industry.

“Thanks to our strategic relationship with GE Vernova, we ensure seamless coordination of supply chain and field activities, addressing key challenges in project execution. Our professional teams, comprising more than one thousand employees, will provide continuous support, enabling swift intervention during both the installation and operation phases of the Viranşehir power plant,” said Ali Murat SOYDAN, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Chairman Inogen Group.

This collaboration builds upon an existing relationship, leveraging the success of Kalyon Enerji’s 1,347 MWp/1,000 MWe Karapinar solar power plant in the Konya Karapinar province, which deployed GE Vernova's FLEXINVERTERTM solar technology. Commissioned in 2023, the Karapinar facility is Turkey’s largest single source of solar power to date. The project was part of the first Turkish solar YEKA GES tender launched in 2017 by the Turkish Ministry of Energy under the Renewable Energy Resources Zones (YEKA) program that streamlines the development of large-scale solar and wind farms.

Turkey's rapid expansion of its renewable energy sector, driven by a growing electricity demand and a commitment to reducing carbon emissions, positions solar power as a key driver of this growth. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), Turkey aims to commission an impressive 10 GW of solar capacity between 2017 and 2027, with projections indicating a surge of approximately 500% to 52.9 GW by 2035. 1

Additionally, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to deploy its Battery Energy Storage Solution FLEXRESERVOIRTM coupled with financing to support Turkey’s next phase of renewable energy projects with storage.

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GE Vernova’s Solar and Storage portfolio includes the FLEXINVERTERTM, the FLEXRESERVOIRTM and the FLEXIQTM technologies. The FLEXINVERTERTM solar power station is an integrated containerized solution that combines a solar inverter, a medium voltage power transformer, and an optional MV Ring Main Unit, all integrated in a standard 20-feet ISO high cube container. FLEXRESERVOIRTM is a systems integrated battery energy storage and power electronics solution for multiple configurations and market applications. FLEXIQTM is a digital platform that provides design, operation, and fleet management solutions to enable grid compliance and maximize lifetime customer value. These solutions reduce capital and operation costs and enable more reliable plant performance.

About GE Vernova
GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world. Supported by the Company’s purpose, The 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 Solar & Storage Solutions business provides technologies in solar energy, battery energy storage, and power plant controls to drive dispatchable and reliable renewable energy solutions and to help with the transition to a cleaner energy future.

About Kalyon Enerji

“We produce clean energy for a self-sufficient world in energy. Guided by sustainability principles and development goals, we are working with dedication to continuous improvement and make impact investments.”

Kalyon Energy, emerged from Kalyon İnşaat, the locomotive company operating under the umbrella of Kalyon Holding, during the realization process of 1,350 MWp Karapınar YEKA GES-1 project and 1,000 MW YEKA RES-1 project of which the tenders were made in 2016 and the contracts signed in 2017 and reached to its current shareholding structure in 2022 after the acquisition of 50% of the shares by International Holding Company(IHC) from UAE.

By approaching the escalating energy demands of Türkiye and the world with a sustainability vision, taking into account both the country's targets and global needs, making our impact investments in clean energy, we play a prominent role in the fight against climate change.

Our top priority is to make energy accessible to everyone, including disadvantaged groups, by using clean and renewable energy sources. To this end, we focus our investments on solar and wind power plants. We also invest in energy storage facilities so that renewable energy can become widespread and a part of our daily lives.

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GE Vernova launches startup ThinkLabs AI, Inc.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (May 23, 2024) - GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced it has launched ThinkLabs AI, Inc., a new startup focused on developing technology to help enhance grid planning through a combination of intelligent automation and AI. ThinkLabs is the first startup to be launched from GE Vernova. This move highlights the company’s commitment to enhancing the speed at which it brings energy transition innovations to customers.

“Our customers and the vital energy challenges we’re solving for demand relentless innovation,” said Limor Spector, President of Ventures and Incubation for GE Vernova. “This initial early-stage investment highlights one of the many ways we are committed to developing an innovative ecosystem in support of changing the trajectory of climate change.”

ThinkLabs is the result of an incubation effort launched by GE Vernova’s Electrification Software business and led by Josh Wong. During his time at GE Vernova, Wong focused on the application of disruptive technologies to help improve the way electric utilities manage, balance, optimize, and coordinate the grid. Wong has left GE Vernova to lead ThinkLabs as its chief executive officer.

ThinkLabs was pre-seeded with an initial early-stage investment by GE Vernova. An additional first-time seed-stage investment of $5 million was co-led by Powerhouse Ventures and Active Impact Investments. Other participants in the round included Blackhorn Ventures, Amplify Capital, Mercuria Energy, and a national US energy company. The company will be privately owned by its founders, GE Vernova, and the other investors.

The software application ThinkLabs is developing uses a combination of intelligent automation and AI to help enhance grid planning. The early-stage application, which is leveraging external funding partners to accelerate development, is planned to complement GE Vernova’s GridOS® software portfolio. The GridOS portfolio is comprised of a platform and suite of AI and Power Systems-based applications designed to help enable secure, reliable grid orchestration while delivering the resiliency and flexibility utilities need to modernize and transform to a more sustainable energy grid.

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About GE Vernova
GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world. Supported by the Company’s purpose, The 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 Electrification Software business is focused on delivering the intelligent applications and insights needed to accelerate electrification and decarbonization across the entire energy ecosystem – from how it’s created, how it’s orchestrated, to how it’s consumed. Its Grid Software business and GridOS® portfolio is trusted by global utilities to orchestrate a more sustainable energy grid and help deliver reliable and affordable electricity to their customers.

About ThinkLabs AI, Inc.
ThinkLabs AI, Inc. is a specialized AI development and deployment company. Our mission is to empower critical industries and infrastructure with trustworthy AI towards global energy sustainability. We’re developing our flagship product, ThinkLabs Copilot, a digital assistant that understands the real world with proprietary physics-informed AI digital twins that provide a foundation model for engineering systems. For more information on ThinkLabs AI, Inc., visit thinklabs.ai.

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GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik to speak at Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (May 20, 2024) – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) Chief Executive Officer, Scott Strazik, will present at the Bernstein 40th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York City on Thursday, May 30, at 3:30 PM ET. Strazik will speak in a fireside chat on managing the energy transition and discuss the outlook for GE Vernova’s Power, Wind, and Electrification segments.

The conference webcast and replay will be available through GE Vernova’s Investor Relations website at https://www.gevernova.com/investors/events/bernstein-40th-annual-strategic-decisions-conference-2024.

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GE Vernova’s website at www.gevernova.com/investors, as well as GE Vernova’s LinkedIn and other social media accounts, contains a significant amount of information about GE Vernova, including financial and other information for investors. GE Vernova encourages investors to visit these websites from time to time, as information is updated, and new information is posted.

About GE Vernova
GE Vernova is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world.

GE Vernova’s mission is embedded in its name – it retains its legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy. Supported by the Company Purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova will help deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future. Learn more: GE Vernova’s website and LinkedIn.

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GE Vernova announces new member of Board of Directors

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  • Martina Hund-Mejean, former CFO, MasterCard Worldwide, will join the GE Vernova Board of Directors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (May 17, 2024) – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed a new member: Martina Hund-Mejean, former chief financial officer of MasterCard Worldwide.

“We are delighted to add Martina Hund-Mejean to the GE Vernova Board of Directors, as she brings exceptionally strong financial expertise and a broad global perspective, having held senior leadership positions at several multinational organizations,” GE Vernova Board of Directors Non-Executive Chairman Stephen Angel said. “In addition to her strong track record leading global corporations, Martina brings extensive governance experience to our boardroom.”

“I am thrilled to work alongside Martina as she joins our Board of Directors,” GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik said. “Her experience uniquely positions her as a thoughtful counsel and dynamic leader who will help us tackle our mission of electrifying and decarbonizing the world.”

Ms. Hund-Mejean served as Chief Financial Officer of MasterCard Worldwide from 2007 until her retirement in 2019. Prior to joining MasterCard, she served as senior vice president and treasurer at Tyco International Ltd. from 2002 to 2007 and as senior vice president and treasurer at Lucent Technologies Inc. from 2000 to 2002. Previously, Hund-Mejean held multiple finance positions of increasing responsibility at General Motors Company.

Ms. Hund-Mejean currently serves as chair of the audit committee and a member of the finance and executive committees for the Prudential Financial, Inc. Board of Directors, as the chair of the finance committee and a member of the audit committee of the Colgate-Palmolive Company Board of Directors. She formerly served as chair of the University of Virginia Darden School’s Foundation Board of Trustees.

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GE Vernova is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification businesses and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world.

GE Vernova’s mission is embedded in its name – it retains its legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy. Supported by the Company Purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova will help deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future. Learn more: GE Vernova and LinkedIn.

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New GE Vernova aeroderivative units to add additional capacity at WFEC’s Anadarko plant, Oklahoma

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Project will add same technology already in existence

ANADARKO, Okla. (May 16, 2024) – Western Farmers Electric Cooperative’s (WFEC) and GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced the order for two new GE Vernova’s aeroderivative LM6000VELOX* package solutions, each including an LM6000* gas turbine and a generator, to replace aging steam turbines at its Anadarko Plant, Oklahoma. These new units are expected to expand the power plant, currently powered by five LM6000 PC gas turbines (two installed and commissioned in 1999, three units installed ten years later, in 2009). When the expansion will be completed, the Anadarko Plant is expected to deliver up to 350 megawatts (MW) with a total of seven LM6000 gas turbines.

“At WFEC, we continually evaluate capacity needs, while focusing on both the present and future power requirements of our members, and we are committed to maintain a reliable supply of electricity well into the future,” said Justin Soderberg, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative. “We selected GE Vernova’s LM6000VELOX units due to their fast start and quick ramp up/down capabilities. Rapid renewable energy growth presents system operators and energy providers with the increasingly difficult task of continuously ensuring stability of the grid and a reliable power supply, as renewable generation assets like wind turbines and solar farms are slightly less predictable by their very nature. Conversely, the aeroderivative gas turbines, powered by natural gas can help stabilize the grid and reduce the risk of electricity supply shortages.”

These aeroderivative units, derived from jet-engine technology powering the world’s airlines jets and well-known in the power generation industry for their quick start time in as little as 5 minutes to full power, will be a great complement to WFEC’s robust portfolio of almost 1,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable projects already in service or scheduled to be in service by the end of the decade.

WFEC has been working with Sargent & Lundy (S&L) as the owner’s engineer for the expansion of the plant. S&L is an engineering firm based in Chicago, Ill. S&L has worked hand in hand with WFEC staff on selecting the appropriate technology for these new units and developing a turbine specification. Fagen, Inc. has been selected as the EPC Contractor. The works are expected to start in late 2024 and be completed in late 2026.

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*The order for the gas turbine power generation equipment for the Anadarko project was booked in Q1 2024

Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC) is a generation and transmission cooperative, headquartered in Anadarko, Okla. Now in its 83rd year of operation, WFEC serves the electric needs of 21-member distribution cooperatives, across much of Oklahoma, the eastern parts of New Mexico, and into some areas of Kansas and Texas. WFEC also serves Altus Air Force Base. WFEC has a diverse generation portfolio of coal, natural gas, hydroelectric power, wind and solar.

Sargent & Lundy is one of the world’s longest-standing full-service architect engineering firms. Founded in 1891, the firm is a global leader in power, energy, and decarbonization with expertise in grid modernization, renewable energy, energy storage, nuclear power, fossil power, carbon capture, and hydrogen. Sargent & Lundy delivers comprehensive project services – from consulting, design, and implementation to construction management, commissioning, and operations/maintenance – with an emphasis on quality and safety. The firm serves public and private clients in the power, energy, gas distribution, industrial and government sectors.

GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world. Supported by the Company’s purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova technology helps deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future. GE Vernova’s Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that aim to help electrify a lower carbon future. It is a global leader in gas turbines and gas power plant technologies and services with the industry’s largest installed base of approximately 7,000 gas turbines.

Fagen, Inc. is a full-service EPC contractor headquartered in Granite Falls, Minn. Utilizing a database of over 10,000 direct-hire employees, Fagen, Inc. provides both full EPC wraps and general contractor services to its client base. Fagen self-performs civil, structural, siding, insulation, millwright, piping, instrumentation, electrical, and commissioning. Striving to be the construction company most admired by their customers for their people, partnerships, performance and finished product, Fagen, Inc. is ultimately building a better world for tomorrow.

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GE Vernova Recommends Shareholders Reject “Mini-Tender” Offer by TRC Capital Investment Corporation

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (May 10, 2024) – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced that it received notice of an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer by TRC Capital Investment Corporation (TRC Capital) to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of GE Vernova common stock, which represents approximately 0.4% of the shares outstanding, at a price of $155.00 per share in cash. TRC Capital’s offer price is 7.39% less than the $167.36 closing price per share of GE Vernova’s common stock on May 7, 2024, the last trading day before the mini-tender offer appears to have commenced.

GE Vernova does not endorse TRC Capital’s unsolicited mini-tender offer and recommends that GE Vernova shareholders not tender their shares in the offer because the offer is at a price below the current market price for GE Vernova’s shares. TRC Capital has included in the terms of its offer a condition that the closing price of GE Vernova’s shares must not decrease by more than 5%. As a result, unless TRC Capital decides to waive this condition, GE Vernova shareholders who tender their shares in the offer would receive a below-market price for GE Vernova’s shares through the tender offer. The offer is also subject to a number of other conditions.

GE Vernova is not affiliated or associated in any way with TRC Capital, its mini-tender offer or the offer documentation. TRC Capital has made many similar mini-tender offers for shares of other companies. Mini-tender offers seek to acquire not more than 5% of a company’s outstanding shares, thereby avoiding many disclosure and procedural requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules that apply to offers for more than 5% of a company's outstanding shares.

The SEC has cautioned investors about mini-tender offers, stating that mini-tender offers “have been increasingly used to catch investors off guard,” and that investors “may end up selling their securities at below-market prices.” The SEC's guidance to investors on mini-tender offers is available at https://www.sec.gov/reportspubs/investor-publications/investorpubsminitendhtm.html.

Shareholders should obtain current market quotations for their shares, consult with their broker or financial advisor, and exercise caution with respect to TRC Capital’s mini-tender offer. GE Vernova recommends that shareholders who have not responded to TRC Capital’s offer take no action. Shareholders who have already tendered their shares may withdraw them at any time prior to 12:01 a.m. New York City time, on June 7, 2024, according to TRC Capital’s offering documents.

GE Vernova encourages brokers and dealers, as well as other market participants, to review the SEC's letter regarding broker-dealer mini-tender offer dissemination and disclosure available at https://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/minitenders/sia072401.htm.

GE Vernova requests that a copy of this news release be included with all distributions of materials relating to TRC Capital’s mini-tender offer for shares of GE Vernova's common stock.

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GE Vernova’s website at www.gevernova.com/investors, as well as GE Vernova’s LinkedIn and other social media accounts, contains a significant amount of information about GE Vernova, including financial and other information for investors. GE Vernova encourages investors to visit these websites from time to time, as information is updated, and new information is posted.

About GE Vernova
GE Vernova is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world.

GE Vernova’s mission is embedded in its name – it retains its legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy. Supported by the Company Purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova will help deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future. Learn more: GE Vernova’s website and LinkedIn

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Fuel rods manufactured by GE Vernova’s Nuclear Fuel business to be evaluated at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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WILMINGTON, N.C. (May 9, 2024) - High burnup fuel rods, manufactured by GE Vernova’s Nuclear Fuel business, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), have been delivered to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for examination after commercial operation. The rods completed three full cycles of operation at a U.S. nuclear power plant.

“This shipment of these rods is another milestone in the drive to develop the next generation of even safer and more reliable fuel,” said Mike Chilton, Executive Vice President, GNF. “We are proud to be part of this collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy to benefit the entire industry.”

“This fuel shipment to Oak Ridge National Laboratory is an important step in GNF’s efforts to commercialize their high burnup fuel,” said Frank Goldner, a nuclear engineer within DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy. “High burnup fuels are expected to enhance the performance of today’s reactors and will help us on our path to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.”

The fuel rods were manufactured at GNF’s Wilmington, NC facility. Evaluation of the rods will help provide GNF and DOE with valuable information about high burnup fuel, a key goal of DOE’s Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) program.

Higher burnup fuel is expected to further enhance nuclear safety by enabling fuel to remain in the reactor core for longer periods of time before it is removed for long-term storage. It is anticipated that fewer bundles will support improved fuel cycle economics and power uprates. The post-irradiation examinations performed by ORNL support GNF’s development, engineering and licensing efforts to ensure the continued safe and reliable performance of fuel under expanded operating conditions.

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About GE Vernova
GE Vernova is a planned, purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification businesses and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world.

GE Vernova’s Nuclear energy business, through its global alliance with Hitachi, is a world-leading provider of nuclear fuel bundles, services, and advanced nuclear reactor designs. Technologies include boiling water reactors and small modular reactors, such as the BWRX-300, which is one of the simplest, yet most innovative boiling water reactor designs. GE Vernova’s Nuclear fuel business, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), is a world-leading supplier of boiling water reactor fuel and fuel-related engineering services. GNF is a GE Vernova-led joint venture with Hitachi, Ltd. and operates primarily through Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC in Wilmington, N.C., and Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co., Ltd. in Kurihama, Japan.

GE Vernova’s mission is embedded in its name – it retains its legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy. Supported by the Company Purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova will help deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future. Learn more: GE Vernova and LinkedIn.

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GE Vernova collaborates with TECO to enhance Taiwan's power grid with advanced STATCOM technology

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  • Groundbreaking of Taiwan Power Company’s key substations in central Taiwan, installed with GE Vernova’s advanced ±200 Mvar STATCOM systems

  • GE Vernova will deliver the STATCOM system and transformer solution, while TECO will manage civil work and overall site operations

  • STATCOM deployment will support Taiwan’s sustainable energy goals by facilitating the integration of more renewable energy, while enhancing grid stability

Changua County, TAIWAN (May 7, 2024) - GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business (NYSE:GEV), together with TECO Electric and Machinery Co (TECO) celebrated the ground breaking of the ZhangGong Step-up Substation and the YongXing Switchyard in central Taiwan in Changhua County. The substations, owned by Taiwan Power Company will be installed with two units of GE Vernova’s ±200 Mvar STATCOM (Static Synchronous Compensator) systems, following the closure of a deal between the company and TECO in early 2024.

GE Vernova plans to deliver the STATCOM system and transformer solution, while TECO will manage civil work and overall site operations. The STATCOMs installed at these substations, which are connected via a 161 kV transmission line, are intended to facilitate the integration of more renewable energy into the area, as well as other regions in Taiwan, while enhancing the overall stability of Taiwan’s grid.

Changhua County is a key hub for diverse renewable energy projects—solar, wind, and hydro power. Beyond renewables, the county is home to a number of major electronics manufacturers, as well as food processing and agricultural industries.1 With the increasing proportion of renewable energy, STATCOMs are expected to assume a crucial role in maintaining the stability of power flow within the region.

Mr. Pin Chang, President from Intelligence Energy Business Group of TECO said, “TECO has outstanding electromechanical technology and a proven track record in the field of electromechanical engineering. Through its collaboration with GE Vernova, we can enhance Taiwan's renewable power grid and ensure a more stable electricity supply.”

Shailesh Mishra, Regional Leader for GE Vernova’s Grid System Integration business in Asia Pacific, said, “We are honoured to contribute to Taiwan's renewable energy goals through the deployment of our advanced STATCOM technology. This collaboration with TECO underscores our commitment to sustainable energy solutions that drive positive change on a global scale.”

Renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, produce power intermittently. Consequently, when renewable energy sources are not producing power, the power grid can become unbalanced. This volatility can lead to voltage fluctuations that potentially harm equipment and disrupt power supply. Here, the STATCOM, a type of Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS), comes into play. By regulating voltage and reactive power, the STATCOM ensures the power grid's sustained reliability and efficiency, particularly when utilizing higher amounts of renewable energy.

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About GE Vernova
GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world. Supported by the Company Purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova will help deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future. Learn more: GE Vernova and LinkedIn. GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business electrifies the world with advanced grid technologies and systems, enabling power transmission and distribution from the point of generation to point of consumption, and supporting a decarbonized and secured energy transition.

About TECO
https://www.teco.com.tw/en
Founded in 1956 as a motor manufacturer, TECO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd. has consistently ranked among the top five motor manufacturers worldwide. The company has evolved into a major business group with interests spanning heavy electric equipment, home appliances, information technology, communications, key electronic components and parts, infrastructural engineering, financial investments, dining, and services. Our business operations extend to over 40 countries across the five major continents. In 1995, TECO acquired the Westinghouse Motor Company and renamed it TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company, based in Texas, USA. In 2015, TECO further expanded by acquiring Motovario S.p.A. in Italy, enhancing our product offerings with gear reducers. In recent years, our conglomerate has diversified into renewable energy businesses, such as electric vehicle powertrain systems, offshore wind power on-shore substation construction, and solar power energy storage system construction.

TECO's company vision is energy conservation, emissions reduction, intelligence, and automation, that are applied to the production of the new plants. We have set a ten-year global group goal to achieve a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030. TECO is committed to driving a more sustainable future for our clients and employees.

About TECO Intelligence Energy Business Group
https://tecoie.teco.com.tw/en 
TECO has been actively engaged in the energy industry for several years. In recent times, it has extended its efforts towards developing intelligent systems for energy harvesting, energy storage, and energy management, with a primary focus on three key green energy sectors: solar energy, energy storage, and offshore wind power.

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GE Vernova inks milestone aeroderivative order to help enhance the stability of the energy grid in the Tennessee region

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  • 16 of GE Vernova’s LM6000VELOX* dual fuel DLE (dry low emissions) gas turbine and generator packages are expected to power Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)’s Kingston Energy Complex

  • New plant aims to provide more flexible, reliable and dispatchable generation to support the growth in intermittent renewables

  • First LM6000VELOX was installed at TVA’s Johnsonville plant in middle Tennessee in 2023

ATLANTA, Ga (May 6, 2024) – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced it has secured an order for 16 of its aeroderivative LM6000VELOX* package solutions, each including an LM6000* gas turbine and a generator, to be installed at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)’s Kingston Energy Complex on the Clinch River arm of Watts Bar Reservoir near Kingston, Tennessee. The new units are expected to deliver a flexible supply of up to 850 megawatts of electricity to help enhance the reliability of the energy grid and help ensure TVA’s energy consumers have uninterrupted access to affordable and reliable power.

“The Kingston Energy Complex highlights the way diverse generation works together to ensure TVA can provide more reliable, resilient and affordable power,” said TVA Chief Operating Officer Don Moul. “These aeroderivative units will help us meet demand during peak energy usage and supplement solar generation on days when sunshine is limited.”

GE Vernova’s LM6000VELOX packages, expected to start operation in 2028, feature dual-fuel capability to flexibly operate on natural gas or on liquid fuels, if needed. In addition, the DLE combustor configuration is capable to meeting stringent environmental regulations, meeting emissions limits that comply with the regional air district requirements and avoiding water consumption for NOx emissions abatement.

Already an industry leader in carbon reductions, TVA has reduced emissions by 57 percent from 2005 levels. Nearly 60% of TVA’s energy comes from carbon-free sources including nuclear, hydropower, storage, and solar.

“This milestone project marks GE Vernova’s commitment to supporting TVA’s efforts to ensure affordability and reliability of electricity while focusing on more efficient and sustainable energy generation," said Dave Ross, President of GE Vernova’s Gas Power in the Americas region. “TVA is actively integrating more renewables into the system, investing in new technologies, and retiring older, less efficient generation and they are doing this in a holistic way that helps to ensure affordability, reliability, and resiliency for their 10 million customers.”

The LM6000 gas turbines are well-known in the power generation industry for their quick start time in as little as 5 minutes to full power, high cyclic life helping to complement intermittent power from renewable sources, and operational flexibility which can help stabilize the grid and reduce the risk of electricity supply shortages.

These units are derived from jet-engine technology powering the world’s airlines jets. With over 40 million operating hours and an installed base of nearly 1,300 across approximately 60 countries, these turbines have more operating experience than any other aeroderivative gas turbine greater than 40 MW. The LM6000 offers greater than 99 percent start and operational reliability and over 98 percent availability.

GE Vernova’s LM6000VELOX package, announced in October 2023, features enhancements aiming to reduce site construction time for power generation utilities, EPCs, and other industry stakeholders. The solution features a quick package installation in a simple cycle configuration, with an expected reduced installation and commissioning schedule and consequent lower costs.

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About GE Vernova
GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) is purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world. Supported by the Company’s purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova technology helps deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future. GE Vernova’s Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that aim to help electrify a lower carbon future. It is a global leader in gas turbines and gas power plant technologies and services with the industry’s largest installed base of approximately 7,000 gas turbines.

GE Vernova’s mission is embedded in its name – it retains its legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy. Learn more: GE Vernova and LinkedIn.

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GE Vernova ‘Power Supplier Partnership Summit’ strengthens regional supply chain

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  • Companies from the Middle East, North Africa and other parts of the world honored with annual Supplier Partnership Award in the areas of safety, quality, on-time delivery, competitiveness, and overall partnership

Dubai, UAE (May 6, 2024)GE Vernova’s Gas Power business (NYSE: GEV) held the annual regional ‘Power Supplier Partnership Summit’ in Dubai, UAE, convening over 200 representatives from up to 135 organizations in person and virtually from across Europe, Middle East, Africa, and beyond.

The event featured insightful presentations and case studies, interactive discussions, and one-on-one meetings among senior representatives from GE Vernova and participating organizations. The themes covered revolved around safety, quality, power sector trends, challenges and opportunities, ideas on how to bridge gaps in the supply chain as various actors seek to decarbonize the region’s energy system while meeting growing demand, and more.

GE Vernova recognized select organizations with ‘Supplier Partnership Awards’ at the Summit for excellence in the areas of safety, quality, on-time delivery, competitiveness, and overall partnership. Awards were given to suppliers from various countries, including Algeria, Iraq, Libya and the UAE.

Joseph Anis, President and CEO of GE Vernova’s Gas Power business in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), said, “As organizations and governments look to accelerate the energy sector’s transition to net zero, we recognize that no one company or actor can deliver the world’s growing needs for more reliable, affordable, and sustainable power alone. Strengthening our vast network of diverse suppliers is a critical part of our strategy to maintain operational agility and help deliver the high quality solutions that our customers are looking for reliably and on time. By organizing events such as this annual summit, we contribute towards nurturing the regional supply chain and driving forward national industrialization and economic diversification goals to create greater shared value in the power sector.”

GE Vernova spun-off from GE (NYSE: GE) and began trading as an independent company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 2, 2024. With approximately 55,000 wind turbines and 7,000 gas turbines, GE Vernova's technology base helps generate about 30% of the world's electricity and has a meaningful role to play in the energy transition.

GE Vernova has a long history in the Middle East, with a presence here that spans back up to 90 years. The company has provided power generation, transmission, distribution, and digital solutions to support the development of the energy sector across the region. Its investments in the GCC include the GE Manufacturing and Technology Center campus in Saudi Arabia, the GE Kuwait Technology Center, and the Jebel Ali Service Center in the United Arab Emirates.

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GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerators. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world. Supported by the Company’s purpose, The 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 mission is embedded in its name – it retains its legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy.

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