- Expected to be the largest wind project in US history,
powered by GE's next generation workhorse turbine
3.6-154
- Record order for GE wind with 674 turbines, providing 2.4 GW
of power generation, bringing GE Vernova installed base with
Pattern Energy to 4.3 GW
- Reinforces GE Vernova's commitment to revitalize and enhance
American manufacturing – with growth fueled by the IRA
- GE Vernova bringing expertise across energy transition to
project, from turbine technology & services to grid
technology/modelling and financial services
SCHENECTADY, N.Y., Jan. 9, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- GE Vernova's Onshore Wind business (NYSE:
GE) today announced a new equipment and long-term services deal
with Pattern Energy to supply 674 3.6-1541 wind turbines
that will provide more than 2.4 gigawatts (GW) of power at the
SunZia Wind project in New
Mexico.
SunZia Wind, which is expected to be the largest wind project in
the Western Hemisphere at over 3.5 GW total project size, will
bring GE Vernova's installed base with Pattern Energy in
North America to approximately 4.3
GW upon completion. The order, which was received in the fourth
quarter of 2023, is the largest single onshore wind turbine order
ever received by GE Vernova, both in terms of quantity of turbines
and gigawatts of power generation, upon completion.
Scott Strazik, CEO of GE Vernova,
said, "We are pleased to support Pattern Energy on this monumental
project that reinforces the key role wind power has in delivering
renewable energy to meet the growing demand for power in the
Western U.S. and in accelerating the energy transition. The project
is a great example of how the policy certainty created by the IRA
is helping to drive significant investments in the U.S. wind power
market. I want to congratulate our teams across GE Vernova for
all the work that has and will go into bringing a project of this
scale and magnitude to life."
Vic Abate, Chief Technology
Officer, GE and CEO, GE Vernova's
Wind business, said, "This project demonstrates GE Vernova's
ability to deliver on our workhorse strategy in Onshore Wind –
producing fewer variants in large quantities at scale to drive
quality and reliability across the fleet for our customers. We are
proud to partner with our customer, Pattern Energy, on this
historic project that will deliver the critical renewable energy
required to meet the growing demand for power in the Western
U.S."
The 3.6-154 turbine is one of GE's next generation
workhorse products. Designed specifically for the U.S., the 3.6-154
delivers the highest efficiency in the market, with an optimized
size for ease of logistics and installation. The 3.6-154 is built
on the back of the 2.8-127 – the #1 turbine in the world over the
last two years, according to the Woodmack 2022 OEM report, with
more than 200 million operating hours of experience. The result of
three years of research & development, this product is expected
to bring the latest in innovation of turbine and blade design,
including the digital blade certificate, an AI-trained blade
manufacturing process designed to produce industry leading
quality. The 3.6-154 launches as the most tested and validated
turbine in GE's history – a robust turbine to power the domestic
energy transition.
GE Vernova and Pattern Energy's collaboration on SunZia spans
the last 18 months and includes collaborative development and
supply chain work to optimize site layouts and performance while
minimizing unnecessary variants – following GE Vernova's workhorse
philosophy.
"We are proud to expand on our mutual installed base with GE in
North America to more than 4 GW,"
said Hunter Armistead, CEO of
Pattern Energy. "From the beginning this was a truly collaborative
approach with GE to design an optimal site that maximizes turbine
performance and optimizes fleet consistency. Nacelles and towers
for the GE turbine are being domestically produced right here in
the United States, helping SunZia
create thousands of new jobs in manufacturing and construction.
We're proud to be building this milestone project together with GE
that will bring clean energy to 3 million Americans."
The project will be supplied through GE Vernova's nacelle
facility in Pensacola, Florida, as
well as tower manufacturing facilities in Belen, New Mexico, Pueblo, Colorado, and Amarillo, Texas, reinforcing GE Vernova's
focus on taking full advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act to
revitalize and enhance American manufacturing. GE Vernova announced
in May of 2023 that it plans to invest $50
million and add 200 additional union jobs as part of
creating a new manufacturing assembly line for its Onshore Wind
business in Schenectady, New York,
and announced that the first turbine was produced by that facility
in November of 2023.
Abate said, "Mega projects like SunZia, coupled with the IRA,
are enabling our continued investments in wind technology, domestic
manufacturing, and product quality. These investments are aiding
the country's efforts to decarbonize the electric grid in support
of climate change goals."
In support of this wind turbine mega deal, GE Vernova was able
to provide Pattern Energy with both high tech consulting services
(Consulting Services), and financial services (Financial Services)
that contributed to the project's launch.
GE Vernova's 3.6-154 turbine is one of several workhorse
products that bring together focused design, efficient supply,
reduced complexity, improved reliability, and bankability to offer
best-in-class products. GE Vernova's Onshore Wind business has been
the number one provider of onshore wind turbine installs in the
U.S. for the last five years according to the American Clean Power
Association, and currently has a fleet of more than 55,000 wind
turbines installed around the world.
1 GEs 3.6 MW turbine with a 154-meter rotor is
what we refer to as the 3.6-154.
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 Onshore Wind business is a world leader
in onshore wind technology. With an installed base of approximately
55,000 turbines around the world, it offers a high-tech product
portfolio of turbines for a broad range of site conditions.
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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