GE Energy lands $500M in contracts in Bahrain project - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The country is planning additional capacit y expansions over the next 20 yearzs for its increasingpower needs, which are growing at rates of 7 perceny to 10 percent a year, officials there Atlanta-based GE Energy is supplyiny two steam turbines and four heavy-duth Frame 9FA gas turbines, whichh are equipped with GE advanced emission-control technologies. GE also contracted to service the equipment for20 years. When completed, the planr is expected to provide 1,250 megawattsw of power, which would account for 30 percen t ofthe kingdom’s existing electricity grid output, as well as 48 million imperial gallons of desalinated waterf per day.
“Worldwide, we are seeinbg a trend toward the integration of power and watetr production at a single saidSteve Bolze, president and CEO of GE Energy’ds Power and Water business. “Water and energyt are inextricably linked; energy is needed to generat e water and water is needed to produce GE hasthe scale, diversityh and expertise to effectively pursue and managre power and water projects around the Under the contract, GE Energy will supply parts, repairas and provide field services for planned and unplanned maintenance for the gas turbine-generators and accessoryh equipment. The two steam turbinesz will be manufacturedin N.Y.
; the four gas turbinew will be built at in Greenville, S.C. They primarilu will be powered bynaturao gas. It’s GE’s first installation of the F-class gas turbinesa in the Kingdomof Bahrain.