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GE Vernova and Iberdrola announce Topolobampo III power plant comes online in Mexico

January 03, 2024
  • Iberdrola’s Topolobampo III plant uses GE Vernova’s 7HA.01 gas turbine technology to produce equivalent power needed to supply more than 1.6 million Mexican homes
  • Project also features GE Vernova’s extended scope portfolio for greater efficiency
  • The first 7HA.01-powered plant in Mexico provides up to 766-megawatt of much needed power to support Mexico’s renewable-rich grid and further renewable growth in the country

Mexico City, MEXICO: January 3, 2024 - GE Vernova’s Gas Power business (NYSE: GE) and Iberdrola

For media inquiries, please contact:

Laura Aresi
Public Relations Leader, Gas Power
GE Vernova
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Danielle Abade Brito
Communications, Americas
GE Vernova
+55 11 96855 0539
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Paola Martínez Castro
Communications & CSR Director
Iberdrola México
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Energy

Energy Makeover: How Operational Know-How And Software Helped Recharge A Stalled Power Plant Project In Mexico

Amy Kover
March 09, 2018
Early in 2015, Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez, a city of 1.5 million people just south of the border from El Paso, Texas, was set to get an electricity makeover and the plan was taking shape beautifully.
The country’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) had tapped the Spanish power company Abengoa to build a state-of-the-art 900 megawatt combined cycle power plant  that would burn natural gas sourced from Texas. GE’s Power business prepared to outfit the bold new power plant with four gas turbines and accompanying generators.
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The Power Of Tequila: The Economy Of Mexico’s Distilling Hub Will Soon Get More Buzz

Maggie Sieger
August 07, 2017
Tequila, Mexico, may be famous for the spirit its distilleries pump out each day, but a lack of locally produced power is impairing the town's economy.
Only 11 percent of the energy used to power factories throughout the state of Jalisco is generated nearby. The rest comes from power plants in other parts of the country, which is costly and inefficient. But when a proposed new natural-gas-fired power plant near Guadalajara, Jalisco’s capital city, comes online in 2020, Tequila will catch a cheaper buzz.
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Energy

Swimming With The Tide: A Baja Port To Deploy GE’s First Advanced Gas Turbines In Mexico

Dorothy Pomerantz
June 20, 2017
The Mexican seaside town of Ahome sits on a spit of land lapped by the clear, blue waters of Baja California. Its white, sandy beaches can rival any in Mexico, but the view isn’t all a tourist would hope for. The sight spoiling the view is a tall power plant smokestack frequently belching black smoke within the surrounding area, called Topolobampo.
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Transformers: Age of Esters. These Engineers Figured Out How to Make Mexico City’s Power Grid Safer

August 06, 2015
When a moderate earthquake shook Mexico City just after midnight in June 2013, an eerie staccato of bright flashes punctured the darkened metropolis. They came from distribution and power transformers exploding around the city. It wasn’t an isolated incident. In December of the same year, another exploding station transformer shut down an NBA game between San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves in the Mexico City Arena.
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Francisco J. Sánchez: Synchronized Factories — The Key to Latin America’s Industrial Future

Francisco J Sanchez Cns Global Advisors
December 29, 2014
In 2005, Bombardier, the Canadian aerospace and transportation company, opened the doors of a factory in Querétaro, Mexico. At the time, the move seemed like a serious gamble. Though Mexico offered low wages compared to Canada, could it provide Bombardier with the environment required for such a highly technical manufacturing plant?
 

Almost 10 years later, it is clear that the gamble paid off. The factory has flourished and employs more than 1,800 workers. Bombardier continues to generate profits from its Mexico plants and is expanding there.
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Francisco J. Sánchez: The US and EU — Promoting Growth Through Trade

Francisco J Sanchez Cns Global Advisors
November 03, 2014
In 1986, Vietnam was one of the poorest countries in the world. The aftermath of the decades-long Vietnam War and the mismanagement of the economy left the majority of the country in abject poverty, with per capita income below $100. Through drastic economic reforms, Vietnam’s government gradually decentralized the economy and opened it up to international business.
 
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Lighting Up Baja: A Deadly Hurricane Knocked Cabo Hard, But Recovery Crews Didn't Stay Down for the Count

October 21, 2014

When Hurricane Odile hit the Baja California peninsula in mid-September, it quickly became one of the most destructive storms ever to make landfall in Mexico. It killed five people, stranded thousands of tourists, and left almost everyone on the peninsula without power.

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Amit Narayan: How Data Will Power the Future of Energy

Dr Amit Narayan Autogrid Inc
October 16, 2014
Throughout history, we’ve equated energy with the consumption of natural resources such as oil, natural gas or coal.
 

In the coming decades we will start to think of data and software as a source of energy.

What do I mean by that? Software won’t generate electrons, but it will let us leverage the electricity we are already generating in a more efficient and productive way.
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Perspectives

Helping Drones Colonize the World — Q&A with Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson 3d Robotics
GE Look Ahead
October 01, 2014
The U.S. government is expected to allow commercial drone operations in 2015, which has already helped to spark a burgeoning market for small, cheap robotic aircraft. Chris Anderson, former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, has been at the forefront of the industry, first by starting the popular DIYDrones.com website, and now as founder and CEO of drone maker 3D Robotics.
 
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