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In Heart of the Sahara, GE’s Aeroderivative Gas Turbines Are Generating Electricity and Enabling Renewables

Csilla Kovesdi
Mahmoud Fansa
May 25, 2023

Tamanrasset, an Algerian city of nearly 100,000 inhabitants in the heart of the immense Sahara Desert, seems like it’s far from everything when observed on a map. Located around 2,000 kilometers (some 1,200 miles) from the capital, Algiers, Tamanrasset is connected to the rest of the world mainly by the trans-Saharan road that crosses the largest desert in the world, from northern Algeria to Niger and beyond to the south. Food is transported mainly by road and sometimes by plane. But what about another resource that is indispensable: electricity?

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Algeria

Turbines in the Middle of High Plains: How Sonelgaz and GE Created a World Class Technology Center in Algeria

GE Hewar
February 07, 2021

Building a First-of-its-Kind Facility in Africa

It all started with what seemed like an impossible dream sometime in 2013: to bring to Algeria’s High Plains city of Batna an advanced manufacturing, assembly, digital, service and repair center for the power generation sector that could be a shining beacon of what was possible not only for the country but also for the African continent.

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COVID-19

Holding Down The Fort: This Plucky Platoon Has Kept Water Flowing in Algeria During COVID-19

May 06, 2020

The North African country of Algeria is blessed with natural resources, including 12.2 billion barrels of oil and 4.2 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, most of which are buried deep beneath the broiling sands of the nation’s southern regions. What this mostly desert country is not blessed with, though, is an abundance of water.

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Energy

A New $3 Billion Deal Will Help Algeria Take Its Power To The Next Level

P D Olson
April 24, 2017
Reynolds’ passion for technology and academics is part of her legacy. By securing that first job at OSU, she enabled her husband to finish his college degree, which he’d postponed to serve in the Army, and then earn a master’s degree. He later worked as a technical editor in the school’s engineering department. Her son Brett earned degrees in mechanical engineering and fire protection, daughter Valerie Hyde works with her husband in an industrial-safety consultancy whose clients have included GE, and Scott works in information technology for American Airlines.
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A Glass Half Full: These Water Treatment Technologies Are So Powerful They Can Fight Drought in the Desert

April 07, 2015
Water scarcity has again become a hot topic as California and Texas lurch into their fourth year of drought and Brazil’s Sao Paulo may start rationing water in 2015. But in some parts of the world the lack of water has been a problem for as long as anyone can remember.
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Marco Annunziata: Innovation Can Deliver Skills for MENAT Region’s Future

Marco Annunziata GE
September 29, 2014
One of the most striking results of the GE 2014 Global Innovation Barometer is the extent to which the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey region (MENAT) is ready to embrace innovation.
 
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Lorraine Bolsinger: Overcoming Africa’s Power Challenges…Together

Lorraine Bolsinger GE
August 11, 2014
Africa is home to 12 of the 20 fastest-growing economies; its strong manufacturing, services and technology sectors are fueling economies around the globe. Africa is achieving these successes without being able to make full use of all its resources because access to electricity is still lacking in many areas.
 
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GE collecte des dons alimentaires et participe à un Ftour destiné aux nécessiteux

July 24, 2014

Alger, Algérie-24 Juillet 2014- A l'occasion du mois sacré de Ramdhan, GE Volunteers en partenariat avec le Lions Club universitaire Alger Hope et le Lions Club universitaire Saberinelle ont organisé une collecte de dons alimentaires destinés aux familles démunies d'Alger. Cette opération a eu lieu du 1er au 15 juillet et a permis de récolter avec succès plus de 700 kg de denrées alimentaires.


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First Quarter 2014 Earnings

April 17, 2014
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