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KOREA and FRANCE, Paris: GE and LSIS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for comprehensive cooperation in power, smart energy, and smart factory solutions.

Germany, Frankfurt: GE and transmission system operator TenneT have installed two 685 MVA power transformers at the Dörpen West converter station for the DolWin3 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project.

USA, New York: GE has announced the company will provide a turnkey project to Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz) for the Bouchemma power plant.

Iraq, Baghdad: GE is signing a $1 billion power up plan with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (MoE) for critical electricity generation and maintenance projects throughout the country.

USA, New Hampshire: Aclara Technologies LLC, St. Louis-based supplier of smart infrastructure technologies to electric, water and gas utilities, has announced that its affiliate has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the electricity meters business currently operating within GE Energy Management’s Grid Solutions subdivision, along with the General Electric plant in Somersworth, New Hampshire.

France, Paris: With the completed acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses, GE Digital Energy and Alstom Grid have combined to form Grid Solutions, a GE and Alstom joint venture.

USA, New York: After GE announced the completion of the acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses, the company further announced that GE Power & Water and Alstom Power have combined to form GE Power.

France, Paris: Yesterday GE announced that it had completed the acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses, following the regulatory approval of the deal in over 20 countries and regions including the EU, U.S., China, India, Japan and Brazil.

USA, Washington DC: GE has announced the signing of four infrastructure projects valued at over $1 billion in the presence of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, during his state visit to the United States.

Belgium, Brussels: General Electric (GE) has announced the appointment of Mark Hutchinson as President & CEO of GE’s European region.

Belgium, Brussels: General Electric has won EU approval for its €12.4 billion ($13.9 billion) acquisition of Alstom’s power business after agreeing to sell some of the French company’s turbine assets to Italian rival Ansaldo Energia.

Mexico, Monterrey: Prolec-GE has developed a new power transformer which utilizes a synthetic ester liquid instead of traditional mineral oil, aimed at improving fire safety at urban substations.

USA, Atlanta: GE’s Digital Energy business has launched MultilinTM 845 Transformer Protection System, part of the company’s Multilin 8-Series platform of protective relay devices.

USA, Georgia: GE’s Digital Energy business has announced an expansion to its PROLEC-GE Solar Pad-Mounted Transformer portfolio with a new three-phase unit.

USA, Georgia: General Electric’s Power Generation Services will take over 3,000 square metres of the former GE medium transformer plant on Redmond Circle in Rome, Georgia later this month.

UK, London: Technavio has published a new Global Transformer Monitoring Solutions Market Analysis and Forecast 2015-2019.

USA, New York: General Electric unit GE Energy Financial Services has announced that it will auction 315 MW of bi-directional electricity transfer capacity across its Linden Variable Frequency Transformer (VFT) smart grid project.

USA, Connecticut: General Electric (GE) announced a deal with Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, to deliver more reliable power to the state.

Japan, Tokyo: Toshiba has abandoned the idea of trying to get a piece of Alstom from General Electric (GE), chosen by Alstom as a partner for its energy industry.

France, Levallois-Perret: General Electric (GE) announced a revised $ 13.5 billion bid for the Alstom energy business aimed at the French government.

France, Levallois-Perret: Yesterday Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) presented a joint offer to Alstom which included $ 9.5 billion in cash, challenging a bid by General Electric.

Germany, Munich: Next Sunday, Siemens will decide on the way forward regarding the acquisition of the energy division of Alstom.

France, Levallois-Perret: It is likely that GE’s offer for the Thermal Power, Renewable Power, and Grid businesses of Alstom will receive the approval from the French government.

France, Levallois-Perret: General Electric (GE) and Siemens defended rival proposals to buy Alstom’s power business on Tuesday.