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Grid Solutions, a GE Renewable Energy business, serves customers globally with over 13,000 employees. Grid Solutions provides power utilities and industries worldwide with equipment, systems and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. Grid Solutions is focused on addressing the challenges of the energy transition by enabling the safe and reliable connection of renewable and distributed energy resources to the grid.
Hi there,
Wanted to reach out to let you know that GE Grid Solutions, LLC in Charleroi just received over $2 million for their project to remove a harmful greenhouse gas-sulfur hexafluoride, also known as SF6-from the United States Power grid.
SF6 is a significantly more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, which is why the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA) is awarding funding to this project at GE Grid Solutions.
GE Grid Solutions – Charleroi, PA
Development of an Eco-friendly Outdoor HVAC Power Circuit Breaker to Reduce Dependence on SF6 Technology in the U.S. Electrical Grid
GE Grid Solutions plans to develop a SF6-free high-voltage AC outdoor dead-tank power circuit breaker. The circuit breaker will be rated at 245 kV and will also provide the basis for a two-break 550 kV rated design. It will use g3TM gas mixture for current breaking and dielectric withstand. This project is a critical step in launching a range of products that meet U.S. energy industry requirements without using SF6 technology. These products are essential to reduce the bulk electric system’s carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions. The resulting products will be manufactured in the U.S.