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Roger Martella Chief Corporate Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer GE Vernova

HYDRO

INSTALLED CAPACITY: 159,822 MW COMPANY IN FOCUS: GE VERNOVA FOUNDED: 2024

With the growing needs for storage and grid services, pumped hydro technology is a leading large-scale storage solution. It provides a variety of services, including frequency control, inertia and blackstart capabilities – support previously provided by fossil-fueled power plants.

GE Vernova specialises in equipment for pumped-storage plants, offering turbines, generators, and the electrical balance-of-plant. GE Vernova is investing US $ 9bn in R & D through 2028 to support electrification, renewable innovation and the growing demands of AI data centres. WATCH NOW

How does GE Vernova’ s hydro power pumped storage technology work?