- GE, which has already supplied some of the equipment for the Belo Monte power plants, will now be responsible for the scheduled and routine maintenance of these plants over the next five years
- GE will maintain a total of 24 power generating units at the project, which is located on the Xingu River
- Belo Monte project has an installed capacity of more than 11 GW – enough electricity to supply 60 million people with clean energy
São Paulo, September 28, 2022 – GE Renewable Energy’s hydropower business has signed a five-year contract with Norte Energia covering the full scope of routine, planned and corrective maintenance of the Belo Monte hydropower plant (11 GW) and its complementary powerhouse (Pimental – 233 MW). The amount of energy generated by the Belo Monte project is sufficient to meet the electricity needs of 60 million people.
GE Renewable Energy was…