Company will replace the Unit-4 Kaplan runner at the asset on Saskatchewan River in Manitoba
GE Vernova has been selected by Manitoba Hydro to replace equipment at its 479MW Grand Rapids Generating Station in Canada.
GE Vernova will replace the Unit-4 Kaplan runner at the hydro plant, located on Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
The scope of work includes the design, fabrication, and delivery of the over six-metre diameter runner, which will be assembled and tested at GE Vernova’s Hydro Power North America shops.
This project will help improve the performance and efficiency of the plant, which is reaching almost 60 years of operational life.
Around 20 years ago, GE Vernova delivered new runners for Unit-1, -2 and -3.
Hydro Power North America Leader, GE Vernova, Romain Pellegrino said: “Canada has been a pioneer in hydropower development for about 140 years; the installed based today is significant, and ageing, which creates huge opportunities to service the fleet, to help extend the project’s life, increase efficiency, and help deliver even more clean energy to the grid.
“We are pleased to be working with Manitoba Hydro on this project, which gives a great example of the possibilities that come with hydropower.”
Grand Rapids is a reservoir-based hydropower plant, which entered operations back in 1965 and the plant is comprised of four Kaplan units that GE delivered for the project.