GE Power has been chosen by Andritz and Dongfang Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. to provide electrical solutions for the 3.6GW Fengning pumped storage plant located in the Hebei Province in China – which is expected to be the largest scheme of its kind once complete.
Participating in Phase 2 of the project, which will facilitate an addition of 1.8GW of power generation capacity, GE’s Power Conversion business will provide two variable speed MV7000 converters for two 300MW generators provided by Andritz, as well as one static frequency converter for the rest of the four generators provided by Dongfang Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
The project will be the first in China to incorporate variable speed technology.
