GE Vernova expands UK facilities
GE Vernova has announced the expansion of its existing manufacturing facilities in Stafford, UK.
GE Vernova Stafford manufacturing plant (Image credit: GE Vernova)
UK, Stafford: GE Vernova Inc. has announced the expansion of its existing manufacturing facilities in Stafford, UK. This should support the fast-growing demand for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems that will help power renewable projects throughout Europe, Asia and North America and support the UK’s energy transition.
The expansion focuses on two sites of the company’s Electrification Systems’ Grid Solutions business: Stafford HVDC Facility at Redhill – HVDC and Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) valves, which could double its valve manufacturing capacity with the installation of an additional Voltage-Sourced Converter (VSC) valve assembly line; and Stafford Transformer Facility at Lichfield Rd – HVDC converter transformers, which will undergo upgrades to boost capacity and its ability to produce HVDC converter transformers.
The expansion is the company’s second major round of investment in the site. In 2018, it constructed “one of the world’s most advanced” HVDC valve test facilities and a control system testing facility. As part of this expansion, the Grid Solutions business expects to have created around 600 new jobs in the UK from 2023 to the end of 2025, including hundreds of engineers and skilled craftsmen to support the assembly and testing of the valves.
GE Vernova operates three manufacturing sites in Stafford. In addition to the aforementioned facilities, it also has a Grid Automation site at Redhill. Outside of Stafford, it runs another major manufacturing facility in Rugby.
Source: GE Vernova
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