GE Energy Financial Services (EFS), a division of GE Capital headquartered in

Stamford, Connecticut Stamford () is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 ...

, United States, provides financial and technological investment in energy infrastructure projects around the world. EFS is active within industries such as power generation and distribution,

oil and gas A fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon-containing material formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of dead plants and animals that is extracted and burned as a fuel. The main fossil fuels are coal, oil, and natural gas. Fossil fuels ...

, pipelines and storage,

water Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ...

venture capital Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which ha ...

, and

renewable energy Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...

. EFS portfolios include deepwater

oil and gas exploration Hydrocarbon exploration (or oil and gas exploration) is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for deposits of hydrocarbons, particularly petroleum and natural gas, in the Earth using petroleum geology. Exploration methods Vis ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and water pipeline projects in

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

. GE EFS has invested billions of dollars in the solar industry. One of their most recent investment is a 127-megawatt solar farm in

Arlington, Arizona Arlington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located west of downtown Phoenix on old U.S 80. It follows the street numbering system of Phoenix. As of the 2020 census, th ...

which is about west of Phoenix.

Partial list of projects

Dokie Ridge Wind Farm The Dokie Ridge Wind Farm is a wind farm located near Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada (about 1,100 km northeast of Vancouver). It was put into commercial operation in 2011. The facility has a generating capacity of 144 megawatts and is produ ...

, near Chetwynd, British Columbia,

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

Toba Inlet , image = Toba Inlet.jpg , image_size = 280px , alt = , caption = Looking southwest toward the mouth of Toba Inlet , image_bathymetry = Carte baies Desolation et Bute.svg , alt_bathymetry ...

run-of-the river project in Toba Inlet,

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

, Canada (joint venture through

Toba Montrose General Partnership The Toba Montrose General Partnership (TMGP) is a 40/60 partnership between Alterra Power and GE Energy Financial Services that owns the Toba Montrose hydroelectric project, located near Powell River, British Columbia on the traditional lands of o ...

)

References

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