GE touts hybrid gas, solar and wind power plant as answer to energy crisis

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Turkish energy ministry also approves plans for GE to nearly double size of world’s first Integrated Renewables Combined-Cycle plant

General Electric is pinning its hopes on a new hybrid gas and solar energy generator to help drive down the high cost of solar thermal energy and reduce the need for extra power plants to back up intermittent...

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