GE's Power Conversion business has been awarded new contracts for orders of electric power and propulsion systems on two liquid natural gas (LNG) carriers and an LNG Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU). In total, GE has signed contracts to supply systems for 26 LNG carriers and five FSRUs. In the last six months alone, the company has signed contracts worth around $80 million.

The contracts highlight the success that GE is having with its innovative power and propulsion technology in the LNG segment and elsewhere. 'We use high power pulse width modulation (PWM) technology to bring important added value to the end customer,' says Jean-Philippe Chaignot, merchant marine business leader for GE's Power Conversion business. 'Along with our induction motors, it is one of the most robust technologies available, and it substantially increases the overall availability of the system as a whole.'

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