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General Electric (GE) Arm Clinches Deals From Kalyon & ACTA MARINE

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General Electric Company’s (GE - Free Report) business unit, GE Renewable Energy, yesterday announced that it has clinched a contract from Kalyon to deliver its FLEXINVERTER solar power station technology. The financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.

The company also entered into a deal with ACTA MARINE for chartering a Service Operation Vessel (SOV).

General Electric’s share price increased 1.8% yesterday, eventually closing the trading session at $98.54.

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The company’s FLEXINVERTER solution integrates solar inverter, medium voltage power transformer, auxiliary transformer, and an optional MV Ring Main Unit in a single 20-feet ISO high cube container. The advanced solution serves as a factory-integrated power conversion system platform for solar and battery energy storage applications at utility scale.

This energy storage solution will be used for the 270 MW Karapinar phase II-A and 810 MW Karapinar phase II-B solar plant, based in Turkey. This marks the company’s first implementation of FLEXINVERTER outside the United States.

GE Renewable Energy will be responsible for designing, engineering, project & site management, and commissioning of the Karapinar solar power project. The company’s advanced solar power conversion solution and its expertise in the grid solution space will help Kalyon in supplying additional renewable energy to its customers while boosting the plant’s performance and lowering capital and operation expenses.

The two solar plants are anticipated to begin commercial operations by December next year. This deal is based on GE Renewable Energy’s strong collaboration with Kalyon as the former has commissioned the same equipment for the 267 MW Karapinar phase I solar plant.

As communicated, General Electric will localize the manufacture of the DC-cables and mounting structures in Turkey. The transformers for the solar inverter system will be manufactured in the company’s Grid Solutions business manufacturing facility, based in Gebze.

Separately, GE Renewable Energy entered into a deal with ACTA MARINE for chartering of ACTA AURIGA — a SOV. The SOV will facilitate the company in commissioning 80 units of its Haliade 150-6MW turbines at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm.

Zacks Rank, Price Performance and Estimate Trend

General Electric, with a $108.2-billion market capitalization, currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). The company is poised to benefit from solid contract wins, a strong liquidity position, and actions to restructure its portfolio. However, the market-related challenges in the Aviation segment are concerning.

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In the past three months, its share price has decreased 6.3% against the industry’s growth of 4.9%.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2021 earnings has decreased 1% to $1.99 in the past 60 days. Earnings estimates for 2022 have declined 0.7% to $4.16 during the same period.

Key Picks

Some better-ranked stocks from the same space are Carlisle Companies Incorporated (CSL - Free Report) , Raven Industries, Inc. , and Crane Co. (CR - Free Report) . While Carlisle and Raven currently sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Crane carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Carlisle pulled off an earnings surprise of 39.38%, on average, in the trailing four quarters.

Raven pulled off an earnings surprise of 42.59%, on average, in the trailing four quarters.

Crane pulled off an earnings surprise of 19.54%, on average, in the trailing four quarters.

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