CHENNAI: GE Renewable Energy has announced the opening of a new renewable hybrids factory in Vallam near Chennai. The site boasts 250 employees, 20 of whom are women.
“This facility that has been set up following the lean principles of reducing waste and improving productivity and is well suited to strengthen GE’s place in the hybrids space,” said Prakash Chandra, renewable hybrids CEO, GE Renewable Energy.
The Chennai factory will make the Flexinverter and Flexreservoir products and help integrate them with the Flexiq offering, from GE’s newly-launched Flex portfolio.
The Flexiq is a digital platform that provides design, operation and fleet management solutions to enable grid compliance. The Flexreservoir is a system-integrated battery energy storage and power electronics solution for multiple configurations and market applications. The Flexinverter is a containerized solution that delivers a plug & play, factory integrated power conversion platform for utility scale solar and storage applications.
