EU Funding Accelerates GE’s Development of World’s First SF6-free 420 kV Circuit-Breaker EU Funding Accelerates GE’s Development of World’s First SF6-free 420 kV Circuit-Breaker

GE Newsroom | Feb 13, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Paris, FRANCE – February 13, 2020 – GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business (NYSE-GE) has been awarded €2.2 million through the European Commission’s LIFE climate action program to help fund the development of a sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-free, 420 kiloVolt (kV) 63 kilo Amps (kA) gas-insulated substation (GIS) circuit-breaker.