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Marrakech – GE Vernova has opened a Center of Excellence (COE) for power transmission digital services in Casablanca. The NYSE-listed energy company said the facility is operational immediately.
The center will support GE Vernova service teams working with power transmission customers worldwide. The company justified its choice of Casablanca by pointing to its “growing pool of digital engineering talent.”
GE Vernova’s Power Transmission division, part of its Electrification segment, provides transformers, switchgear, and related technologies that move electricity across power networks. Its digital services arm helps teams use equipment data to detect issues earlier, plan maintenance, and respond faster.
Eric Chaussin, CEO and Vice President of Power Transmission at GE Vernova, stated that “global electricity demand is growing” and that transmission services are “increasingly important to help keep electricity reliable and available.” He added that the center “strengthens our digital services capability and reflects our confidence in Morocco’s local talent.”
By connecting Casablanca-based expertise with GE Vernova’s global transmission operations, the company explained that it aims to deliver “faster, more consistent, and more data-driven service” to its customers.
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The facility will also support training through the company’s Technical Institute of Casablanca (TIC), an internal training center located on the same premises. The institute will focus on hands-on training, commissioning practices, and knowledge transfer tied to digital solutions.
The Casablanca center comes as part of a broader pattern of GE Vernova engagement across Africa. The company has supported electricity transmission and control center projects in Kenya, grid equipment and automation work in Algeria, regional grid software for the West African Power Pool, and power plant services in South Africa. The new center adds a dedicated digital services arm in Morocco.
GE Vernova also participated this week at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, where it reaffirmed its focus on the continent’s electricity infrastructure and regional energy cooperation.
The company, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was spun off from General Electric as an independent publicly traded entity in early 2024.
It operates across three segments – Power, Electrification, and Wind – and employs approximately 85,000 people in around 100 countries. Its technologies generate roughly 25% of the world’s electricity through its installed customer base.
