GE unit (NYSE: GE) GE Energy Financial Services -- along
with Citi, Union Bank, N.A. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company -- has
completed an equity investment in EDF Renewable Energy’s Catalina Solar plant,
one of the world’s largest photovoltaic plants, located on 1,100 acres of sunny
and windy Mojave Desert land southwest of the Tehachapi Mountains in Rosamond,
California. This transaction contributes to GE Energy Financial Services’
one–gigawatt, $1.5 billion solar investment commitments, comprising over 50
installations.