EDF and General Electric (GE) today inaugurated the first ever natural gas combined-cycle plant equipped with GE's 9HA turbine in Bouchain (French county Nord), attended by Jean Bernard Lévy, CEO of EDF, and Steve Bolze, President and CEO of GE Power. With a generating capability of more than 605MW, the 9HA turbine developed and produced by GE is the world's most efficient gas turbine, achieving an efficiency rate during commissioning performance tests of up to 62 22 % . These record breaking efficiency levels have created the world's most efficient combined-cycle power plant in Bouchain, which was officially recognized today by Guinness World RecordsTM . In addition, the 9HA is highly flexible and capable of reaching full power in less than 30 minutes.