The GE Brief – December 29, 2021
The Year In Business
2021 was a historic year for GE, capped by the announcement this fall that it will go forward as three separate, industry-leading companies focusing on healthcare, energy and aviation. But 2021 also included a number of deals and partnerships that are already showing how GE businesses plan to help shape the future and make the world more sustainable. Take a look back at the biggest news of the year that’s just ending.
The People Shaping The Future
Every year, GE Reports profiles people — GE employees as well as customers, students and partners — who are helping advance the energy transition to make the world more sustainable, figure out the future of flight and help make precision healthcare commonplace. Meet a few of the people who made an impact in 2021 here.
The Year In Innovation
If you want to get an idea what the future will look like, step with us inside the GE facilities where employees are designing floating wind turbines, developing superconducting generators inspired by magnetic resonance machines, designing hybrid-electric engines for planes, assembling medical scanners that fit inside the pocket and working on other groundbreaking technology. Take a look at our list.
Air Digital
But before we sign off for the year, there is still news to report. In December, Malaysia Airlines became another large airline to operate a scheduled flight on a blend of sustainable aviation fuel. GE Digital’s FlightPulse and Fuel Insight software helped the crew prepare for the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. In October, Etihad Airways used the software to plan for its “Greenliner” flight from London to Abu Dhabi. That story is here.
Japanese authorities selected Mitsubishi consortia to operate three offshore wind farms totaling over 1,688 megawatts (MW) in generation capacity. The three projects are set to feature 134 Haliade-X turbines from GE Renewable Energy. Each turbine will be capable of producing 12.6 MW. The Haliade-X was previously selected for the 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1 project in Massachusetts, the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S., and the 3.6-gigawatt Dogger Bank installation in the North Sea, which is projected to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm when it comes online. There are several versions of the Haliade-X turbine, which can produce between 12 and 14 MW. Find out more about the turbine here and about the project in Japan here.
The GE Foundation donated $100,000 to provide immediate relief to Kentucky families whose homes were destroyed and lives uprooted after the recent outbreak of devastating tornadoes. The donation will fund CARE, a leading humanitarian relief organization, and provide cash assistance to more than 170 displaced households. Linda Boff, president of the GE Foundation, also published a LinkedIn post highlighting the foundation’s work around the world in 2021. Find out more about the Kentucky donation here and about the foundation’s impact in 2021 here.
A flying car? AI that turns thoughts into handwriting? An earth-size telescope? We look back at science and technology news we covered in 2021.
— Larry Culp, GE chairman and CEO