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The GE Brief: June 1, 2022

GE Reports Staff
June 01, 2022

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Electric Symphony
It’s not hard to imagine a future where every home has an electric vehicle, solar panels on the roof, a battery system in the garage and multiple smart home devices like a connected thermostat or hot water heater. This vision may still be a few years away, but the energy industry is making sure it’s ready for it. Power operators have already coined their own jargon for this technology: distributed energy resources, or DERs. Acting like the conductor of an orchestra, new software unveiled last week by Opus One Solutions from GE Digital at the DistribuTECH International conference in Dallas can help grid operators make their power networks perform an electric symphony. GE Reports has the story here.

 

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Boot Camp For Gas Turbines
Thomas Edison reportedly said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. In a way, that quote also applies to the latest version of GE’s HA advanced natural gas turbines used for power generation, the GE 7HA.03. Over the past three months, at a high-tech turbine validation facility in Greenville, South Carolina, GE’s engineers have subjected the 7HA.03 to hours of grueling workouts to test its durability and squeeze out every last decimal point of efficiency and power. All has been preparation for the upcoming commencement of commercial operations for two of the turbines at Florida Power and Light’s Dania Beach Clean Energy Center in Fort Lauderdale. GE Reports took an in-depth look at the punishing regimen.

 

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Notes From Underground
Last July, GE Research was one of three teams to complete the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Underminer program to develop a robot that could dig a network of tunnels. The GE group built a wormlike robot that could burrow its way through rocky terrain, without help from above or leaving behind telltale piles of dirt in its wake. Next up, the agency asked GE to give the robot the brainpower for navigating these underground networks. Check out the results here.

 

The Grid Of The Future
In order for the energy transition toward more renewables to succeed, the grid of the future must become an intelligent energy network that weaves wind farms, rooftop solar panels, EVs, batteries and other technology into a seamless whole. Last week at the DistribuTECH International conference in Dallas, GE Reports sat down with Vera Silva, chief technology officer of GE Grid Solutions, and Sean Moser, chief product officer at GE Digital Grid, to talk about the grid’s future, its growth and customer needs. Watch our conversation here.

 

 

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Next Engineers Will Build The Future
Some 50 high school students are currently enrolled in the GE Foundation’s Next Engineers Engineering Academy at the University of Cincinnati. The academy is one of three phases of Next Engineers, a college-and-career-readiness program that GE has developed to increase the diversity of young people in the engineering field. The program was announced last fall and kicked off in four cities: Greenville, South Carolina; Stafford, U.K.; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Cincinnati, the headquarters for GE Aviation. GE Reports talked to the students about their work and their dreams. The story is here.

 

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth 🌎
1. A flea-size walking robot.
2. A film that extracts water from the air in dry climates. 
3. Making a better algorithm for undersea sonar.
4. Fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria with AI.
5. 3D-printed woodlike material grown in the lab.

READ MORE HERE

 

— Video Of The Week 

GE Digital Enters A New Energy Era
GE Digital’s executives describe the role software plays in the energy transition and how it is helping utilities bring more renewables online. 

 

 — Quote Of The Day —

“I would call it a DNA-based approach to managing the grid. Not just listening to your heart rate or blood pressure, but really modeling the genetics of the grid in order to make very informed decisions.”
— Joshua Wong, president and CEO of Opus One Solutions from GE Digital

 

Quote: GE Reports. Video: GE Reports. Images: GE Digital, GE Gas Power, GE Research, Getty Images, GE Foundation.

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