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Renewables

This Data Will Blow You Away: Renewables By Far The Largest New Power Source In The U.S.

Tomas Kellner
February 10, 2016
New solar and wind energy farms added a whopping 68 percent of new power generation capacity in the United States last year, according to a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. When combined with hydropower, renewables now make up a fifth of America’s electricity generation capacity, more than double what it was in 2008.
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nuclear

Christine Todd Whitman: What’s the Most Effective Path to Clean Energy? Go Nuclear

Christine Todd Whitman President Of The Whitman Strategy Group
February 09, 2016

Overlooking nuclear energy as part of America’s clean energy strategy would be tantamount to unilateral disarmament.

Clean, green and reliable — these should be the core elements of our nation’s energy policy in the 21st century and beyond. Accepting any lesser criteria will hinder our efforts to reduce carbon pollution and provide clean air for all Americans to breathe. That’s why we cannot afford to lose the most important tool in our clean energy arsenal: carbon-free nuclear energy.
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Renewables

As Right As Rain: This Funny Weather App Will Light Up Your Day

February 08, 2016
Many clouds have a silver lining. Poncho, the irreverent weather app from Betaworks, just teamed up with GE to help you find it. “Our thesis is that people don't necessarily want to know what the weather is—they want to know whether they should wear boots or flip-flops outside, whether they should take a cab or walk,” says Betaworks’ James Cooper. “We combine that information with something funny. We're trying to make weather entertaining.”
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Renewable Power

Let It Blow: How Brazilian Wind Farms Benefit From GE’s Largest Acquisition

Tomas Kellner
January 06, 2016
South America’s vast Pampas stretch over three countries and cover an area larger than France. Farmers in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil have long discovered the appeal of the flat and fertile lowlands. Wind farm operators, especially in Brazil, the continent’s largest economy, are now taking a second look.
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best of 2015

19 Tech Stories From 2015 You Should Know About

Tomas Kellner
December 26, 2015
There were many tech stories that caught our eye in 2015. Here are 19 examples that either touch on GE technology and research or received funding from the company. They stretch from the depths of the human genome to edge of the solar system. Take a look:
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future of energy

The Real Point Break: Where The World’s Largest Gas Turbines Prove Their Mettle

December 15, 2015
In parts of the world like the US and Brazil where electric current oscillates at 60 Hz, there’s no larger and more efficient gas turbine than a machine GE calls 7HA. So efficient, in fact, that when it swallows and burns 3.3 tons of air mixed with natural gas - equivalent to 23 tanker trucks - out comes a mere 6.3 fluid ounces of pollution, a volume slightly larger than a half- can of soda.
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climate-change

Why Culture Is as Important as Policy in the Campaign against Climate Change — Interview with Jennifer Morgan of the World Resource Institute

Jennifer Morgan Global Director Of The Climate Change Program At The World Resource Institute
December 01, 2015

Paris could prove the turning point in the global effort to combat climate change, but culture will be as important as policy going forward.

Earlier this week delegates from 196 countries arrived in Paris to attend the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP21 is neither the first nor will it be the last COP. Yet many see it as the most important negotiation round since the 2009 one in Copenhagen.
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sustainability

Brandon Owens and Thibault Desclee: Beyond Policy — The Future of Renewable Energy

Brandon Owens GE
Thibault Desclee Global Strategic Marketing Leader At GE Renewable Energy
November 25, 2015

Renewables are key to a sustainable global power supply. Private-sector ingenuity and collaboration can help accelerate the transition toward a low-carbon energy future.

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Renewables

What America's First Offshore Wind Farm Reveals About GE’s Alstom Deal

November 04, 2015
Block Island is a teardrop-shaped piece of land some 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, U.S. It’s best known for its beaches, wind-swept bluffs and summer vacation homes. But a new attraction is quickly rising three miles off its southeastern shore.
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wind energy

The Road to ecoROTR: How Building a Better Wind Turbine Began With an Online Shopping Spree for Styrofoam Balls

October 17, 2015
Scientists at GE Global Research spent the last four years building a more efficient wind turbine. It rises 450-feet above the Mojave desert in California – almost half the height of the Eiffel Tower — and seems to have a silver UFO stuck to its face. The turbine may appear strange, but you are looking at the future of wind power. Here's how it came about.
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