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Special Power: 'Flexible Transformer' Could Become The Grid’s New Superhero

Tomas Kellner
October 27, 2021

The world is mobilizing to meet net-zero emission targets over the coming decades, and it seems that everywhere you look, countries are erecting wind turbines in the fields and off the coasts, switching from coal to natural gas, adding hydropower storage, and studying the next generation of nuclear reactors. One component common to all these efforts, though, remains mostly out of sight of the public, if not out of mind for electrical engineers working to make this global energy transition happen. The component is the electrical grid.

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GE Research and Prolec GE Power Up World’s 1st Large Flexible Transformer to Enhance the Resiliency of America’s Grid

October 18, 2021
  • 100MVA flexible transformer has begun a 6-month field demonstration at a Cooperative Energy substation in Mississippi as part of a project through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity
  • Represents next generation of hardware required to support higher penetrations of renewable power on the grid
  • Will improve grid resiliency by offering more flexibility for fault management, frequency and voltage regulation through an online adjustable impedance
  • Poised to replace an aging U.S.

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Ghost In The Machine: Edison Lost Currents War But Won A Bigger Prize That Still Helps Keep The Lights On

Tomas Kellner
September 20, 2021

The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 gave Chicago the nickname “White City” for the classical white buildings bathed, at night, by the bright glow of some 100,000 electrical lamps installed at the fair for the first time. But all that luminosity cast a shadow over one towering figure: Thomas Edison. The famous inventor and GE founder was bidding to supply electricity to those lamps, but he just lost the “war of currents” to George Westinghouse when the event’s organizers picked Westinghouse’s alternating current system over Edison’s direct current transmission lines.

Renewables

The Road To A Greener World: GE Renewable Energy Chief Talks About The Energy Transition

Tomas Kellner
September 13, 2021
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COVID-19 has altered the world, but it hasn’t stopped the steady march of renewable energy. In fact, during the pandemic the segment grew faster than in the past. The world added more than 260 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity in 2020, up nearly 50% from the previous year, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

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Sun, Sand And Water: Solar-Powered Desalination Plant Will Help Supply Saudi Arabia With Fresh Water

September 13, 2021
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“Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink,” lamented a thirsty sailor in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic 18th-century poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Fortunately, humanity has since discovered ways of making seawater potable. Take the water-scarce nation of Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest producer of desalinated water.

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Renewable energy

Charged Up: This GE Tech Is Engineered To Speed Up Energy Transition

GE Reports Staff
August 09, 2021

Last year, GE made a commitment to becoming carbon-neutral in its own operations by 2030. In GE’s 2020 Sustainability Report, released this summer, the company is going even further, with an ambition to be net zero by 2050, including Scope 3 emissions from the use of sold products. GE’s tradition of innovation will play a big role as engineers find new ways to help solve looming challenges like the energy transition to address climate change.

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Hydropower

Mountain Man: This Engineer Helped Design A Huge Power Plant On Top Of The Alps

Tomas Kellner
May 28, 2021

Having grown up in the shadow of the majestic Matterhorn in southern Switzerland — and summiting its pointy peak last year — Alex Schwery is not easily intimidated by the sight of a big mountain. But one cold day in the mid-2000s, he found himself standing in a cramped Alpine valley and he was practically trembling.

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GE Energy Consulting named to Forbes America’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2021 List

April 13, 2021

April 13, 2021 – Schenectady, NY – GE Energy Consulting has been recognized and named to the Forbes America’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2021 List. This prestigious award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on March 16, 2021 and can currently be viewed on the Forbes website.

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The Road To Decarbonization: How To Achieve A Lower-Carbon Future? The Energy Industry Has Some Ideas.

Daniel Kruger
April 12, 2021

There has been a lot of talk in Washington recently about decarbonization and bringing more renewable energy online. Proposals include extending tax credits for wind and solar power and building enough offshore wind turbines to capture 30 gigawatts of wind energy by the end of the decade — enough to power more than 10 million American homes and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 78 million metric tons.

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GE Energy Consulting begins Microgrid Study for Town of Bedford, MA

March 16, 2021

March 16, 2021— Bedford, MA - GE Energy Consulting begins Microgrid Study for Town of Bedford

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