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Renewables

Winds Of Change: GE Combines Grid, Renewables Units Into A Renewable Energy Powerhouse

Tomas Kellner
January 30, 2019

Germany’s huge new offshore wind farm Merkur is an awesome sight in its own right. But it’s also a great illustration of why GE’s decision to combine its Renewable Energy business with its Grid Solutions unit, announced today, makes a lot of sense.

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Building On Innovation With GE At CEPSI 2018

November 07, 2018
A spark of inspiration has been the starting point for many new inventions. Turning sparks of inspiration into products such as high-efficiency turbines, digital solutions delivering substantial data-driven savings, and new equipment tackling major industrial challenges, is something that GE has been doing for more than 100 years.
New energy sector innovations on the horizon were showcased at the recent CEPSI 2018 event and the GE Reports team had the opportunity to talk with some of the engineers, and developers, behind these.

 
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Power Grid

An Eye For AI: Software Provides An Easier Path For Power Line Safety Inspections

Samantha Shaddock
Kristin Kloberdanz
October 18, 2018
In 2003, Mother Nature turned off the lights on the East Coast. The reason: a short circuit a hot summer day caused on by a chance encounter between an overgrown tree branch and a sagging power line. The problem quickly cascaded through the system, triggering the biggest blackout in North American history.
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Electrical Grid

Power Play: GE Brings Its Vision For The Electrical Grid To The City Of Light

Kristin Kloberdanz
August 27, 2018
The power grid — the world’s largest machine — got its start when Thomas Edison turned on the generators at Pearl Street Station in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 4, 1882. That breakthrough gave us light after the sunset, healthcare beyond pills and a doctor’s hands and, eventually, became the lifeblood for our phones and computers.
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Renewable energy

New Power Generation: Why America’s Largest Electric Utility Is Adding Renewables To Its Energy Mix

June 28, 2018
Electric power was still a luxury few could afford when American industrialist James Buchanan Duke and his partners decided to build a clever system of lakes and dams on the Catawba River, which runs through the Carolinas. Their first power station, which came online in 1904, used the river’s bottled-up energy to generate a meager 6,600 kilowatts.
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Monash Grid Innovation Hub combines power with passion

Natalie Filatoff
April 18, 2018
Electricity is the most hotly contested topic in Australia, given the country’s ageing energy infrastructure, rising electricity prices, supply volatility, changing demand and the imperative to decarbonise the sector for the sake of the planet. Now, right under the arc of the political football, Monash University has gathered a group of team players to address the energy sector’s biggest problems, and to coach a new national squad in the ways of the future digitised grid.
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Coming Soon To ASEAN - The Smart Grid Revolution

September 11, 2017
Just as smartphones revolutionized the telecommunications sector, smart grid technologies are poised to make the same impact throughout the energy ecosystem. Factors driving the development and adoption of smart grid solutions include increased demand for integration of renewable energy sources, and government policies and mandates for sustainable energy.
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Bringing More Power To More People

August 22, 2017
Regardless of size, wealth, geography, and development status, many nations today have one thing in common - an insatiable hunger for energy.
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future of energy

7 Million Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Ignore The Power Industry

Thomas R Kuhn President Of The Edison Electric Institute
August 07, 2017
Nearly everything we do depends on an affordable and reliable supply of electricity. In fact, many of GE’s most innovative solutions to the world’s toughest challenges are powered by electricity. As a participant on GE’s Ecomagination Board since 2010, I have come to appreciate this confluence of our businesses and how we really do rely on one another.
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future of energy

How The Digital Grid Can Help Save The Planet

Juan De Bedout GE Energy Connections
Debora Frodl GE
June 05, 2017

New solutions are enabling a cleaner and more efficient global power system, write Debora Frodl, Global Executive Director at GE Ecomagination, and Juan M. de Bedout, Chief Technology Officer at GE Energy Connections.

 

 
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