World Water Day Calling Attention to the Global Issue of Clean Water Scarcity
TREVOSE, Pa.--Wednesday, March 17, 2010-- According to the United Nations Development Program, more than 1 billion people, or about one in six worldwide, do not have safe drinking water and more than 2 billion lack access to adequate sanitation. If current water usage trends continue, by the year 2025 two-thirds of the world's population won't have enough clean water.
PRINCETON, NJ--GE Healthcare announced today that the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs advisory committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted to recommend DaTSCAN (Ioflupane I 123 Injection) to the FDA. The panel determined DaTSCAN has a favorable risk to benefit profile, voting 11 to two with one abstention.
As U.S. Evaluates Used Fuel Strategy, GEH Details Benefits of Proposed Advanced Recycling Center
WILMINGTON, N.C.--18 June 2009-- As the White House and U.S. Congress create a new national strategy for managing used nuclear fuel, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is encouraging lawmakers to support the research and development necessary for recycling nuclear fuel.
Machines Designed for Improved Power Plant Efficiency and Environmental Performance
Power-Gen Europe 2009
Booth # 8/K72
COLOGNE, GERMANY---May 27, 2009---GE Energy's HEAT* (High Efficiency, Advanced Technology) steam turbine, designed to improve the efficiency and environmental performance of power plants, has been approved for addition to the ecomagination product portfolio after completing GE's rigorous ecomagination product review (EPR) process.
Designation Reflects Technology's Measurable Operating Savings and Environmental Benefits
WILMINGTON, N.C.--19 May 2009-- GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced that its Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) technology has earned recognition as a GE ecomagination product.
Ecomagination is GE's corporate-wide initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing operational and environmental challenges.
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--16 April 2009-- GE Energy, a world leader in the development of advanced coal technology, today announced that it is joining an Australian government-supported initiative to facilitate the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage projects worldwide.
