SHANNON, Ireland, May 28, 2014 -- GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, today announced it will lease two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Kenya Airways to expand the carrier's fleet. The aircraft come from GECAS' existing order book with Boeing and are scheduled for delivery in early 2015.
Kenya Airways currently operates more than 40 aircraft to more than 50 destinations.
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Deep under the North Sea, an orchestra of transformers, choke manifolds, pumps and valves whirs an improvised subsea symphony. The audience is a 500-pound electronic ear whose design is a trade secret.
Spider Fang Study Reveals Architecture of Perfect Puncture
The picture above is a model of the mechanical load a spider's fang must endure. Scientists in Germany and Austria have been busy studying the wandering spider's natural syringe to better understand how similar sharp structures like stingers, claws and teeth are built.
TREVOSE, PA.---May 27, 2014---GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that the Swedish company WIBAX Energy AB, part of the WIBAX Group, will distribute GE's water technologies in the Nordic region. The distribution agreement, which started on May 1, 2014, combines WIBAX's local expertise and GE's advanced technologies to create greater access to innovative water and process solutions in the Nordic region. The distribution agreement will cover Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
SCOTTSDALE, AZ, MAY 27, 2014 --- GE Capital's Franchise Finance business announced today that it has provided $35.5 million in senior debt to Valenti Mid-South Management, LLC, a major Wendy's franchisee based in Tampa, FL. The funds will be used to refinance most of the company's senior debt.
Valenti owns and operates 125 Wendy's restaurants in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri and Pennsylvania, as well as 17 Chili's in Mississippi and Alabama. The company employs more than 4,900 people.
Comprehensive stats on sustainable energy!
Infographic from the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and Bloomberg New Energy Finance's Factbook report series
Some interesting tidbits here on renewables.
Bono calls the economist Jeffrey Sachs "the squeaky wheel that roars." To me, Sachs is the Bono of economics---a guy with impressive intelligence, passion and powers of persuasion who is devoting his gifts to speaking up for the poorest people on the planet. So I was not surprised that a journalist would find Sachs to be a compelling central character for a book---and a good way to draw readers into the potentially dry subject of international development.
GE Honda Aero Engines, a joint venture between GE Aviation and Japan's Honda, just shipped the first set of production jet engines developed for a sleek new business jet called the HondaJet.
Cleantech is thriving. This may sound like the jawing of one of those clipboard yielding, sidewalk-canvassing, save-the-planet types, but the data are clear: As bruised and imperfect a descriptor as it is, cleantech not only has a heartbeat, it's booming.
