FAIRFIELD, Conn.--Thursday, January 07, 2010-- In an effort to increase Americans' access to quality healthcare across the country, the GE Foundation--- the philanthropic organization of GE--- has awarded a $650,000 grant to AmeriCares, expanding the reach of GE's Developing Health program. Developing Health is a 3-year, $25 million commitment that provides grant funding and employee engagement to selected healthcare centers across the United States, focusing on delivering primary care and access to quality healthcare.
Project Helping China Meet its Economic Plan, Improve Air and Water Quality
BEIJING, CHINA---September 24, 2009---GE Energy announced today that its ecomagination-certified Jenbacher biogas engines have begun powering China's largest chicken waste biogas-energy plant. The plant, which began operating in July, supports China's national economic and environmental goals to increase local energy reliability and improve air and water quality.
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Collaboration with NURI Telecom Complements GE's Extensive Smart Grid Solution Set
ATLANTA, Ga.--Tuesday, September 22, 2009-- GE has signed an agreement to help bring the performance, efficiency and reliability gains of smart grid technology to Korea, the company announced today. GE will work together with Korea's NURI Telecom Ltd. to build an advanced smart grid infrastructure in Korea.
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA---August 10, 2009---GE Oil & Gas, a world leading company in oil and gas advanced technology equipment and services, announces that it has designed unique gas turbine generators that can operate in temperatures up to -60ºC for a power plant project at the Vankor oil field (Turukhansky district, Krasnoyarsk region) owned by Rosneft oil company.
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GE Expands Capabilities in Russia to Meet Customers' Growing Energy Needs
MOSCOW--05 August 2009-- GE Energy today held a groundbreaking ceremony to announce the start of construction for GE's new Power Technology Center in the Kaluga Region of Russia, 180 kilometers southwest of Moscow. The technology center further expands GE's in-country capabilities to deliver its products and services to customers across Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) that are pushing to modernize their energy assets.
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Technology Designed to Meet Rising Demand for Enriched Uranium to Fuel Nuclear Power Plants
WILMINGTON, N.C.--30 July 2009-- Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) today announced the start-up of a "test loop" to evaluate a next-generation uranium enrichment technology that GLE is developing to increase the United States' supply of enriched uranium for nuclear power plants worldwide.
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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA---July 29, 2009---GE Energy announced that it is working with partners in Queensland to develop the world's first integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power plant incorporating 90% carbon (CO2) capture and storage (CCS).
IGCC technology enables the use of large amounts of coal to generate electricity with lower emissions than traditional pulverized coal technology and with the ability to capture carbon today for storage or enhanced oil recovery.
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Wisconsin Agricultural Technology Expo Showcases GE's 'Cow-Powered' Biogas-Energy Technology
WATERLOO, Wis.--23 July 2009-- As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., debate new federal climate-change legislation, Wisconsin's dairy industry is leading the way in demonstrating the benefits of using cow manure methane digester biogas. In the last several years, a growing number of dairy farms in Wisconsin have installed GE Energy's Jenbacher biogas engines to generate needed renewable electricity for onsite power and the local grid.