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Supporting a Brighter Indonesia

Achin Kumar
January 04, 2017
It’s dark, so we flick a switch and a light comes on. For many of us this is the simplest act in the world. Yet for nearly 30 million Indonesians, many of whom live in rural communities, that simple act is still not something they can experience in the comfort of their own homes. The Bright Indonesia initiative aims to fix that.
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GE's First Power Services Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics Center in Asia Pacific Enables Increased Performance through Analytics

December 09, 2016

  • More than 200 Power Generation Assets in More than 10 Countries will be Served by GE’s First Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics (M&D) Center for Power Services in Asia Pacific

  • Customers Can Work Towards Achieving Greater Performance with Capabilities Drawn from GE’s Global Network and Experience in Predictive Maintenance

  • GE’s New M&D Facility and Fleet360* Platform of Total Plant Solutions Support Goal of Cutting Region’s Maintenance Costs by up to 30 Percent

 

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Inside the mind of a top CIO

Achin Kumar
December 07, 2016
This story originally appeared on GE Reports, Australia, New Zealand & PNG
 

Mark Sheppard formed his first software company with a mate back in the ’80s. The two 14-year-olds growing up outside the city of Oxford in England, had programmed an adventure game and sold 15 copies—they were pretty happy!
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Five Ways GE is Embracing ASEAN’s Power Generation Challenge

November 25, 2016
ASEAN has urgent power needs.

About 20% of the region’s population, 134 million people, live without electricity and the electrification rates vary considerably between the countries - 30% in Myanmar, 55% in Cambodia, all the way up to 100% in Singapore. To close the gap, Indonesia plans to add 20GW of electricity by 2019, while Cambodia and Myanmar hope to achieve 100% electrification in the next 10-15 years. At the same time, the region’s economic growth rate is above 5%, driving further electricity demand to power development.

 
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Disrupt or be Disrupted: New Energy Trends and Technologies Showcased at CEPSI 2016

November 10, 2016
Speaking ahead of his keynote presentation at the 2016 Conference of the Electric Supply Industry (CEPSI) in Bangkok in October, Jack Wen, president, Asia Pacific GE Energy Connections said:

“For many people, the power industry appears stable on the surface. However, a lot of changes have happened in the past five years - new technologies, especially digital technology, have come on stream; more renewable energy is coming online; and customers are also demanding empowerment. This will impact all players in the industry.”
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Chasing Dreams: The Women Engineering Vietnam’s Future Part 3

October 26, 2016
Part 3: Phan Kim Nen, GE Oil and Gas
Although women make up a large percentage of Vietnam’s workforce (70% in the agricultural sector[1]) many females still face career barriers. Given GE’s commitment to developing local talent, and expanding opportunities in Vietnam, this series pays tribute to GE Vietnam’s female employees who have made their mark in variety of sectors. For part three of our Chasing Dreams series, we present the story of Phan Kim Nen, a design engineer working for GE’s Oil and Gas business.
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Five takeaways that encapsulate GE’s Future of Electricity Conference

October 17, 2016
More than 200 business executives, academics, and innovators based in the ASEAN region gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia for GE’s Future of Electricity Conference on 21 September 2016.
GE Reports ASEAN has produced a multi-part article series that highlights the key discussions of the conference, some covering breakthrough technologies that will make power generation and distribution more efficient, and accessible, and more importantly, potential solutions enabling Indonesia to accelerate development of its energy sector.
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GE’s Vscan Solution Improving Maternal Care in the Philippines

October 07, 2016
According to the World Health Organisation, around 830 women[1] die daily due to preventable causes related to child birth, and each day almost 5,500[2] children die within a week of their birth. The burden of these deaths does not fall equally. The reality is that 99% of all maternal deaths occur in the developing world.
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Powering Up “The Battery of Southeast Asia”

October 05, 2016
Electricite du Laos and GE sign MoU to support long-term development of the nation’s energy sector
While it is one of the smallest countries in ASEAN, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) plans to punch well above its weight as an energy producer and exporter in the region.

Through existing, and new hydropower stations to be built along the Mekong River, Lao PDR aims to boost hydropower generation capacity to 12,000 MW by 2020 (a four-fold jump from 2014 levels).
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GE Announces Souer Thailand as Jenbacher Gas Engines Distributor

October 03, 2016
  • GE Appoints Souer Thailand as an Authorized Jenbacher Gas Engines Distributor for Sales and Services
  • Souer to Support Thailand’s Growing Use of Jenbacher Gas Engines for Distributed Power On-Site Power Projects
  • Agreement Strengthens the Service Network for Jenbacher End Users in Thailand  

PHITSANULOK, THAILAND-October 3, 2016-GE (NYSE: GE) today announced it has appointed Souer Co. Ltd. (Souer Thailand) as an authorized distributor of Jenbacher gas engines.

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