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Why We Need an Underwater Internet of Things — Interview with Chiara Petrioli of Sunrise
To ensure sustainable development of offshore resources, we need to be able to monitor — and even anticipate — what happens underwater.
The commercial benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) are clear for a wide range of industries — being able to remotely monitor machines in real-time to ensure safety and anticipate breakdowns. Yet some of the shiny promise of interconnectedness can get washed away at the shoreline, given the technical challenges of monitoring and communicating underwater.
Avenza-Carrara, 19 agosto 2015 - Transiteranno questa notte a partire indicativamente dalle ore 22.00 dal Porto di Marina di Carrara ad Avenza, le prime due strutture dei sei moduli industriali che verranno assemblati nel cantiere GE Oil & Gas e che saranno poi destinati agli Emirati Arabi. I moduli, partiti all’inizio di agosto dallo stabilimento del fornitore Cimolai in S.
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Dan Jackson: Why Is the Offshore Industry Happy to Accept Mediocrity?
Market changes are forcing the offshore industry to become smarter, leaner and more modern — and that’s a good thing.
Offshore oil and gas is one is one of the world’s most important industries. Its success powered much of the global development that took place in the latter 20th century, and the industry remains a key provider of energy to the world.
- Upgrades to Sutton Bridge Power Station to Increase Flexibility in Responding to Regional Power Demands
- The Technology is Expected to Boost the Plant’s Performance Including a 3.4 Percent Increase in Megawatt Output and a 1 Percent Efficiency Improvement While Reducing Its Startup Times
- First 9FA Advanced Gas Path Upgrade in the UK
LINCOLNSHIRE, U.K.-August 11, 2015-Calon Energy has selected GE (NYSE: GE) to upgrade its Sutton Bridge Power Station in Lincolnshire with a broad range of hardware
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Atomic Bonding from a Bottle? These Scientists Use Supersonic Spray to Repair Turbines
- Компания HOERBIGER Россия стала официальным дистрибьютором GE по продаже и обслуживанию газопоршневых двигателей Waukesha.
- Партнерство с HOERBIGER направлено на удовлетворение растущего спроса в России на газовые двигатели Waukesha для предприятий, в том числе нефтегазодобывающих, применяющих системы энергогенерации.
- Сотрудничество двух компаний позволит значительно расширить сервисную сеть Waukesha в России.
МОСКВА, РОССИЯ - 07 августа, 2015 г.
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David Sandalow: Is the Paris Climate Conference Already a Success?
From President Obama to the Pope, there are growing signs of consensus for tackling climate change at a global scale.
This has been a big summer for climate diplomacy. So big, the 21st annual Conference of Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which will open with enormous media attention in Paris in late November, is already in part a success. Key developments include:
- the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter — China — released a climate action plan, building on its climate agreement with the U.S. last fall,
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Can Big Data Prevent Epidemics? — Interview with Carlo Ratti of the MIT Senseable City Laboratory
Big Data holds the potential to revolutionize healthcare — improving care, reducing costs, even alerting us to the threat of epidemics before they occur.
What if we could predict disease? That long sought-after goal — and the major implications it would have for the quality and cost of healthcare — was the genesis of a recent study by MIT researchers.
- Velocita Energies Selects GE Turbines to Power New Monts du Lomont Wind Farm in Franche-Comté, France
- First Project in France to Use the 2.75-120 Turbine, a Unit for Low-Wind Regions
- Installation Will Contribute to Region’s Objective of Harnessing 600 Megawatts of Wind Power by 2020
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.-AUGUST 5, 2015-GE (NYSE: GE) today announced its 2.75-120 wind turbines will be used in a new wind farm project near Crosey Le Grand, in the Franche Comté region of France.