REXDALE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2006--On the morning of June, 2, 2006, join GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and the Hon. Laurel Broten, Minister of the Environment, in honouring Unilever Canada with the 2006 global ecomagination Leadership Award. The award will be presented to Unilever Canada for their environmental leadership, which demonstrates that with strategic dedication, companies around the world can simultaneously produce better business and better environmental results.
WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2006--GE Energy's (NYSE: GE) nuclear business has signed an exclusive agreement with Silex Systems Limited, an Australia-based technology innovator, to license the technology and develop the company's next generation low enriched uranium manufacturing process in the United States.
The transaction is subject to, among other things, governmental approvals and regulatory controls on the design, construction and operation of the process.
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2006--GE Energy has signed a contract with the University of California to study the impact that higher levels of intermittent renewable power generation, such as wind energy, will have on the state's power grid.
Goals for the project include ensuring grid reliability and quality and accommodating emerging markets for renewable generation, including both wind and solar energy. The California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research program (PIER) is funding the project.
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TREVOSE, Penn. (March 13, 2006) GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), is recognized by Fast Company as one of the Fast 50 companies of 2006. The 5th annual Fast 50 focuses on people in business, technology, government, the arts, and beyond who have the potential to change history over the next 10 years. In just 10 years time, over half the world's population is predicted to live in water scare regions and the need to provide safe, sufficient and affordable clean water is increasing immensely.
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TREVOSE, PA (March 13, 2006) GE Infrastructure, a global leader in energy and water processing technologies, is a co-sponsor for the Water & Energy and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) 2006. Taking place from March 13 to 15 at the Dubai World Trade Centre Exhibition Halls, the leading regional forum for water and energy will create an excellent environment for industry experts to highlight regional water and energy issues.
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February 23, 2006---GE Energy was awarded a $9.2 million contract by Mondi Business Paper South Africa to provide an LM2500+ aeroderivative gas turbine generating set for its facility in Richards Bay, South Africa. This represents the first natural gas-fired industrial cogeneration project in South Africa.
The LM2500+ gas turbine generating set is configured with a six-stage, low-speed power turbine and a dry low emissions combustor. It will be supplied with chilling coils in the gas turbine inlet system.