Fairfield, Conn. -- Nov. 20, 2008 -- GE, in partnership with the Honduran Ministry of Health, today announces that it is expanding its Developing Health GloballyTM program in Honduras from the original two hospitals to six facilities. This GE corporate citizenship program aims to improve access to quality healthcare in the developing world by addressing critical gaps in existing healthcare facilities.
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Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Nov. 19, 2008 -- Bolstering its contribution of high-efficiency and cost-saving generators to the $37 billion wind industry, Danotek Motion Technologies has raised $14.5 million from CMEA Ventures, StatoilHydro (NYSE: STO) unit StatoilHydro Venture and GE (NYSE: GE) unit GE Energy Financial Services. Danotek's generators can spur the wind equipment market by increasing wind turbines' efficiency, while radically reducing their maintenance and operating costs.
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Technology Continues to Evolve for the Industry Workhorse
ORLANDO, Fla.--17 November 2008-- GE Energy today announced the shipment of its 10,000th 1.5-megawatt wind turbine, a global wind industry milestone. Over the past decade, GE's 1.5-megawatt machines have been installed in 19 countries and have accumulated more than 130 million operating hours, producing more than 78,000 gigawatt-hours of cleaner, wind-generated electricity.
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GE Energy, EPC Companies Showcase Teamwork Required for Global Infrastructure Projects
ISTANBUL, Turkey--17 November 2008-- GE Energy today began a two-day, first-of-its-kind energy summit in Istanbul, Turkey with the leading project management companies from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa to showcase new technology and strategies aimed at helping countries address their urgent energy demands and environmental challenges.
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Orb Electrical Steels Receives GE's Ecomagination Leadership Award
LONDON, ENGLAND-- November 14, 2008 -- Building on its expertise and broad experience in the steel industry, GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), has teamed with Orb Electrical Steels to help the Newport, South Wales-based company meet its environmental goals by achieving major water and cost savings.
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GE, University of Wyoming Developing Research Center to Push the Technology Forward
ATLANTA, GEORGIA---November 13, 2008---GE Energy and the University of Wyoming today announced an agreement to further cleaner coal technology, making coal-fired power generation more viable in America. Under the agreement, GE and the university will develop the High Plains Gasification Advanced Technology Center to accelerate the commercial use of cleaner coal technology.
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* Emilia Romagna Region Showcases Italian Best Practice in Renewable Energy
* Hera Continues Creating Power and Heat at Wastewater Treatment Plants Using GE's Jenbacher Gas Engines. Forlì Project Joins Cesena and Savignano Plants in Generating Electricity and Heat through Utilization of Methane from Anaerobic Digestion