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Hot centre, cool cover: Why Durathon works for Australia

July 25, 2014
Inside it’s hotter than an oven, outside it’s cool to touch and it’s as tough as nails. The Durathon battery from GE may well be the perfect answer to Australia’s power generation and distribution challenges.
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From port to power: the journey of GE’s wind turbine

July 24, 2014
Something big is going down in Australia’s Snowy Mountains.
Sixty-seven colossal wind turbines have been making their way by land and sea to the site of a new wind farm, not far from the small towns of Nimmitabel and Bombala in the heart of New South Wales.

Part of the $361 million wind farm development at Boco Rock, the 67 Wind Turbine Generators or WTGs cruising across Australia’s landmass will generate an impressive 113 megawatts of clean and renewable energy once installed - or about 500 gigawatt hours annually. And that’s a lot.
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Behind the scenes at the B20: the next wave of global investment

July 21, 2014
Last week John Rice visited Sydney, Australia, for the B20. He joined government and business leaders for a panel discussion around the next wave of global investment. We sat down with John to hear his view on global investment.
GEreports: You’re based in in Hong Kong - what does that say about what GE thinks about the future of global economic growth? 
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Human capital opportunity in today’s world

July 18, 2014
Steve Sargent, CEO of GE Mining, addressed business and political leaders at the B20 this week following months of work in partnership with the B20 Human Capital taskforce. He shares the taskforce recommendations with GEreports following his plenary speech in Sydney.
Today, we live in one of the most exciting times in history.
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Powering Papua New Guinea’s LNG transformation: Meet GE’s new country leader

July 15, 2014
GE has opened its first office in Papua New Guinea. We sat down with Peter Loko, the newly appointed country lead, to talk about the opportunities and working life in PNG.
GEreports: Peter Loko, as the Country Leader for GE in PNG, how does it feel to start this new role? 

Peter Loko: It’s exciting, it’s a new chapter in my life so I’m looking forward to the challenge.

GEreports: You have had many years experience working in PNG. Tell us a little bit about your professional background?
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Dr. Scott Watkins from CSIRO on catching the sun

July 09, 2014
Ever dreamt of charging your phone on the fly? Or thought about how the plants outside your house could power your home? Imagination could become reality thanks to Dr. Scott Watkins and the clever folks at the CSIRO who are creating new ways to soak up and store the sun’s rays. Watch this video to discover how photovoltaic cells could turn every surface - from your jacket to your car door to your rooftop - into a source of energy.
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Ageing and the growth opportunity for Australia

July 01, 2014
With the baby boomer generation marching over the age of 60, the healthcare sector faces an ageing tsunami. In Deloitte’s recently released Positioning for Prosperity report, aged care, retirement living and preventative health and wellness were all highlighted as having huge potential to lift Australia’s growth trajectory over the next 20 years.
Yet while the collision between ageing and healthcare promises enormous opportunity, the question is how we’re going to pay for our ageing population.
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Analysing happiness, how the CSIRO is tracking our feelings

June 26, 2014
Dave Milne never expected to be able to use his skills in mathematics and natural language processing to save lives, but a project he’s been working on with the Black Dog Institute may achieve just that.
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Green and Gold under GE lights

June 17, 2014
When soccer teams from Brazil and Croatia ran out on the pitch in São Paulo on June 12, they kicked off one of the biggest sporting events in history. The cumulative television audience for the world’s largest soccer tournament is estimated to top 3 billion - nearly half of the planet’s population.
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5 facts you didn't know about wind energy

June 13, 2014
Renewable technology is part of the changing energy landscape in Australia and New Zealand. In celebration of Global Wind Day we are sharing some of our favourite facts about wind turbine technology and its impact on Australia's energy future.

Wind Fact 1


Wind power now supplies 3.4% of Australia’s overall electricity needs, this is twice what it was 5 years ago.
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