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Powering the Pilbara—a new market for LNG

April 19, 2017
Three billion litres of diesel fuel imported into the Pilbara each year, primarily to power the mining industry; 5 billion litres of heavy fuel oil annually consumed by ships carrying iron ore from the Pilbara to North Asia. Match these figures with a technological leap in dual-fuel engines, and pressure on carbon and pollutant emissions, and the climate looks right for a revolution in powering Western Australia’s resourceful north.
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Crushing Pollution: This Technology And Software Will Make A Huge Coal Power Plant In India Cleaner

March 06, 2017

Locals call Ramagundam the city of energy. The largest power plant in South India standing nearby along the banks of the Godavari River, for example, is capable of generating a whopping 2,600 megawatts of lifeblood electricity. That's enough to power 20 million local homes. The region has been investing in new power stations to meet its mammoth energy needs, but a major effort is also underway to modernize the existing fleet and make it efficient enough to meet the Indian government's ambitious targets to reduce air pollution.

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GE x MDEC: A Connected Malaysia

February 27, 2017
The two worlds have merged; ours and the digital world. We are surrounded and connected by everything digital and the possibilities are infinite.
From wearable tech, to smart cities and digital skies, Malaysia is looking at endless opportunities towards advancement. Powering the digital age, GE and Malaysia’s Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) works towards creating a conducive IoT industry ecosystem, strengthening technopreneur capabilities in IoT, and making Malaysia a regional development hub for IoT.

Welcome to a connected Malaysia. Welcome to the future.
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Part 1 Transformation: Change in the Energy Ecosystem

February 27, 2017
The global energy ecosystem is changing. That is an ecosystem where collectively the world spends over US$6 trillion annually. That amounts to roughly 6% of global GDP.
GE is a company with world-leading experience operating throughout this ecosystem, whether that’s upstream production or generation and delivery. This is a landscape we understand, and it’s a landscape which is experiencing huge transformation. Here are 9 key areas to look out for.
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Mother Of Invention: This Barrier-Busting Electrical Engineer Joined Edison, Tesla in National Inventors

Tomas Kellner
February 10, 2017

When Edith Clarke was born, the odds that she would one day join a group of celebrated inventors including Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, the Wright Brothers and Alexander Graham Bell seemed microscopic. She lived in a pre-computer era when the few women with science education worked mostly as “human computers,” helping their male colleagues solve labor-intensive equations.

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Indonesia Jump Starts Rural Electrification Plan

February 03, 2017
More than four million Indonesian families living in isolated rural, and island locations, will soon have access to reliable, affordable electricity for the first time.
Communities in the remote parts of Lampung, Pontianak, Bangka, Riau, Belitung, Ampenan, Paya Pasir, and Nias provinces, are the beneficiaries of a new energy plan announced by the Indonesian state utility, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) on December 8, 2016.
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Cambodia Eyes Hydro, Steam and Fast Power Innovation

January 11, 2017
An early start, and heavy rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of Cambodia’s Minister of Mines and Energy, Suy Sem, the US Ambassador to Cambodia, William Heidt, and more than 140 guests attending the Powering Cambodia workshop in Phnom Penh on November 22.
Organized by Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and GE, the event attracted industry stakeholders including government officials, business and power sector leaders, investors, and GE experts from around the world, to discuss new solutions to help Cambodia reach its energy goals.
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Dr. Data: This Software Sniffs Out Sick Power Plants Before They Go Dark

Hong Chou Hui
January 03, 2017
If a bearing starts to wobble in Korea, will it be felt in Kuala Lumpur? The answer, increasingly, is yes. GE has been using software to monitor big machines remotely, detecting bad vibrations, pesky bearings and other potentially dangerous anomalies in in jet engines, oil rigs and other equipment before they can spell trouble.
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An Expert’s 6 Bright Ideas On The 'Golden Age Of Renewable Energy'

Nick Miller Senior Technical Director GE Energy Consulting
December 30, 2016

Meet Nick Miller, a power-systems engineer with a passion for integrating renewables into electricity grids. Here’s a guy who can ramp up a high-energy discussion just by rubbing wind and sun together. As Senior Technical Director for GE Energy Consulting, Miller also advises industry.

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High Light: The Night GE Electrified An Ancient Himalayan Village

Tomas Kellner
December 24, 2016

The night the 700-year-old mountain oasis of Rakuru was to see its first electric light, the whole village gathered in the largest room and waited for someone to flip the switch.
But nothing happened.

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