The Waters of Life. Maintaining Our Most Precious Resource
Water is our most precious resource. We drink on average around four litres a day, and it is an irreplaceable element of our industry and our agriculture. Indeed it is at the very heart of our existence.
Do the Locomotion: This VR Experience Lets you Ride a Brand New GE Locomotive Across Colorado Prairie
The tests typically include grueling series of tasks simulating high speed, heavy haul and other extreme conditions in one of America’s starkest and most beautiful landscapes.
Watch this Inspire Drone Shoot Hoops with GE’s ecoROTR
Do You Know Where Your Power Comes From? New Report on the Future of Electricity Out at WEF in Davos
A new report released this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos estimates that members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will need to invest more than $7.6 trillion over the next 25 years to meet their energy policy goals, further reduce emissions and create a more sustainable system for producing electricity from renewables and cleaner fuels such as natural gas.
Repowering Myanmar For A Better Future
With great progress, comes even greater demand. With over 74% of Myanmar’s population lacking access to electricity, the need to have an efficient power generation system could not be more important. As a country, it is imperative for Myanmar to build the right infrastructure and partner with the right companies to provide the most efficient technology, and ultimately, cost savings to the people of the Myanmar.
Tennessee Titans: You Can’t Get More Steampunk than These Machines
Everything is Bigger in Texas, but These New Gas Turbines Up the Ante
Anyone who’s met her will tell you that Harriet is not like other house guests.
When she arrived from France in Greenville, SC, earlier this year, her hosts at a local GE gas turbine factory had to build a new train turntable just to get her settled in her quarters. They also erected a gas plant to keep her fed.
That’s because Harriet, whose real name is the 9HA, is the largest and most efficient gas turbine in the world.
The Boy and the Bionic Hand: A Chance Hospital Encounter Sent an Engineer on an Improbable Mission
One sunny Thursday afternoon last October, Lyman Connor climbed on his bicycle and pedaled from his Roanoke, Va., home for a ride along the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway. He didn’t make it back that day.
Riding down one of the parkway’s steep hills at nearly 40 mph, a car suddenly braked in front of Connor. “The last thing I remember was going over the handlebars,” he says. “When I woke up in an intensive care unit, I had tubes coming out my body to sustain my breathing.”
High-Fiber Diet: You'll Never Guess What This Gas Engine Eats
Life Aquatic: Nanotech is Saving Volcanic Lake from Algae Explosions
Today, Rotorua’s pellucid aquamarine water is a huge tourist magnet. But as the area developed, effluent from farms and nearby towns also fueled algae blooms that gobbled up oxygen and threatened to suffocate fish and other aquatic life in the lake.