Electrification Software Energy
Setting The Pace: How Smart-Grid Technology Is Powering The Global Shift To Renewables
Renewables have long been the fastest-growing segment of the power-generation industry. But according to a new report from the International Energy Agency, there is even more dramatic growth ahead.
COVID-19
Holding Down The Fort: This Plucky Platoon Has Kept Water Flowing in Algeria During COVID-19
The North African country of Algeria is blessed with natural resources, including 12.2 billion barrels of oil and 4.2 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, most of which are buried deep beneath the broiling sands of the nation’s southern regions. What this mostly desert country is not blessed with, though, is an abundance of water.
COVID-19
Rapid Response: 3D-Printed Shield For N95 Face Masks Could Help Clinicians Fighting Coronavirus
As COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, started cropping up across the United States in March, Caroline Shaw knew the pandemic would alter many parts of her job as a sourcing manager at GE Renewable Energy’s wind turbine factory in Pensacola, Florida. What Shaw hadn’t expected was for the virus to present her with a problem that seemed to have no simple solution.
Largest wind turbines in Asia to power Vietnam
With a rotor diameter of 158 metres, GE's Cypress platform wind turbines will be the largest in Asia
GE’s Cypress platform wind turbines used in the second phase of the Mui Ne wind farm invested by The Blue Circle and AC Energy will be the largest rotor diameter for an onshore project in Asia (158 metres) and will be the first to transport blades in two pieces before assembly on site.
Energy Storage
Lighting It Up: GE’s Battery Storage System Will Gird Bayou State’s Power Grid
Electrification Software Grid
Between The Lines: This Tech Can Help Protect The Power Grid From Hackers
Electrification Software Grid
Along The Watchtower: Edge Intelligence Comes To Electric Power
We may take it for granted, but the electrical grid is one of the most remarkable systems around, sending electricity through thousands of miles of power lines into millions of homes and charging up billions of devices. Traditionally, it’s also been a centralized system, where the hub of a power plant pushes out energy into the spokes toward every end user. Climate change means that has to change, though — and in ways you may not expect.
Energy
In Sync: How A Steam-Era Machine Can Upgrade The 21st Century Electric Grid
The peculiar machine described in the 1920 issue of GE Review — essentially a giant engine designed to produce no mechanical power — seems like nothing more than a charming relic from the early years of electrification. Yet the device, known as “synchronous condenser,” turns out to be far more than a steam-era oddity, as the engineers in charge of today’s electric grid are discovering.
Power Grid
What A Gas! Utilities Look To Green Alternative To Global Warming’s Worst Culprit
António Guterres did not mince words. “The point of no return is no longer over the horizon,” the United Nations secretary-general said in a speech last month as he kicked off COP25, the U.N.’s much-anticipated climate change conference in Madrid.
Offshore Wind
Prime Mover: World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine To Supply Electricity To Dutch Customers For The First Time
Standing at the windswept mouth of the Port of Rotterdam on Maasvlakte 2, an enormous artificial peninsula that juts like a giant lobster claw into the choppy North Sea, Alex Saldana couldn’t be further away from the throngs of tourists strolling past Holland’s picturesque canals and visiting its renowned museums. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have to worry about crowd management.