Renewables
High Wind: GE’s First Greek Wind Farm Stretches From Sea To Sky
Hydro Power
Hot Dam: How Hydro Storage Will Allow Uruguay To Join The 100% Renewables Club
Water is the foundation of the South American country of Uruguay – literally. The country’s name means either "river of snails" or "river of birds" in Guarani, one of the indigenous languages of the continent. Wedged between Brazil and Argentina, the nation now plans to use the power of water to wave goodbye to electricity from fossil fuels forever.
The Future Of Energy
The Power Broker: This GE Engineer Is Losing Sleep To Keep Your Lights On
When Thomas Edison switched on the first electrical grid in downtown Manhattan in 1882, the project was a great engineering feat as well as a brilliant marketing ploy. Starting small, his grid covered just a few blocks of New York City’s financial district serving some very influential customers. This first step unleashed a tsunami of innovation and growth the same way the Internet would a century later, but years later its evolution slowed to a crawl.
Renewables
Extreme Measures: At 107 Meters, The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Blade Is Longer Than A Football Field. Here’s What It Looks Like
How long is the world’s largest wind turbine blade? Stretching 107 meters, the blade is longer than a football field and equal to 1.4 times the length of a Boeing 747. Using a different measure, it would take Usain Bolt, the fastest human and a world record holder in the 100-meter dash, close to 10 seconds to race from its root to its tip. It might also represent one of the largest single machine components ever built. Workers just popped the first one from its mold at an LM Wind Power factory in Cherbourg, France.
Renewables
Bavarian Rhapsody: GE Receives First Order For Cypress, The World’s Largest Onshore Wind Turbine In Operation
Small-hydro Solutions with Big Impact in Myanmar
Renewables
Green Giant: Cypress, GE’s Huge New Onshore Wind Turbine, Comes To Life
"In a quiet corner of Europe, a giant is stirring. A prototype of Cypress, GE Renewable Energy’s largest-ever onshore wind turbine, has just produced its first kilowatts of power in the Dutch coastal municipality of Wieringermeer. It’s now just a matter of time before this colossus brings serious renewable muscle to electricity grids all over the world.
Renewables
Cheers! This California Winery Gets Its Juice From The Wind
The Scheid family has been farming grapes in the lush agricultural region of California’s Salinas Valley for almost half a century. They own 12 estate vineyards on a 70-mile stretch just miles from the ocean. Every year, they harvest enough pinot noir, chardonnay and other varieties from their 4,000 acres to fill more than a million cases, wines that find a home on the shelves of national retailers like Kroger and Whole Foods, as well as a multitude of restaurants.
Electrification Software Grid
Digital Transformation: How Data Is Helping This 100-Year-Old Utility Keep Your Lights On
On Dec. 27, 2018, a loud boom rousted New Yorkers from their holiday revelry. While Christmas tree lights flickered inside, a scene straight out of “Ghostbusters” was unfolding outside. A canopy of smoke-tinged electric blue cloaked a section of the night sky, and Twitter exploded with photos, videos and speculation: Had aliens landed in Queens? Was the city under attack?
