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GE Researchers Unveil 12 MW Floating Wind Turbine Concept

May 24, 2021
  •  Highlights $4 MM Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) ATLANTIS project during ARPA-E’s Virtual Innovation Summit
  • Project involves the design and development of optimized controls that could enable future offshore turbines 35% lower in mass compared to current designs for floating offshore turbines
  • Floating Turbines would open up possibility for offshore installations at depths beyond >60m
  • Would dramatically expand potential of US offshore wind

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    Todd Alhart
    Director, Innovation Communications
    GE Aerospace
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GE Research Demonstrates Breakthrough MW Scale Modular, Multi-Level Wind Power Converter

March 12, 2021
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GE Research Uses Summit Supercomputer for Groundbreaking Study on Wind Power

August 05, 2020
  • U.S. Department of Energy grants GE supercomputer access at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee
  • GE Research will accelerate new advancements in wind power supporting renewable energy
  • Project insights will bolster the DOE’s leadership in exascale computing for clean power through collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

NISKAYUNA, NY – August 5, 2020 – GE scientists have been authorized by the U.S.


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Bango gets big bang for buck from Cypress wind-turbine tech

Natalie Filatoff
July 19, 2020

There’s been more than a little jubilation in the offices of clean-energy developer CWP Renewables, as the arrival in Newcastle of the first of 46 ultra large GE Cypress turbines — each of which can generate 5.3 - 5.5 megawatts (MW) — coincided with the achievement of a successful grid-connection agreement for the company’s Bango Wind Farm near Yass in New South Wales.

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Move It! How GE Gets Tech From Point A to Point B

John Paul Mangalindan
September 11, 2019
What do human organs and critical wind farm parts have in common? Neither is of much use if they can’t get to where they’re needed.
Moving a human kidney, a wind turbine blade or a 400-pound nacelle requires a deep understanding of your precious cargo and some creativity when it comes to employing planes, trains and automobiles (or in this case drones, trucks and boats). Here’s a look at how GE got three important parcels from point A to point B:

 
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In Her Element: How Kristen Hough Left The Coal Mines And Started Climbing Wind Turbines

Amy Kover
December 09, 2018
GE cast the blades in a foundry, but Avio Aero, which wanted to go after the emerging TiAl market, bet on 3D printing. “We could see how difficult it was to make these blades,” Abrate says. “But we had positive experiences with 3D printing on a military project.”
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Energy

Unstoppable: Why The Next Decade Belongs To Renewable Energy

Yves Rannou President And Ceo Hydro GE Renewable Energy
Debora Frodl GE
March 13, 2017

If last year is any indication, the next decade belongs to renewable energy. Debora Frodl, Global Executive Director at GE Ecomagination, and Yves Rannou, President and CEO for GE Renewable Energy, Hydro, share three reasons that propel the business case for renewable energy.

 

 

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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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Renewables

How Renewable Energy Is Taking A Page From Bitcoin

Laurent Schmitt Smart Grid Strategy Leader GE Grid Solutions
November 28, 2016

The problem of “too much” renewable energy on a grid can be solved with blockchain, a technology most often associated with bitcoins. Blockchain will provide a transparent way for households and businesses to trade renewables with each other. Laurent Schmitt, Smart Grid Strategy Leader for GE's Grid Solutions business, explains how it will work.

 

 

Bitcoin is one of the most revolutionary ideas to come out of the tech world. A whole new form of currency was created from nothing, but people are now using it to buy everything from coffee to electronics.
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Renewables

Hawaii’s Biggest Electricity Supplier Explains How The State Will Be First To Rely On 100 Percent Renewables

Connie Lau
November 18, 2016
What’s been called the most aggressive clean energy goal in the nation, legislation was enacted last year with the goal that the state of Hawaii will use 100 percent renewable sources by 2045. Connie Lau, president and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., and GE Ecomagination Advisory Board member, explains why the state’s largest electricity supplier supports the goal and what they are learning as they work to get there.
 

 
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