LG&E, GE and Participants Learning From Smart Meter/Appliances Pilot Program
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Six months into the GE Consumer & Industrial and Louisville Gas & Electric Company (LG&E), pilot program that uses smart meters, smart or demand response appliances, and a tiered pricing program - results reveal participants are choosing money-saving options. The program tests the use of "smart" appliances to help offset energy costs when higher prices are implemented during peak usage times -- generally 3-8 p.m.
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ATLANTA--21 May 2009-- GE today announced that it has completed the installation of smart grid technologies to help Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) overcome the two major challenges of power interruptions: restoration and customer communications. The newly installed GE PowerOn Outage Management System (OMS) helps CSU respond more quickly to power outages, while providing consumers with updated restoration-time estimates when outages do occur.
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Acquires majority stake in Indo Tech Transformers, Ltd.
NEW DELHI, INDIA---May 20, 2009---Prolec GE International, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. (Prolec GE) announced the acquisition of a majority of stake of Indo Tech Transformers, LTD (Indo Tech) of Chennai, India, a company that specializes in power and distribution transformers, has been completed.
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Staff from GE Aviation Systems were among a select number of men and women working in science and engineering recognised during a ceremony at the House of Lords for their work as STEM ambassdors -- people who inspire young people about the possibilities offered by a career in science, technology, engineering and maths.
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Nearly 100 Gloucestershire Primary Schools recently met at GE Aviation's Bishops Cleeve site to compete for the title of "Best Team" in the County round of the K'Nex Challenge, part of the "Junior Engineer for Great Britain" competition. In all, 196 pupils, representing 98 schools, competed in pairs to decide the winning team that would represent the County in the South-West regional final in July and, if successful, attend the national final.
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GE's Jenbacher Cogeneration Units to Power 30.4-MWel Project, Helping to Save up to About 185,000 Tons of CO2 per Year
JENBACH, AUSTRIA---May 19, 2009---Macedonia Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski today formally opened the country's first natural gas-cogeneration plant certified for international carbon credit financing in the capital city of Skopje.
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State-of-the-Art Desalination Plant Opens in Spain Using GE Technology
TREVOSE, Pa.---May 19, 2009---Spain, one of the most arid European countries, has a long-standing water supply strategy to desalinate and use brackish river water. That effort has just taken a giant step forward as GE and Aigües Ter-Llobregat (ATLL) have announced the opening of one of the world's largest and most technologically advanced river water desalination plants, near Barcelona.
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Designation Reflects Technology's Measurable Operating Savings and Environmental Benefits
WILMINGTON, N.C.--19 May 2009-- GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced that its Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) technology has earned recognition as a GE ecomagination product.
Ecomagination is GE's corporate-wide initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing operational and environmental challenges.