* Annual Cleaner R&D Grows to $1.4 Billion
* Total Energy Savings to Company of $100 Million
FAIRFIELD, Conn.--21 October 2008-- GE today affirmed that, amidst global economic turbulence, revenues from its range of energy efficient and environmentally advantageous products and services will surge 21% to $17 billion in 2008, while GE's annual investment in cleaner research and development will pass $1.4 billion.
* Annual Cleaner R&D Grows to $1.4 Billion
* Total Energy Savings to Company of $100 Million
FAIRFIELD, Conn.--21 October 2008-- GE today affirmed that, amidst global economic turbulence, revenues from its range of energy efficient and environmentally advantageous products and services will surge 21% to $17 billion in 2008, while GE's annual investment in cleaner research and development will pass $1.4 billion.
FAIRFIELD, Conn.--06 October 2008-- GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt today named Lorraine Bolsinger president and CEO of GE Aviation Systems, LLC. Immelt also announced that Steve Fludder has been named head of ecomagination, GE's sustainable business strategy, succeeding Bolsinger.
Bolsinger, 49, is a 27-year veteran of GE and since 2005 has served as vice president of ecomagination, which in 2007 reached $14 billion in revenues and $70 billion in orders.
GE Poised to Meet Region's Soaring Renewable Energy Needs
SALZBERGEN, GERMANY---October 1, 2008---GE Energy today announced it has already received more than one gigawatt of commitments for its 2.5xl wind turbine over the next year and a half. That represents enough clean, wind-generated electricity to meet the needs of more than one million German households.
Italy Aiming to be a Wind Power Leader
SALZBERGEN, GERMANY---October 1, 2008---GE Energy's latest wind turbine technology has been selected to support the expansion of Wind Farm Serre in southern Italy. The project will help Italy move a step closer to meeting its goal of becoming one of the leading producers of wind energy in Europe.
GE Evolution locomotives providing green technology across Canada
Mississauga, September 10, 2008. GE (NYSE:GE), a worldwide partner of the Olympic Games, will join Canadian Pacific (CP) to provide Canadians with a firsthand opportunity to share in the excitement of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. CP's Spirit Train, a mobile ambassador of goodwill, is traveling across the country celebrating Canada's athletes, Olympic heritage and Canadian pride.
GE Evolution locomotives providing green technology across Canada
Mississauga, September 10, 2008. GE (NYSE:GE), a worldwide partner of the Olympic Games, will join Canadian Pacific (CP) to provide Canadians with a firsthand opportunity to share in the excitement of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. CP's Spirit Train, a mobile ambassador of goodwill, is traveling across the country celebrating Canada's athletes, Olympic heritage and Canadian pride.
SALZBERGEN, GERMANY---September 10, 2008---Faced with new and emerging standards for increased grid reliability, Iberdrola Renovables of Spain---the world's largest operator of wind farms---has selected GE Energy grid integration technology to upgrade its GE 1.5-megawatt turbines at wind farms in the Castilla La Mancha, Murcia and Rioja regions of Spain.
GE製の医療機器で初の「ecomagination（エコマジネーション）」の
認定を獲得
GEヘルスケアグループの日本法人であるGE横河メディカルシステム株式会社（本社：東京都日野市、社長：熊谷昭彦）製の磁気共鳴断層撮影装置（MRI）「Signa HDe 1.5T（シグナ・エイチディーイー・1.5テスラ）」がこのほど、GE（ゼネラル・エレクトリック）製の医療機器では初めて、「ecomagination（エコマジネーション）」の認定を獲得しました。
「ecomagination」とは、「ecology（エコロジー）」、「economy（エコノミー）」、そして「imagination（イマジネーション）」を掛け合わせた言葉で、GEが2005年に発表した次世代に向けた新しい環境への取組みです。想像力を駆使した環境関連の革新的な技術開発、および比類ない製品やサービスの提供を通して、世界の環境問題を解決することを目指しています。この一環で、独自に定めた厳しい基準をクリアした特に環境性能に優れた自社製品やサービスをecomagination認定しており、このほどGEヘルスケアグループとして世界で初めて、当社製Signa HDe 1.5Tがecomagination認定を獲得しました。
