WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illinois-based Exelon Nuclear, the nation's largest nuclear utility, has announced it will use GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's (GEH) next-generation ESBWR reactor design if the company decides to build a new nuclear power plant in Texas.
Exelon Nuclear is studying locations in Matagorda and Victoria counties in Texas as potential reactor sites to help address that state's rapidly growing demand for energy.
Consumer Focus III/Eco-Consumer
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afraid to change a light bulb? While most consumers know that fluorescent and CFL bulbs can save energy, they may believe that these lights still hum, flicker, give their homes an eerie green glow and are sized too big for their fixtures. Today's state-of-the-art GE Energy Smart™ bulbs turn on almost instantly, produce no sound, offer light in both the cool and warm spectrums and are now available in a variety of shapes and sizes -- from globe, to mini spirals, to chandelier -- to fit almost any fixture.
Consumer Focus III/Eco-Consumer
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afraid to change a light bulb? While most consumers know that fluorescent and CFL bulbs can save energy, they may believe that these lights still hum, flicker, give their homes an eerie green glow and are sized too big for their fixtures. Today's state-of-the-art GE Energy Smart™ bulbs turn on almost instantly, produce no sound, offer light in both the cool and warm spectrums and are now available in a variety of shapes and sizes -- from globe, to mini spirals, to chandelier -- to fit almost any fixture.
ROSCOE, Texas & STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric (NYSE: GE), is helping renewable energy company Airtricity, Inc. grow in the booming US wind energy market and boosting its own portfolio by investing in a 126.5-megawatt wind farm under construction in West Texas.
Earth RewardsSM Platinum MasterCard® Gives Consumers Rewards that Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions With Every Use
New York, NY, July 25, 2007 -- Today GE (NYSE: GE) unveiled the GE Money Earth RewardsSM Platinum MasterCard,® the first US credit card dedicated to reducing cardholders' carbon emissions through trustworthy and reliable greenhouse gas emission offsets.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE AES Greenhouse Gas Services, a joint venture between GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), and The AES Corporation, announced today a rigorous and comprehensive standard for the creation and sale of its greenhouse gas credits in the United States. The standard will ensure that credits produced by the joint venture are scientifically verified and provide a positive, measurable environmental benefit. The standard was announced in New York and will back the first US credit card dedicated to helping reduce cardholders' greenhouse gas emissions.
