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Energy

This Is What We Call A Sea Change! Shell's Floating Giant Will Revolutionize The Natural Gas Industry

November 30, 2016
It’s not unusual to see giant cruise or cargo ships out at sea today. But even by those standards, Shell’s new floating liquefied natural gas facility is huge.
Dubbed Prelude after the gas field where it will operate off the coast of northwestern Australia, the massive facility is 488 meters long and 74 meters wide. Its footprint is larger than an average New York City block, or, if you prefer sports, large enough for four soccer fields. .
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Disrupt or be Disrupted: New Energy Trends and Technologies Showcased at CEPSI 2016

November 10, 2016
Speaking ahead of his keynote presentation at the 2016 Conference of the Electric Supply Industry (CEPSI) in Bangkok in October, Jack Wen, president, Asia Pacific GE Energy Connections said:

“For many people, the power industry appears stable on the surface. However, a lot of changes have happened in the past five years - new technologies, especially digital technology, have come on stream; more renewable energy is coming online; and customers are also demanding empowerment. This will impact all players in the industry.”
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A high-voltage app for New Zealand's energy demand

November 09, 2016
It may seem a grid too far to expect an electricity transmission network to be agile. But as power plants go digital, distributed power grows through renewables and battery storage, and the data lakes connecting it all grow ever deeper, grid operators must stay light on their feet.
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The power couple: GE and Alstom celebrate first anniversary

November 02, 2016
Hold the candlelight and ice bucket! The first anniversary of GE’s acquisition of Alstom’s Power and Grid businesses is an opportunity for more efficient electricity generation across the power base of Australia and New Zealand utilities and mining sites. GE is also toasting access to brilliant combined solutions for distribution of energy across the national electricity network. So switch up the LED lighting, crank up the fridge and pour the champagne!
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Oil & Gas

GE And Baker Hughes To Form New Fullstream Digital-Industrial Service Company

Timothy Cheng
October 31, 2016
GE and Baker Hughes agreed to combine GE Oil & Gas and Baker Hughes to create a world-leading oil and gas technology and services provider. The new name of the company will be Baker Hughes, a GE Company.
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Energy

The Hybrid Approach: L.A. Will Use Batteries To Make Power More Efficient

Kristin Kloberdanz
October 23, 2016
Earlier this year, thousands of residents in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles had to evacuate their homes and schools after a natural gas leak — the worst on record in the United States. For over 10 weeks, a damaged well in Aliso Canyon oozed methane and ethane, leaving residents with nosebleeds, nausea and headaches.
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Five takeaways that encapsulate GE’s Future of Electricity Conference

October 17, 2016
More than 200 business executives, academics, and innovators based in the ASEAN region gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia for GE’s Future of Electricity Conference on 21 September 2016.
GE Reports ASEAN has produced a multi-part article series that highlights the key discussions of the conference, some covering breakthrough technologies that will make power generation and distribution more efficient, and accessible, and more importantly, potential solutions enabling Indonesia to accelerate development of its energy sector.
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Energy

World Energy Congress: It’s Getting Hot In Here But These 4 Solutions Can Help Bring The Temperature Down

Tomas Kellner
October 14, 2016
A year ago in Paris, almost 200 countries adopted the historic COP21 agreement and pledged to hold the increase in global average temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius above where it was before the Industrial Revolution. “Now we need to get the job done,” says Steve Bolze, president of GE Power, which makes technology that generates one-third of the world’s energy.
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Energy

New GE Research Center Deploys Science To Lift Oil And Gas

Todd Alhart
Tomas Kellner
October 05, 2016
Oil and gas operators have endured two years of a petroleum glut that shows no signs of abating. In fact, last week, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to cut production for the first time since 2014 to stem the flood of cheap oil.
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Energy

Mind The Gap: How To Build A Power Plant Fueled By The Sun And CO2

September 06, 2016
In March this year, Doug Hofer, a steam turbine specialist at GE Global Research, designed a prototype of a supercritical CO2 turbine small enough to fit on his desk but powerful enough to generate electricity for 10,000 homes.
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