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Software

Sea Change: This Software Is Making Offshore Choppers Fly Safer

Bruce Watson
June 06, 2017
Automation and technology have made working on an oil rig easier, but it's still a tough job — in no small part because of the weather. In the North Sea, for example, many rigs face howling gales, frigid waters and crashing waves as high as 40 feet. As a result, a very tricky part of a rig job remains getting there. Helicopter pilots must navigate complex approaches and, despite precautions and a focus on safety, there are a number of crashes every year.
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future of energy

How The Digital Grid Can Help Save The Planet

Juan De Bedout GE Energy Connections
Debora Frodl GE
June 05, 2017

New solutions are enabling a cleaner and more efficient global power system, write Debora Frodl, Global Executive Director at GE Ecomagination, and Juan M. de Bedout, Chief Technology Officer at GE Energy Connections.

 

 
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future of energy

Get Smart: Utilities Can Benefit From Connected Homes

Angelo Rosiello
Sandro Melis
Arun Mani
June 02, 2017

The smart-home business had a value of $47 billion globally in 2015, and it's expected to grow at 14 percent annually. But utilities need to move particularly fast in this business, according to Oliver Wyman's energy and utilities experts. New entrants, especially big tech players, are moving in with services that leverage their whiz-bang digital wear.

 

 
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climate

The Time To Invent The Technologies That Will Power Our Future Is Now

David Danielson
May 26, 2017

The extent to which we support energy innovation today will determine the world our children and grandchildren inherit in 2050. It takes 30 years or more to successfully commercialize and deploy transformative new energy technologies at scale, so the investments we choose to make over just the next 5 years – or indeed those we don’t - will determine their fate.

 

 

The year 2050 sounds pretty far away, doesn’t it? But in terms of the world our children and grandchildren will inherit, 2050 is today: it’s right around the corner.
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Energy

A New $3 Billion Deal Will Help Algeria Take Its Power To The Next Level

P D Olson
April 24, 2017
Reynolds’ passion for technology and academics is part of her legacy. By securing that first job at OSU, she enabled her husband to finish his college degree, which he’d postponed to serve in the Army, and then earn a master’s degree. He later worked as a technical editor in the school’s engineering department. Her son Brett earned degrees in mechanical engineering and fire protection, daughter Valerie Hyde works with her husband in an industrial-safety consultancy whose clients have included GE, and Scott works in information technology for American Airlines.
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Energy

The Power Couple: This Battery And Jet Engine Hybrid Will Help California Grab More Renewables

Tomas Kellner
April 17, 2017
On March 23, at exactly 11:19 in the morning, the combined output of California’s copious solar panels and wind farms briefly supplied 49.2 percent of the state’s power demand for the first time. The record was a good omen for America’s most populous state, which is striving to use renewables for half of its electricity consumption by 2030.
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Energy

This Is What We Call Ecomagination: GE Is Building A CO2-Powered Turbine That Generates 10 Megawatts And Fits On A Table

Tomas Kellner
April 12, 2017
Beacham says that facial recognition will enable plant managers to ensure that workers at specific workstations have the required training. It also will automatically sign the employee into GE’s IT systems and allow him or her to start or resume the job after a break. “We’re spending almost 100,000 hours a year on logging into our IT systems at GE Healthcare alone,” Beacham says. “This saves time and money.”
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Energy

Charged Up: GE Shows Investors Its Energy Playbook

Tomas Kellner
March 15, 2017

The acquisition of Alstom’s energy assets delivered $1.5 billion in synergies in 2016, $300 million above GE’s original five-year target for Alstom synergies, GE’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Bornstein told investors at a conference in New York held by GE’s Power and Renewable Energy businesses last week. “Alstom makes us more competitive,” Bornstein said. “It broadens the service base and creates long-term incremental value.”

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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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Energy

Clearing The Air: This Woman Is Helping South Africa’s New Coal Power Plant Reduce Emissions

Dorothy Pomerantz
February 23, 2017
People often visit South Africa to bask in the country’s sunshine, learn about its history and discover its stunning natural beauty. But just east of the capital Pretoria, amid a maze of cranes and concrete, they’d find a different sight to write home about: the Kusile Power Station, a high-efficiency, reduced-emissions coal-fired power plant that will provide electricity to 3 million South African homes when it is up and running. They would also find GE’s Nthabiseng Kubheka, who runs the construction of a critical piece of the power plant.
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