Can You Hear Me Now? Telecom Orders For Next-Gen Durathon Battery Top $63 Million Since July Launch
Every day, Kenya’s capital Nairobi goes four hours without power. That’s the price of a growing economy bumping against creaky infrastructure struggling to keep up. The blackouts are big problem for people like Bernard Njoroge, whose company Adrian Group keeps cellphone towers running for Kenya’s largest telecom, Safaricom. Njoroge used to rely on noisy power generators belching diesel fumes into Kenya’s hot air, and lead-acid batteries that could barely bridge the outage gap.
SAN DIEGO---September 18, 2012---A current challenge utilities face---reducing the rise in peak demand along with its high costs---just became easier. Utilities will welcome GE's (NYSE: GE) new PowerOnTM Precision demand optimization technology to help ensure a more energy-efficient, reliable grid with economic benefits to both energy providers and consumers.
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GE Launches the Stylish, Smart and Simple Wattstation Wall Mounted Electric Vehicle Chargers in Europe
MUNICH, GERMANY ---September 18, 2012 ---GE (NYSE: GE) has launched the wall-mounted version of its WattStation electric vehicle (EV) charger in Europe.
Unveiled at GE's Global Research Centre, located in the Technical University in Munich, Germany, the GE WattStation Wall might look like a work of modern art. But the stylish device makes owning and using electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles an easier and more attractive proposition. There is even an app for it.
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2012年9月17日，上海------今天，GE首次在中国上海举办了储能技术论坛，GE中国研发中心科学家与来自国内外知名储能企业、研究机构和高校的专家共同探讨当今储能技术的发展趋势。此次研讨会为国内外同行提供一个技术交流和合作的平台，为中国储能产业的发展出谋划策。
中国"十二五"规划首次提到储能。根据相关国家政策，智能电网建设、电信等行业的备用电源、电动汽车产业发展、可再生能源并网等众多领域将成为中国未来发展储能产业的主要着眼点。在此背景下，GE中国研发中心也致力于储能技术的研发，并希望通过创新为纽带，实现产学研三方联动，联接企业、高校、研究机构，更好地推动中国储能产业发展。
中国电科院电工研究所所长来小康在论坛上表示："储能技术是涉及多学科的不断更新换代的战略性前沿技术。它是发展智能电网的重要技术支撑，在大规模可再生能源接入、用户智能化和互动化，以及传统电网升级方式的变革等领域发挥至关重要的作用。"