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Software

Neural Networks And Dynamite: AI Engineer Peter Kirk Talks About His Fascination With Coal Power Plants

Tomas Kellner
September 20, 2016
In April 2016, GE Power acquired the Boston-based machine learning and data analytics startup NeuCo Inc., which uses software and artificial intelligence to improve the efficiency of coal-fired power plants. They are still the most common source of electricity in the world.
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Minds-Machines

Full Steam Ahead: This Software Brain For Coal-Fired Power Plants Could Help Eliminate 500 Million Tons Of CO2

Tomas Kellner
June 14, 2016
GE just picked up a head of steam and put it in the cloud.
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Big Data

Boston Startup Will Help GE Make Coal-Fired Power Plants Cleaner With Software

April 19, 2016
You’ve heard the story before. Uber, the world’s most valuable cab company, owns no taxis. Airbnb, the world’s busiest accommodations business, owns no hotels and Facebook, the world’s largest social media company, creates very little content. Instead, they use software and advanced data analytics to match supply with demand and give customers what they are looking for in the most direct way.
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Renewables

Mix And Match: These Engineers Make Renewables Play Nice With Other Sources Of Energy

Tomas Kellner
March 10, 2016
New solar and wind energy farms added a whopping 68 percent of new power generation capacity in the United States last year, according to a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. When combined with hydropower, renewables now make up a fifth of America’s electricity generation capacity, more than double what it was in 2008.

This trend isn't going away. Getting all that clean electricity to homes and factories, however, is a challenging task.

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power

Supercritical Thinking: To Achieve World’s Best Performance, This Coal-Fired Power Plant Applies Bulletlike Pressures To Steam

January 20, 2016
For most people, the term “next generation” isn't the first thing that comes to mind when they think of coal. After all, everything about this black sedimentary rock composed of ancient fossilized plants is old.
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environment

Lather, Rinse, Repeat: This Solution to Climate Change Could Be Hiding in Your Bathroom

Tomas Kellner
September 24, 2015
 
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Perspectives

Stephen D. Eule: Coal Rush

Stephen D Eule U S Chamber Of Commerce
September 18, 2015

Coal may have its critics, but Japan is demonstrating that the fossil fuel can have a role to play in sustainable economic growth.

 

Few countries in the world face the energy security challenges of Japan. With virtually no domestic energy resources to speak of — its large methane hydrate resources being decades away from development — Japan has had to rely on imported fuel for almost all of its energy needs.
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Why We’re Loving #GEGarages Indonesia

August 21, 2015
And we’re off!The GE Garages  has made itself quite at home at Ciputra Artpreneur, Jakarta, Indonesia this week. Making its inaugural opening  in South East Asia, the tech and innovation-led exhibition was officiated and officially opened to the public by the former President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prof. dr. B.J Habibie, the General Secretary of Ministry of  Research Higher Education Ainun Naim PhD together with our very own Pak Handry Satriago, CEO, GE Indonesia.

Create. Collaborate. Innovate!
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Ana Palacio: Europe’s Energy Essentials

Ana Palacio Spanish Council Of State
November 27, 2014
At last month’s European Council meeting in Brussels, energy issues dominated the agenda — for the third time this year.
 
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Let’s Stop Equating Environmental Reforms With Economic Stagnation

Deep Patel Gigawatt Inc
July 21, 2014
President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency recently unveiled its highly anticipated proposal to curb power plant emissions.
Meanwhile, some people remain thoroughly convinced that climate change has no connection with power plant emissions. As the cornerstone of Obama’s climate change policy, this proposal is now met with adamant opposition.
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