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GE To Develop A Power Plant In Bangladesh In A $350 Million Deal

Tomas Kellner
October 02, 2018
Like many rapidly developing countries, Bangladesh needs more reliable and affordable electricity to power its growth. That's why the South Asian country is racing to massively increase its power-generation capacity, adding 11,600 megawatts to reach 24,000 megawatts by 2021, according to the Bangladesh Power Development Board.
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Answering Pakistan’s Burning Question: How To Ignite Lignite?

Amy Kover
July 13, 2018

Buried 1,000 feet below the parched Thar Desert in Pakistan lies more fuel energy than all the known oil in Iran and Saudi Arabia combined. Just a small fraction of this 175-billion-ton lignite coal reserve is plentiful enough to supply one-fifth of Pakistan’s current energy levels for 50 years.

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Part 2 Transformation: Change in the Energy Ecosystem

August 21, 2017
The global energy ecosystem is changing. That is an ecosystem where collectively the world spends over US$6 trillion annually. That amounts to roughly 6% of global GDP.
 

GE is a company with world-leading experience operating throughout this ecosystem, whether that’s upstream production or generation and delivery. This is a landscape we understand, and it’s a landscape which is experiencing huge transformation. Here are 9 key areas to look out for.
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Part 1 Transformation: Change in the Energy Ecosystem

August 21, 2017
The global energy ecosystem is changing. That is an ecosystem where collectively the world spends over US$6 trillion annually. That amounts to roughly 6% of global GDP.
 

GE is a company with world-leading experience operating throughout this ecosystem, whether that’s upstream production or generation and delivery. This is a landscape we understand, and it’s a landscape which is experiencing huge transformation. Here are 9 key areas to look out
for.
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The Fixer: Rebuilding Medical System In Cambodia Includes A Lesson In Mechanics

Bruce Watson
June 28, 2017
It was almost midnight Dec. 7, 2015 when Phil Camillocci got off a plane in Phnom Penh, Cambodia — the last leg of a 20-hour journey from West Palm Beach, Florida. He was carrying a large suitcase packed with a few days’ worth of clothes and a bunch of used medical equipment. Then the weary traveler saw his ground transportation.
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Software Will Help Cambodia's Newest Coal-Fired Power Plant Cut Emissions

Bruce Watson
June 07, 2017
It’s been almost 40 years since the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge ended and many Cambodians started returning from exile to start a new life at home. As a result, Cambodia is an extremely young country — 70 percent of the 16 million people who live there are under the age of 35, and over 52 percent are under 25. “Cambodia has only really been stable from 1997 onward,” says Dararith Lim, GE’s leader for global growth and operations in Cambodia.
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A Way Through The Dark: Pakistan’s Clean Energy Development Opportunity

Cecilia Tortajada
December 14, 2016

Blamed on years of mismanagement, an endemic energy crisis in Pakistan has crippled the economy and led to misery for millions. Can an improved power supply boost foreign direct investment there?

 

Pakistan’s long-suffering energy crisis is driving out major companies, impeding economic prosperity and threatening the vitality of the country’s major textile industry.
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Up: Myanmar’s New Agenda For Infrastructure After 50 Years Of Isolation

John G Rice GE
December 12, 2016
One of our colleagues, Bill Bridge, designed a computer interface for Dartmouth that could transfer information from the computer to dumb terminals. They had no memory and no capability of doing computation. These were just input and output devices with keyboards. People could connect between 15 to 20 terminals to one computer and use that for time sharing. GE was one of the first companies to do time sharing and allow multiple terminals to talk to a computer.
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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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Electricity

Thousand Power Islands: These Technologies Will Help Turn On The Lights In Remote Parts Of Indonesia

Tomas Kellner
September 22, 2016
From Jakarta’s glittering glass towers—which seem to grow as fast as rattan—to remote fishing villages with no plumbing and electricity, Indonesia is a country of contrasts. Spread across some 18,000 islands—only half of which have been named—its megacities and lush green forests are home to some 255 million people, making it the fourth most populous country in the world after India, China and the United States. The government is now trying to make sure the vast majority of them can turn the lights on at night.
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