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Energy

The Wood Chips Are Down: GE Is Building A Massive Biomass Energy Plant In Belgium

Dorothy Pomerantz
March 30, 2016
Wood, the world’s oldest source of fuel, is making a big comeback in the medieval Belgian city of Ghent. Belgian Eco Energy (BEE) has selected GE to build what will be the largest and most efficient supercritical wood-chip-biomass-fired power plant in the world.
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Aerospace

Czechmate: This Advanced Turboprop Engine Could Create A $40 Billion Market

Tomas Kellner
March 16, 2016
When GE Aviation bought the storied but obscure Czech turboprop builder Walter Aircraft Engines in 2008, the American company hadn’t developed a new propeller engine in decades. Companies like Pratt & Whitney Canada dominated the market, while GE focused chiefly on making engines for passenger and military jets.
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Electrification Software Energy

That’s So Nice: Electricity’s Digital Future Has Dawned On The French Riviera

February 02, 2016
The commune of Carros in the south of France straddles a leafy valley tucked away a short ride from Nice and the beaches of the French Riviera. Like much of Provence, the medieval town of 11,000 swells every summer with tourists seeking tans and sipping rosé. But it may soon become a magnet for people interested in the sun for a different reason.
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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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Aerospace

Czeching In: GE Will Make Its New Advanced Turboprop Engines In Europe

Tomas Kellner
January 20, 2016
When GE Aviation bought the storied but small Czech turboprop builder Walter Aircraft Engines in 2008, the American company hadn’t developed a propeller engine in decades. Companies like Pratt & Whitney Canada dominated the market, while GE focused chiefly on making powerful jet engines for passenger planes and military jets.
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Royal Navy

These New Warships Will Be So Quiet, They Can Sneak Up On Submarines

Tomas Kellner
January 08, 2016
There’s hardly a more storied sea power than the British Royal Navy. Its fleet destroyed the Spanish Armada, beat Napoleon at Trafalgar and sunk the Bismarck and the Tirpitz, Germany’s greatest World War II battleships.
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2016 predictions

Gary Hufbauer and Tyler Moran: 2016 — A Good Year to Ace the Trade Agenda

Gary Hufbauer Peterson Institute For International Economics
Tyler Moran Research Analyst At The Peterson Institute
January 03, 2016

With momentum building on the trade front despite ongoing concerns about globalization, here’s how leaders can earn an A in trade.

 
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Aerospace

Czech This Out: Like the Wright Flyer, GE’s Turboprop Business Was Born in a Bike Shop

Tomas Kellner
November 17, 2015
GE unveiled a new advanced turboprop engine yesterday that produces 10 percent more power than its peers and burns 20 percent less fuel. Its design can extend time between overhauls by as much as 30 percent. Textron Aviation, the company behind such aircraft brands as Beechcraft, Cessna and Bell Helicopter, will use the engine to power a new plane that’s currently in development.
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Under the Tuscan Sun: The World’s Largest Jet Engine Was Born in Michelangelo’s Backyard

Tomas Kellner
November 09, 2015
The seaside Tuscan town of Massa defies the Italian stereotype of vineyards and sun-soaked hilltops. True, Michelangelo got stone for David from nearby marble quarries, but today Massa is best known for massive machines and heavy-duty engineering. It’s the birthplace of several industrial goliaths, including GE’s latest jet engine, the GE9X.
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Perspectives

Why We Need an Underwater Internet of Things — Interview with Chiara Petrioli of Sunrise

Chiara Petrioli University Of Rome La Sapienza
August 26, 2015

To ensure sustainable development of offshore resources, we need to be able to monitor — and even anticipate — what happens underwater.

 

The commercial benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) are clear for a wide range of industries — being able to remotely monitor machines in real-time to ensure safety and anticipate breakdowns. Yet some of the shiny promise of interconnectedness can get washed away at the shoreline, given the technical challenges of monitoring and communicating underwater.
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