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Minds-Machines

Tour De Force: This New Software Is Helping Digitize An Ancient Source Of Energy - Water

Tomas Kellner
July 01, 2016
The city of Briançon sits in a mountainous corner of France that has become a popular destination for cycling fans, who flock to the punishing Tour de France stages there. But it may soon become a required stop for the energy geeks too.
That’s because a dam in the hills above the city recently started testing new software that allows the operators to monitor power generation in a new, revolutionary way.

 
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Electrification Software Grid

So You Have A Wind Farm, Now What? This Software Will Bring More Renewable Power To People's Homes

June 28, 2016
You know it’s windy when water seemingly violates the law of gravity. That happened in Scotland last February when Storm Henry’s 100-miles-per-hour gale flipped a waterfall on the Isle of Mull on its head, made it cascade up a cliff and turned it into a YouTube sensation. No wonder wind power is big business in the Highlands.
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Europe

Jeff Immelt Is Bullish on Europe. Here's Why.

Jeffrey R Immelt GE
June 17, 2016
Europe’s struggles are well documented. The coming vote in Britain on EU status, the effects of the refugee crisis, security vulnerabilities, an air of disappointment amid years of slow economic growth – all of these are covered exhaustively.
But this is not the full story. Whatever Europe’s problems, they are far outnumbered by Europe’s opportunities.
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Guinness World Records

Here's Why The Latest Guinness World Record Will Keep France Lit Up Long After Soccer Fans Leave

Tomas Kellner
June 17, 2016
First the latest news from Guinness World Records: The world’s most efficient combined-cycle power plant started producing electricity near the village of Bouchain in northern France today. The plant’s beating heart – an advanced GE gas turbine – can convert more than 62 percent of fuel energy into electricity. For the power-generation crowd, that’s like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the moon or Sir Roger Bannister breaking through the 4-minute-mile barrier.
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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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Industrial Internet

How Europe Can Drive The Next Industrial Revolution

Marco Annunziata GE
June 14, 2016

At GE we see unprecedented opportunity for European companies and society to reboot productivity, competitiveness and prosperity, and help the region unleash investment and growth.

 


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Minds-Machines

New “Digital Foundry” In Paris Expands GE’s Global Software Footprint

Tomas Kellner
June 13, 2016
When Credit Lyonnais built itself a grand new office near the Opera in the center of Paris in the 1870s, it used a piece of the Louvre as a model and commissioned Gustave Eiffel’s atelier to design its soaring glass canopy.
Even today, the building remains a big draw for new generations of engineers. Except this breed doesn’t use steel beams and glass to shape the world. They write software to control machines.
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Minds-Machines

The Lazarus Project: How Software Brought To Life A Decommissioned Power Plant In Italy’s Industrial Heart

Tomas Kellner
June 13, 2016
If you want to see the future of electricity, grab an espresso and head to Northern Italy. There, just outside the industrial city of Turin, the combination of renewable energy, traditional generation and a high-voltage cable from France has created more power supply than the region can absorb. So much so, in fact, the glut took at least one decades-old power plant out of commission in 2013.
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Hydropower

Could This Be The Most Extreme Power Plant In The World?

Tomas Kellner
June 07, 2016

Hidden away above the tiny Swiss Alpine town of Linthal, deep inside a snowcapped granite massif, sits Europe’s newest engineering marvel. It is a hydropower plant like no other, able to generate as much electricity as a nuclear power plant and, at the flip of a switch, act as a giant battery. “It’s the only grid-scale method of storing energy,” says Maryse François, the hydrotechnology leader at GE Renewable Energy, the company that developed the technology powering the site.

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History

The Home Front: Victory In Europe Was Won On The Beaches Of Normandy As Well As The Shores Of Lake Erie

Tomas Kellner
May 05, 2016
Airplane designed Larry Bell is climbing into the cockpit of the XP-59, the first U.S.-made jet. Image credit: Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady
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