emissions
A Good Scrub: GE Mobile Gas Turbines Can Now Meet Some of the Most Stringent CO and NOx Emissions Regulations
The first two decades of this century haven’t been kind to Californians. The ongoing megadrought that is now in its 22nd year is the most severe since the year 800, leaving huge swaths vulnerable to record-setting wildfires. The drought has also left California’s reservoirs, and thus its hydropower supply, at alarmingly low levels.
Aerospace
Flying To The Rescue: These Jets Have What It Takes To Fight Forest Fires
The 2020 wildfire season in the western United States was bad. The current one isn’t far behind.
Aerospace
Air Cover: Fighting Forest Fires With Souped-Up Jetliners
Forest fires have ravaged the western United States this year and no state has had it worse than California. With hundreds of thousands of acres of forestland up in smoke and population centers from Napa Valley to Los Angeles threatened with flames, the state has been forced to call in reinforcements. 10 Tanker, an air carrier company based in New Mexico that specializes in aerial firefighting, has four DC-10 airliners in its fleet, powered by GE’s CF6 engines. The DC-10 was originally designed as a passenger jet and became a frequent sight in the sky in the 1970s and the 1980s.
future of energy
Ducking The Duck Curve: This Tech Will Help California Ride Out Power Swings Caused By Renewables
Hydropower
Wind, Sun And Water: An Old Source Of Renewable Energy Finds Its Place In The Sun
Solar
The California Duck Must Die (But It's Not What You Think)
Here’s why. When legislators in the Golden State passed a climate-change law mandating that California gets a third of its electricity from renewable energy by 2020, they were hoping to encourage residents to install solar photovoltaic cells.
A Glass Half Full: These Water Treatment Technologies Are So Powerful They Can Fight Drought in the Desert
