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Energy

Swimming With The Tide: A Baja Port To Deploy GE’s First Advanced Gas Turbines In Mexico

Dorothy Pomerantz
June 20, 2017
The Mexican seaside town of Ahome sits on a spit of land lapped by the clear, blue waters of Baja California. Its white, sandy beaches can rival any in Mexico, but the view isn’t all a tourist would hope for. The sight spoiling the view is a tall power plant smokestack frequently belching black smoke within the surrounding area, called Topolobampo.
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Fast-Fix Tech Brings Quick End to Mahakam Blackout Crisis

February 07, 2017
On July 9, 2015, a two-person GE Power Services support team in Houston, Texas came to the rescue of 1.4 million people living 15,000 kilometers away in East Kalimantan province, Indonesia.

The day before, two GE LM6000 gas turbines in operation at the PLTG Senipah (PLTGS) power plant in Teluk Pemegas village, malfunctioned cutting power to three cities – Balikpapan, Tenggarong, and Samarinda - connected to the plant’s Mahakam network.
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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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Aerospace

This Mother Of 6 Helped GE Build Its First Supersonic Jet Engine

Tomas Kellner
May 06, 2016

Engineer Mark Leary has been helping GE Aviation build jet engines for three decades. The work is in his blood — literally. More that 60 years ago, Mark’s mother, Patricia, helped the company design the supersonic engine that allowed Lockheed to build the F-104 Starfighter jet, known as “the missile with a man in it” and capable of sustained flight at twice the speed of sound, or Mach 2.

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Repowering Myanmar For A Better Future

December 09, 2014
Picture Credit: Getty Images


With great progress, comes even greater demand. With over 74% of Myanmar’s population lacking access to electricity, the need to have an efficient power generation system could not be more important. As a country, it is imperative for Myanmar to build the right infrastructure and partner with the right companies to provide the most efficient technology, and ultimately, cost savings to the people of the Myanmar.
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