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Minds-Machines

The Big Picture: GE's Cloud Analytics Combo Gives Service Crews New Insights

Kristin Kloberdanz
June 14, 2017
When spot energy prices climb, it’s tempting for wind farm owners to crank their turbines to the max to take advantage of the high prices. But a surge like that can also damage equipment that isn’t in top form. Until recently, it has been almost impossible for wind farm owners to get a clear picture of the health of every piece of equipment at any given moment. As a result, many operators don’t want to take the risk.
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future of energy

Supercharge Me: The Case For The European Energy Supergrid

Gerhard Seyrling General Manager Of Grid Automation At GE Energy Connections
May 29, 2017

In March, Gerhard Seyrling, General Manager of Grid Automation at GE Energy Connections was elected to his second term as President of the European Association of the Electricity Transmission & Distribution Equipment and Services Industry (T&D Europe). At the frontline of change, he discusses how an interconnected Europe will shape the T&D industry.

 

 

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Software

Neural Networks And Dynamite: AI Engineer Peter Kirk Talks About His Fascination With Coal Power Plants

Tomas Kellner
September 20, 2016
In April 2016, GE Power acquired the Boston-based machine learning and data analytics startup NeuCo Inc., which uses software and artificial intelligence to improve the efficiency of coal-fired power plants. They are still the most common source of electricity in the world.
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machines

Nuts For Bolts: Claudia Meyer Makes Art From Machine Parts

Tomas Kellner
August 31, 2016

Artist Claudia Meyer isn’t your typical Parisian artist. She has spent the last eight years working out of a studio based inside a factory located in the industrial Paris suburb of La Courneuve, far from the Louvre or Musée Rodin. That’s because she finds inspiration in all things industrial and mechanical. Her paintings, sculptures, installations and even furniture incorporate turbine wheels and blades, massive springs from bullet trains, blueprints, and nuts and bolts.

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Cell Therapy

New Digital Company Attacks Hard-To-Kill Cancer With Software

Tomas Kellner
August 01, 2016
Sorota was still a student in 1941 when he joined GE’s factory in Lynn, 10 miles north of Boston. He was soon plunged into the opaque world of the industrial war effort.
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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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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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Minds-Machines

Digital Darwinism: The Industrial Internet Is Helping This GE Factory Evolve Better Products

Tomas Kellner
June 15, 2016
It took evolution 4 billion years to turn the first primitive cell into a software engineer. Now a group of highly evolved engineers working at a brand-new GE factory have combined computer code and the principles of natural selection to evolve and build better products in just days.

Will Europe Lead The Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Maros Sefcovic European Commission Vice President For Energy Union
June 15, 2016

The European continent and its citizens have tremendous advantages in the new, global digital economy. Here's how workers, entrepreneurs, companies, universities and governments can build a smart and fair Europe 4.0.


 
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Minds-Machines

This Is How Digital Power Plants for Steam Can Remove Emissions Equivalent to 120M Cars

Ganesh Bell GE
June 14, 2016
The electricity industry as we have known it for the past one hundred years is being transformed.
Renewables. Electric vehicles. Consumers becoming generators. Micro grids. Intelligent thermostats. Smart meters. Big Data. COP21. These technologies, trends and global commitments are disrupting our industry so dramatically that it will soon be unrecognizable as the one shaped by Thomas Edison.
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