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London Calling: How GE Left A Legacy In An Olympic City

Kristin Kloberdanz
August 18, 2016
Tony Gale still remembers the moment, seven years ago, when he watched the head of one of London’s most disadvantaged hospitals break down in tears. Sitting within the walls of her hospital, he had just shared the extent of a donation that GE was making to her neonatal unit.
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The World Sailing Capital’s New Power Source Will Blow You Away

August 04, 2015
The large German port of Kiel sits at the end of a deep Baltic fjord that cuts into the flat coastal landscape like a bad case of chapped lips. The fjord has long protected the area’s sea merchants, the German Navy’s Baltic Fleet, and helped make the city the sailing capital of the world during the annual Kiel Week.
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The Smell of Freshly Cut Electricity: These Farmers are Harvesting Power from Grass by the Acre

January 13, 2015

Wild elephant grass, also know as Napier grass, is one of those wonder plants that needs little water and few nutrients to produce copious crops on fallow lands. Since it can be used for grazing, it has allowed farmers from Africa to Asia to amp up food supplies for their cattle herds.

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Flower Power: Energy From Plant Waste Helps Farmers Grow Weapons Against Pests

November 30, 2014
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This Gas Engine Passes the Smell Test. Watch Baratunde Thurston Find Out How it Works

October 14, 2014

Earlier this year, a Brazilian landfill started using three massive Jenbacher gas engines to burn methane produced by rotting garbage. They now generate enough electricity to power 13,000 homes.

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This Big Austrian will be Pumping Iron in Texas

October 02, 2014

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the state’s appetite for electricity. No other state consumes more power, a whopping 10 percent of the national total.

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This Mountain of Brazilian Trash Hides Powerful Treasure

September 24, 2014

 

Most travelers don’t have a garbage dump on their travel itinerary. But for people like José Baroni, it’s the top destination.

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This Deconstructed Locomotive Will Power Nigeria's Economy

September 17, 2014

Nigeria has fast become Africa’s largest economy, but its infrastructure is still lagging.

The electrical grid is so unpredictable that many businesses use natural gas to produce their own power. But that’s not enough. Sand and water often clog up pipelines and idle generators for weeks at a time. In many parts of the country diesel is still the best and most reliable fuel.

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Building Africa’s Growth Engine: GE to Invest Billions in Continent’s People, Infrastructure, Manufacturing

August 04, 2014
People come to Durban, South Africa, for its beaches, sunny climate and busy nightlife. But visitors interested in the future of Africa come for another reason. A few miles outside the city is the Bisasar Road landfill, Africa’s largest refuse site and a big source of renewable energy.
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The New Power Generation: This Fuel Cell Startup Could Spark a Revolution

July 22, 2014
There’s more than one way to get energy out of natural gas. For decades, one of the most promising methods – and also most difficult to pull off ‑ has been the fuel cell.
A fuel cell works like a battery, using a simple chemical reaction to provide energy. In fuel cells, this reaction involves hydrogen molecules abundant in natural gas and oxygen from ordinary air.
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