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Uniper, one of the world’s largest energy producers, announced in 2020 it planned to become carbon neutral by 2035. The company has already cooperated with GE Gas Power to improve the efficiency of its Enfield power plant, north of London. Now the two companies will be working together to help lower carbon emissions at Uniper’s newest combined-cycle power plant in the U.K.
GE has been named among the LinkedIn Top Companies in 2022 for its diverse and engaging work environment facilitating employees’ skill development and career growth.
Driving across the eastern end of New York State, you can’t fail to notice the clusters of wind turbines that have popped up over the past decade on undulating fields and remote ridges. As in other parts of the world, these wind farms are a manifestation of America’s growing embrace of renewable energy.
The energy transition to renewable electricity is gathering speed, with wind farms and solar panels popping up around the world. While renewables help us cut carbon, they have their own challenges. In the absence of grid-scale storage, what happens when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine? The good news is that there are people like Jim Walsh, general manager of the grid software business at GE Digital, who are working on the problem and helping grid operators make sure that our power doesn’t go out.
Joseph Sorota was working his shift at a GE factory in Lynn, Massachusetts, when he was called to the main office. “There was a man I never met who asked me what I did on the way home, did I have a girlfriend, did I have a drink at a bar,” Sorota told GE Reports. “When he identified himself as a man from the FBI, I almost died. I didn’t do anything wrong, but I thought he was there maybe to arrest me.”
Women’s History Month is all about recognizing, honoring, and celebrating the achievements of women. At GE Research, we are taking the opportunity to highlight some of our women engineers and researchers who are seeing, moving, and creating the future. These individuals are challenging the status quo in their respective fields and ensuring tomorrow’s technology has an equitable and inclusive perspective.
April is National Volunteer month in the United States. During this month, GE Aviation will highlight the great work of our GE Volunteers around the world. Despite COVID restrictions, GE Aviation volunteers participated in more than 300 projects in 2021, giving more than 40,000 hours of their time and talent in the areas of education, the environment and community building.
“I actually get told I share too much,” Veronica Mendez Magaña says. “Which is great, because you get people to share with you.”
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In 2014, Ane, a 17-year-old woman from a small town in Brazil, was at a crossroads, preparing to transition from high school to the next stage of her life.