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Africa

It Takes a Village to Power Africa: Q&A with Andrew M. Herscowitz

Andrew M Herscowitz Power Africa
March 20, 2016

Three years into the U.S. Power Africa initiative, a roadmap is in place to connect 60 million to electricity by 2030 — and empower people across the continent.

 

Africa boasts some of the world’s fastest-growing economies, but its growth potential is limited by poor energy infrastructure, with only a third of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa having access to power.
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Electrification Software Energy

The Electron’s Digital Journey: Do You Know Where Your Power Comes From?

Tomas Kellner
February 22, 2016
The electrons that brew your first cup of coffee in the morning have many different parents. Some were born on a wind farm, while others came from a gas-fired power plant or a water turbine buried deep inside a massive dam.
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Africa

Dana J. Hyde: In the Developing World, the Right Data Can Be a Game Changer

Dana J Hyde
January 31, 2016

Data can help channel private-sector investment and incentivize reforms, creating a positive cycle for development.

 

A small American energy company is looking to expand into the developing world. It has limited resources to scope out the relative risk of foreign markets, so it relies in part on a trove of indices gathered by the international community. In the emerging and developing markets of the 21st century, that kind of easily available data can help drive critical foreign investment decisions.
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Electrification Software Energy

Amit Narayan: How Software Can Eat the Energy Industry and Help Save the World

Dr Amit Narayan Autogrid Inc
January 26, 2016

By embracing the 4th Industrial Revolution, we transform the electric grid and we can improve access to affordable, reliable power.

 
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Davos

John G. Rice: Opportunities for Global Electricity Access in 2016

John G Rice GE
January 21, 2016

We are at the start of a power revolution. The coming year presents a number of opportunities to take action to improve global access to electricity.


 

The world has made great progress over the past several decades. Primary education is becoming almost universal in many regions, child mortality rates have fallen globally, and life expectancy has risen in most countries. To maintain this momentum we need a sustained commitment to invest in infrastructure that provides people access to healthcare, water and most crucially, electricity.
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Africa

Mind The Gap: Here’s How You Take On A Power Crisis The Size Of A Continent

Tomas Kellner
January 06, 2016
One easy way to see Africa’s power problem is by looking at a picture of the Earth from space at night. While other inhabited regions of the world glow and sparkle like jewels in a black velvet display case, Africa remains largely dark. That’s because the continent’s 1.1 billion inhabitants have at their disposal just 185 gigawatts (GW) of installed power-generation capacity. The United States, by comparison, can draw on 1,000 GW for 300 million people.
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STEM

Present Perfect: When Reality Trumps Imagination

Thomas Herles
December 11, 2015
In the 1950s, GE hired renowned comics artists, including George “Inky” Roussos of Batman fame, to draw a series of comic books called Adventures in Science. “In the public relations field, although were all aware of the adult fear that comic books were producing a crop of juvenile delinquents, we couldn’t escape the conclusion that the medium had attractive possibilities for mass communications,“ said a 1953 story published in General Electric Review, a
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future of energy

High-Tech Harriet Turbines Make Generating Energy From Shale Gas In Pennsylvania More Efficient

December 07, 2015
Two of the world’s most efficient gas turbines, made by GE in Greenville, South Carolina, will drive a new power plant built by Moxie Energy and Caithness Energy in Salem Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The 1,029-megawatt (MW) facility, called Caithness Moxie Freedom generation plant, will tap natural gas from the world’s most prolific shale gas area, the Marcellus Formation, and generate enough electricity to power approximately 1 million American homes when the plant comes online in 2018. It will help Pennsylvania and the wider region shift away from coal to cleaner energy.
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STEM

Adventures in Electricity: Old GE Comics Still Teach Powerful Lessons

Thomas Herles
December 03, 2015

In the 1950s, GE hired renowned comics artists, including George “Inky” Roussos of Batman fame, to draw a series of books called Adventures in Science. The series covered everything from space travel to electricity, and the company is now taking its heroes out of retirement. It partnered with the storytelling app 

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Energy

Power Play: How GE and Alstom Can Shore Up Brazil’s Giant Power Grid

November 06, 2015
When it comes to electricity, Brazil deals with unique challenges. The fifth largest nation in the world has some of the planet’s longest electricity transmission lines, and its customers face some of the highest electricity bills anywhere. Improving the reliability and efficiency of Brazil’s power stations — and also of the grid, which stretches across vast sections of the country — is a critical matter.
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