Earth Day
A World of Good: Six GE Innovations That Are About to Change Everything
Building a world that works: This is the motivating principle behind the work that’s done at GE all across the planet. As we celebrate Earth Day, GE Reports shines a spotlight on a half dozen of its most impactful breakthrough technologies that are helping to usher in a more sustainable future — and some of the dynamic people leading these efforts every day.
Grid
The Modernizers: At CIGRE 2022 in Paris, GE Spotlights Its Holistic Approach to Grid Modernization
For the first time in more than 100 years, the global energy landscape is undergoing a massive transformation. The way we generate, transport, distribute, and consume electricity will change more in the next 10 years than it did in the previous 125. What was once an orderly, monolithic system pushing power out to the people, the electric grid is transforming into a two-way highway of energy from diverse sources — including wind and solar — which present new challenges to grid stability and reliability.
- GE Research and GE Renewable Energy are partnering with Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) on a $1.75M U.S.
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Renewable energy
Blade Runners: This New Powerful Turbine Is Simple To Move And Install; Could Open New Vistas For Wind
Wind power is one of the fastest-growing segments of the energy sector, but that doesn’t mean building a successful wind farm is simple. Turbine operators must chart a path through a vortex of data about average wind speeds, local regulation, wholesale power market dynamics and more. Then they must select the right turbine for the site they pick.
Renewable energy
Gaining An Edge: GE’s Lifespan Software Gives Renewable Energy A Digital Boost
You could say that renewables are blowing up in North America. According to the Department of Energy, a third of U.S. states now get at least 10% of their in-state electricity generation from renewables, and in the case of Iowa, 57% of the state’s energy comes from wind. These numbers are projected to grow as the United States moves toward a goal of 100% carbon-free energy generation by 2035.
The Future Of Energy
Fit To Print: GE Is Looking At 3D-Printing Wind Turbine Towers From Concrete For More Efficient Wind Farms
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.
energy transition
Engineering Happiness: How GE Employee Harjit Birdi Is Helping Guide The Transition To Renewable Energy
Harjit Birdi has been captivated by energy systems since he was a child in India. His father was an official at the State Electricity Board. When the power went down, his dad’s job was to race through town with a crew to find the source of the fault. Despite his mother’s worries, Birdi demanded that his father take him along on his emergency expeditions. A few years later, when it was time to choose his college major, the choice was obvious. “Electrical engineering fascinated me, because energy is something you can’t see,” he says. “You can’t see those electrons.
investors
Investor Day: GE Reaffirms $5.5–$6.5 Billion Free Cash Flow* Outlook For 2022, Over $7 Billion In 2023
Lean Management
Getting Better All The Time: How Lean Management Is Helping Transform GE
In the 1970s, a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology traveled to Japan to figure out why that country’s automakers were delivering cars faster than their competitors in Detroit. Their search led them to Toyota and its Toyota Production System — a set of management principles focused on boosting safety, quality and efficiency, reducing waste and creating more value with fewer resources.