Sharp Focus: GE’s New Sustainability Report Underscores Its Mission to Make the World More Energy-Efficient
Over the next 60 seconds, GE’s energy technology, from gas and wind turbines to hydroelectric, will generate enough electricity to supply millions of households for an hour. In that same time, around 30 aircraft equipped with jet engine technology made by GE or one of its partners will take to the skies — one every two seconds.
women in tech
Change Agent: How GE’s Dayna Johnson Advocates for Diversity in Engineering With Women Everywhere
Dayna Johnson had one of those a-ha career moments while visiting GE Gas Power’s Advanced Manufacturing Works, a state-of-the-art facility for new-make process and repair development in Greenville, South Carolina, this spring. Hung on a wall was an oversize poster of Thomas Edison, emblazoned with a few of his very wise words.
Gas Turbines
Powering Up: This Venerable Turbine Repair Shop in Singapore Is Preparing for the Global Stage
On the western tip of Singapore, there’s a sprawling facility that began life in the 1970s as a shipyard for tugboats and drill ships exploring the turquoise deeps of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. But the site’s days as a local repair shop are no longer. GE’s Global Repair Solutions Singapore (GRSS) is now a global hub for fixing the key components in the world’s fastest-growing fleet of H-class heavy-duty gas turbines.
Dünya İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Günü: GE, Güvenliği Artırmanın Yenilikçi Yollarını Bulmaya Devam Ediyor
İşyeri güvenliğini artırmak için endüstri kriteri haline gelen bir güvenlik protokolü: “Read Across”
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.
future of energy
Hurray For Hydrogen: This New Ohio Power Plant Successfully Used Hydrogen To Generate Electricity
The hills and valleys of eastern Ohio are no strangers to energy revolutions. Some 200 years ago, settlers in what is now the town of Caldwell drilled the first working oil well in the United States. Earlier this month, a new power plant located an hour away in the village of Hannibal, on the Ohio River, produced electricity with a fuel mix containing hydrogen.
decarbonization
Cutting Carbon: Uniper, GE Look At Hydrogen To Lower Carbon Emissions
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.
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.
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sustainability
All Hands On Deck: GE Gas Power, 6 Companies Form Alliance to Help Decarbonize Industry In Appalachia
The northern Appalachian region, covering Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, has helped America tap its energy reservoir over the past 150 years, supplying the country with its first oil and coal. Now the area’s industry is seeking to pivot, lead the country to a lower-carbon future and create new jobs along the way.
Energy
Solving The Puzzle: South America’s Largest Combined-Cycle Power Plant Boosts Brazil’s Generation Capacity
Brazil’s Northeast, a region that abounds with culture and large wind plants, among others, is also the home of Porto de Sergipe I, Latin America’s largest combined-cycle gas-fired power plant in operation.