We reported on GE’s “brilliant” wind turbine previously. The turbine integrates energy storage, and it also allows for a tremendous amount of data collection, prediction, and responsiveness. Below is a video of General Electric (GE) technicians discussing the company’s brilliant wind turbine in Tehachapi, California. So, why are we coming … [continued]
2012 was a good year for renewable energy installations, and a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that it was a very good year for the wind energy sector, installing a record 48.4 GW of new capacity. This report comes just days after the report from Pew Charitable Trusts was … [continued]
Reposted from Climate Progress: The U.S. is now the largest wind power market, and a U.S. company is the world’s number 1 supplier, according to a new industry report by Navigant Research. This is a big shakeup in the global wind market. Danish wind manufacturer Vestas had been the world leader from … [continued]
Reposted from RenewEconomy (image added): Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO of global industrial giant and leading energy supply company GE, had just a few words to say during a lightning visit to Australia this week to meet clients, sign deals and announce winners of the company’s first “ecomagination” low carbon challenge … [continued]
National Geographic, General Electric (GE), and The Centre for Science have partnered to produce an online city management game that is focused on the city’s environment. Plan It Green: The Big Switch was just released earlier today. The idea of using games to positively influence people has already been promoted quite a bit, … [continued]
Reposted from GE Reports: GE engineers working on a revolutionary new jet engine have achieved the highest combination of temperatures ever recorded in aviation history inside the compressor and the turbine, the engine’s core. This feat is not just for the record books. Heat inside a jet engine works the … [continued]
Earlier this month GE and Google announced that they were partnering to help utilities boost their productivity. GE’s Smallworld electrical, telecommunications and gas applications will now come with Google Maps out of the box to provide better visualising and analysis of data. “We are relentlessly looking at ways to bring … [continued]
I have been awaiting a powerful and energy-dense alternative to lithium-ion batteries primarily because it is important there are more energy storage options available, especially if they are built with cheaper and more abundant materials such as sodium, unlike li-ion batteries. It looks like GE may have the answer. General … [continued]
BP Wind Energy and Sempra US Gas and Power completed their wind project called the Mehoopany wind farm, which we previously wrote about while it was still under construction. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMBHAQroNko] This wind farm has an electricity generation capacity of 141 MW (141,000 kW) and it spans 9,000 acres (36 … [continued]
Spanish Energy company Iberdrola recently sold 32 onshore wind farms in France for €350 million. In a consolidation move by Iberdrola, the deal will see General Electric, Munich Re, and EDF adding to their respective renewable energy portfolios, according to Business Green. The deal could even increase by an extra … [continued]
