Top wind energy news (other than what we’ve covered) from the past week or so: 1. GE’s GE Energy Financial Services unit and Enel Green Power North America have teamed up to commit common equity for a 51% ownership stake in the Chisholm View wind project, one of Oklahoma’s largest wind projects. “The … [continued]
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, right? While that phrase has been around for ages, it has taken society a while to make it more applicable to industry. Industrial waste has long ended up… just waste (nothing like treasure at all). It has polluted our environments, damaged our … [continued]
Last week, just before the launch of GE’s annual reports data visualization, I ran across news that GE had just shipped its 1000th GE90-115B jet engine, and I learned that the GE90-115B is super efficient. I will get to that more at the end of this post, but given the opportunity to … [continued]
Since GE is a world leader in wind turbines and wind project investment, I thought I’d follow up on that GE data visualization I wrote about on Tuesday by digging into the annual reports app. I was interested in exploring GE’s role in wind power in the “early days” of this still rather … [continued]
GE is one of the largest companies in the world. It’s the sixth largest corporation in the U.S. and, as Chris Varrone noted last year, it has its hands in nearly every energy sector (perhaps every energy sector) and numerous non-energy sectors, as well. Now, the good news is … [continued]
Leading venture capital firms are pumping an additional $55 million to fund the Colorado-based thin-film CIGS solar PV manufacturer’s expansion plans despite all the turmoil roiling the global solar energy market and industry.
by Richard W. Caperton (Climate Progress repost) The barrage of dirty energy bills being introduced in Congress is dizzying. With extreme policymakers looking to force the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, cut funding for public transportation and dismantle EPA air quality regulations, the situation is bleak. But there was some … [continued]
When one of the largest companies in the world is doubling down on investments in a specific technology or industry, you know there’s movement afoot. GE, the 6th largest U.S. company and the 14th most profitable in 2011, announced yesterday that it had doubled its solar energy investments in … [continued]
GE Energy Financial Services and JP Morgan announced yesterday that they are jointly investing $225 million into the 662.5-megawatt Capricorn Ridge wind farm in West Texas that is mostly owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources. Here are some more details on the behemoth of a wind farm: in operation since … [continued]
UK-based Carbon Trust and General Electric have launched a $5 million clean tech business incubator fund.
