GE hopes to make its cloth wind turbine idea fly
GE hopes to make wind turbines far cheaper, and open up new ways to design them, by ditching the stiff fiberglass blades it uses now in favor of turbine blades made out of...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Monday, November 26th, 2012
GE acquires LED lighting startup Albeo Technologies
General Electric Lighting has signed an agreement to acquire the Boulder startup Albeo Technologies. The purchase will help GE boost its ability to offer all-LED solutions...
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
GE to buy 2,000 Ford plug-in hybrid vehicles
(Reuters) - General Electric Co will buy 2,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles made by Ford Motor Co for its corporate fleet, the companies said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
GE to develop enhanced sensing capabilities for underground CO2 storage wells
GE Global Research signed a contract with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to build a multi-point sensing system to monitor CO2 injected into geothermal...
Monday, October 1st, 2012
Uranium plant using laser technology wins U.S. approval
A joint venture of General Electric and Hitachi received the approval for a plant to enrich uranium using classified technology, which worries some scientists.
Thursday, September 27th, 2012
GE wins $1.2 bln in contracts for gas-powered turbines
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) - General Electric Co's power and water division said on Wednesday it won $1.2 billion in contracts from power producers in the United...
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
GE signs $1B contract with Brazil's Petrobras
General Electric has signed a $1 billion contract with Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras to provide offshore equipment.
Monday, July 30th, 2012
GE CEO: Nuclear power hard to justify in cheap gas world
LONDON (Reuters) - Nuclear power has become hard to justify as the shale gas revolution creates an abundance of natural gas that makes it the fuel of choice to back up...
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
GE’s WattStation electric car charging app to use PayPal exclusively
GE's long awaited WattStation electric vehicle charging stations will rely on PayPal as the exclusive payment provider, the two companies told GigaOM.
GE's novel battery aimed at grid storage applications
Yesterday GE officially opened a sprawling, $100 million battery factory in Schenectady, New York, with a dramatic battery-powered show of lights, music, and pyrotechnics.
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
GE suspends solar factory buildout in Colorado
GE was set to become a major solar manufacturer when it announced a 400 MW factory in Colorado last year. Over a year later, though, it’s putting that plan on hold for 18...
Monday, March 26th, 2012
GE signs deal with Nigeria for power plants
General Electric Corp. said Monday it signed an agreement with Nigeria's government to potentially build and operate power plants in the electricity-starved nation...
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
GE: Solar panels will be as easy to install as new roof
Cutting the cost of solar power isn't all about a better solar cell. General Electric Wednesday announced two research projects to make installation of solar panels...
Friday, October 14th, 2011
GE to build thin-film solar factory in Colorado
General Electric announced Thursday it will spend $600 million to build a solar factory in Colorado, giving it the means to re-enter the solar business in force.
China targets GE's wind turbines
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- China has taken on General Electric Co. and Western peers that control the $70 billion wind-turbine market, striving to repeat its 2010 coup when...
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
General Electric developing wind turbine with capacity of 15 megawatts
General Electric Co. (GE), the world’s biggest maker of electricity-generation equipment, plans to develop a wind turbine that generates as much as six times more power...
Friday, June 24th, 2011
GE awards $63 Million to 10 solar, home efficiency startups
General Electric Co. (GE), the world’s largest maker of power-generation equipment, awarded $63 million to 10 closely held companies developing solar and renewable energy...
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
GE invests in eSolar for hybrid power plants
General Electric today said it would invest in eSolar, which specializes in solar thermal technology, and use the technology to build solar thermal farms or hybrid power...
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
GE unveils EV solar charging station in Connecticut
The GE EV Solar Carport Project made its debut in Plainville, Connecticut. With greater than a 25-year lifespan, the EV Solar Carport will annually deliver 125 MWh via 100...
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
GE unveils high-efficiency, jet engine-inspired natural gas power plant
General Electric on Wednesday unveiled a new type of high-efficiency natural gas power plant that can be fired up and ramped down rapidly in response to fluctuations in...
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