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GE Launches Durathon™ Battery for Uninterruptible Power Supply Market

GE Energy Storage Technologies, a unit of GE Transportation, introduced today its Durathon battery for critical backup power.

The battery can be used in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications for large data centers, hospitals, and other areas where a continuous supply of power is necessary. A UPS is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power when [...]

G.E. to Expand Advanced Battery Production in New York State

GE Transportation announced this month that it has received advanced manufacturing credits for the construction of a manufacturing facility to develop next generation energy storage systems and create new high-tech manufacturing jobs in the United States. The tax credit of $25.5 million is part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will be [...]

Reducing Peak Electrical Energy Demand with Smart Appliances

Masdar City and GE Consumer & Industrial announced today a landmark pilot program that will investigate the reduction of peak power demand through the use of smart home appliances. Involving some of the first residents of Masdar City – whose goal it is to become the world’s first carbon neutral, zero waste city being built [...]

GE powers China’s largest chicken waste biogas plant

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GE Energy just announced that its Jenbacher biogas engines have begun powering China’s largest chicken waste biogas-energy plant. The plant features a digester system that consumes 300 tons of manure and 500 tons of wastewater daily to produce biogas that is then used by three GE engines that generate electricity for the 19,000 square-meter [...]

Does Your Wind Turbine Work in the Cold? G.E.’s Now Do.

GE Energy’s most advanced wind turbine, the 2.5xl, is now available with a Cold Weather Extreme (CWE) package. The addition of the CWE package ensures that the 2.5xl wind turbine can operate in temperatures as low as -30°C, and in survival mode without operation, at temperatures as low as -40°C.

GE made the announcement at CanWEA [...]

GE, Plutonic Power Move Closer to Purchasing Largest Wind Power Project Under Construction in BC and Conn

September 23, 2009— GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), and Plutonic Power Corporation (TSX: PCC) have moved a step closer to purchasing the 144-megawatt Dokie Ridge Wind Project, the largest wind farm under construction in British Columbia, from EarthFirst Canada Inc. GE and Plutonic have completed their due diligence, waived initial [...]

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy applies for Certification of it’s Next Generation of Reactors

GEH has completed its submittal of the design certification document for the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). With the submittal, GEH has provided detailed information for the NRC to proceed with evaluating the ESBWR design for certification.

The new reactor design offers advanced safety features and cost-saving advantages [...]

Methane Digesters will allow Farmers to Produce Biogas-Energy from Animal Manure

GE Energy’s Jenbacher Onsite Biogas Power Solution Helps U.S. Dairy Farmers Reduce Site Emissions Wisconsin Agricultural Technology Expo Showcases GE’s ‘Cow-Powered’ Biogas-Energy Technology

As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., debate new federal climate-change legislation, Wisconsin’s dairy industry is leading the way in demonstrating the benefits of using cow manure methane digester biogas. In the last several years, [...]

Canadian Chemical Manufacturer First to Demonstrate GE’s New Smart Grid Solution for Asset Optimization

GE Energy recentlyannounced that the Eka Chemicals Plant in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Canada, will be the first to demonstrate GE’s new smart grid solution for asset optimization to help reduce transformer-caused downtime in the plant. With this new solution, six of Eka’s electrical transformers will soon be having regular ‘conversations’ with advanced data modeling systems, GE engineers and [...]