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Good Things in Small Packages: GE Will Invest in South Carolina Hub to Boost Small-Turbine Production

Wind and solar have grown so fast in the past decade that they now generate more electricity globally than nuclear power. But all that clean energy needs a support structure to balance out the hours when the wind doesn’t spin the blades and the sun turns down for the night. One way to support wind and solar growth is through simple-cycle natural gas turbines. Smaller, mobile, and modular, these turbines — often referred to as “aeroderivative” because they are derived from jet engine technology — don’t need to be housed in traditional stationary natural gas plants.
Gas Turbine Technology Center

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Advanced Thinking: Federal Funding Aims To Boost Gas Turbine Efficiency And Bring More Hydrogen Into The Mix

Utilities around the world have been using turbines fueled by natural gas to generate electricity for decades. Power companies have long been drawn to their greater efficiency over earlier forms of electric generation, and their ability to power homes with fewer carbon emissions.
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Michigan Momentum: The Wolverine State Is Moving Toward Natural Gas As More EVs Roll Out Of Its Auto Plants

Like the rest of America, Michigan’s economy is running cleaner these days. Mostly that’s due to a decade-long progressive reduction of coal as an energy source as states from Texas to Illinois shutter old World War II–era plants, replacing them with renewables and natural gas. And the Wolverine State is doing its part. In 2020, natural gas surpassed coal in Michigan for the first time, and now is responsible for 37% of the state’s energy production, while coal fell to third place, behind nuclear.
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Coal To Gas: How GE Is Helping Poland Advance Its Energy Strategy To Cut Carbon And Promote Renewables

Four years ago, Polish authorities were planning to construct what was to be possibly the last large coal-fired power plant in Europe. Workers had already laid the foundations and cooling towers, and coal boilers were selected for the 1,000-megawatt (MW) project in Ostroleka, a small city northeast of Warsaw.
Test Stand 7 Team

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No Pain, No Gain: GE’s Newest Gas Turbine Went To Boot Camp As It Prepared To Join The Grid

Thomas Edison reportedly said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
Benson and Willard

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The Heat Is On: How The Kaizen Approach Is Helping GE Gas Power With Carbon Emissions And Energy Costs

Dan Morey had a problem. He knew the vast compressed air system in Building 273 was leaking air, but he didn’t know where.
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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.
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Harnessing the Potential of Hydrogen Energy to Power a Carbon-Free Future

The window of opportunity to address climate change is narrowing rapidly. This is highlighted in the latest report released by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This code red for climate has driven leaders around the world to ramp up their actions in tackling carbon emissions, reducing their reliance on fossil fuels while striving to find renewable alternatives.
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Powering Up: GE’s “Plug-And-Play” Power System Can Help Taiwan Bring More Renewables Online

Taiwan, like many entities around the world, has set a target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. To get there, it aims to reach a 25% share of renewables in its power mix by 2025, up from only 5.4% in 2021. This jump means Taiwan also needs to find a way to deal with the periodic pauses that come with wind and solar power. The wind can stop blowing and the sun can set or hide behind clouds just as demand for power grows.
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Connecting The Dots: How GE Research’s Emma Renner Channels The Art Of Dominoes Into Systems Engineering

Fresh out of a master’s program at Cornell University, Emma Renner is working these days on wind turbine engineering at GE Research in Niskayuna, New York. But you can forgive her if her mind occasionally wanders off into a different topic: dominoes. Renner, 24, is part of a team that is competing in a new Fox show called “Domino Masters,” in which domino artists from around the country compete to create the most impressive topple in the time allowed. (For the uninitiated, “topple” is domino-speak for when they all fall down.)