Last year, the United States brought online as much solar energy every three weeks as it did in all of 2008, and the solar industry added jobs 10 times faster than the rest of the economy. And since the beginning of 2010, the average cost of a solar electric system has dropped by 50 percent. […]
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – Renewable Energy Systems (“RES”), together with GE (NYSE: GE) and Downer (ASX: DOW), today announced a major contract for the supply of 75 wind turbines to the 240MW Ararat Wind Farm in south-west Victoria. In what will be the third largest wind farm in Australia, the $450 million project will be financed […]
Schenectady, NY — Building on several years of work with Cascade Technologies, Inc., GE (NYSE:GE) has announced a multi-year joint development agreement with this Palo Alto-based company. The collaboration will focus on applying and improving simulation software that enables engineers to virtually look inside a gas turbine as it operates and gain a better understanding […]
In this critical year for climate action, IKEA Group and IKEA Foundation are making bold new commitments to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy and to support the communities most at risk. Announced today, the EUR 1 billion total is made up of an IKEA Group commitment of EUR 600 million for investment in […]
Manila – Asian countries are making a vital contribution to achieving global sustainable energy goals, a new World Bank report finds. But while the region performs strongly on ensuring electricity access for people and using more modern renewable energy, there is room for further improvement on energy efficiency and access to clean, smoke-free cooking. The […]
PARIS, — Managing historic urban growth to create inclusive, sustainable communities is a priority for cities around the globe, and this week’s ‘Greater Paris’ regional planning efforts provided a “learning laboratory” for 100 municipal leaders from 20 countries. The four-day Global Lab on Metropolitan Strategic Planning, or MetroLab, event was co-organized by the World Bank […]
AMSTERDAM— —With Europe and other key regions of the world undergoing a major shift in how electricity is produced by an increasingly diverse array of sources—from natural gas to renewables—this transformation toward a lower carbon environment is posing significant challenges for countries seeking to balance energy security and competitiveness. However, the shift also is creating […]
AMSTERDAM— GE’s Distributed Power business (NYSE: GE) today announced that Prominent Growers Association, a leading commercial tomato greenhouse growers collective in the Netherlands, will serve as a pilot customer to showcase how GE’s next-generation, myPlant* 2.0, an asset performance management solution, can increase the performance and efficiency of on-site cogeneration plants. The new software is […]
BILBAO, SPAIN — GE’s Digital Energy business (NYSE: GE) today announced a milestone deal with Terna Rete Italia, Italy’s transmission system operator, to help it deliver more reliable power to businesses and residences across the country and to more efficiently integrating renewable energy. With 63,500 kilometers of high-voltage power lines, Terna was looking for a […]
The world currently consumes 20 trillion kWh of energy annually. Enough energy to power a single family home for 1.8 billion years or supply energy to a nuclear power plant for 2,300 years (or launch the Falcon 9 rocket seventeen million times). Of all the fossil fuel consumed in the United States, one third is […]
