Live with Nat Geo: My STEM Career & Renewable Energy
Hi everyone – STEM education is something I’m passionate about. So, I’m thrilled to be taking part in a live web-cast today (10/3) with students from all over the country as part of a project with...
View ArticleA Q&A with Chemist Researching Flow Battery Technology for EVs
This week, we announced a partnership with Berkeley Lab to develop a water-based, flow battery capable of more than just traditional, stationary energy storage. In the below Q&A, Chemist Grigorii...
View ArticleGE, Sandia National Lab Discover Pathway to Quieter, More Productive Wind...
Yesterday, we announced research that could significantly impact the design of future wind turbine blades. Utilizing the power of high-performance computing (HPC) to perform complex calculations, GE...
View ArticleStump the Scientist: What is reactive power?
A question came to me on Twitter from @GERenewables and Chris Nelder, an energy futurist, software architect and music nut who was trying to understand “reactive power” (VArs). See my response below,...
View ArticleMoving Wind Technology Forward, One Massive Blade At A Time
Hi everyone, my name is Martin Stettner and I am a senior engineer in the Aerodynamics and Acoustics Lab at GE Global Research in Munich, Germany. Our lab supports many GE businesses, but I work...
View ArticleKey Challenges in the North American Power System
Hi everyone, I just posted an opinion piece on GE’s World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) webpage. Every two-years, science and technology journalists all around the world gather to talk about...
View ArticleThermal Systems: The Future of Energy at ARPA-E Summit
One of the exciting things about working at GE Global Research is envisioning planet-scale energy production 10, 20, 50, and even 100 years in the future. I had the pleasure of spending the two days...
View ArticleThermal Systems: 2012 Turbine Engine Technology Symposium
Hi, my name is Jon Slepski and I manage the Turbine Thermal Physics and Measurements Lab at GE Global Research in Niskayuna, NY. The primary focus of my lab is to develop technologies for the accurate...
View ArticleThermal Systems: Economically extracting significantly more oil from current...
One of the fascinating things about my job is contemplating questions like: What will the future energy mix look like? This is difficult to predict but it is fair to argue that oil will still be in the...
View ArticleWind Technology and Sustainability: A Conversation with Mark Jonkhof
Hello world! My name is Arin Lastufka, and I’m a student in this year’s A-Course, as part of the Edison Engineering Development Program here at GE’s Global Research Center. I’m on my first rotation in...
View ArticleUpdate: High Penetration of Photovoltaic Generation Study – Flagstaff...
GE Global Research and GE Energy Consulting along with NREL, ASU, and ViaSol Energy Solutions have been participating in an Arizona Public Service (APS) led, US Department of Energy funded study of...
View ArticleGE’s ORegen system has roots in Munich
Recently, GE Reports posted a story on the GE Oil & Gas ORegen System that is being used on Canada’s Alliance Pipeline in both Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. You may have seen the story if...
View ArticleHappy Pi Day!
As a company that makes so many things that spin in a circular motion … think jet engines, wind turbines and even MRI scanners … we’re big fans of Pi! Pi, that magical measurement defining the ratio of...
View Article“Quo Vadis Anthropogenic CO2?” Part 2: Carbon capture and storage techniques
In yesterday’s blog, I lay out the problem at hand, but now, what do we do to fight it? Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one option in the portfolio of mitigation methods for the stabilization of...
View ArticleStump the Scientist: AC vs DC power flow
Happy New Year everybody! As we enter 2012, we promise to answer more questions for you this year than we have in any year past. Keep them coming and we’ll do our best to keep the answers flowing!...
View ArticleBangalore students impress with plans to “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle”
It was a cloudy Saturday morning when 400 sunny students all between 8-14 years of age graced GE’s Technology Center at Bangalore, India with their presence and their revolutionary ideas on “Reduce,...
View ArticleSeven crimes of coastline pollution
What comes to your mind upon mentioning the word “seaside,” besides blue seawater, soft sand and free-flying birds? Would you connect the idea with trash and pollution? But what about the reality? GE...
View Article140 Things We Made Yesterday at GE
Hi everybody, I wanted to share a link today to a video that was pulled together at a remarkable pace and was launched last week. To go along with GE’s new branded Twitter page, I participated in...
View ArticleEnvisioning the future of Smart Grid through the lens of advanced communications
Hi everybody, my name is Steve Bush and I am a part of the Advanced Communications Systems Laboratory at Global Research. I wrote my first blog entry more than a year ago when I was a part of the...
View ArticleUsing software to optimize wind turbine performance
Hi everybody, my name is Colin McCulloch and I am a Principal Scientist at GE Global Research. I am a part of a team within our Software organization working to develop a wind turbine performance...
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