GE Consumer & Industrial

Switching smart grids from ‘demo’ to ‘deploy’ at WEF

As we described yesterday, one of the hot conversations for GE Energy at this year’s annual meeting of The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is the immense benefit that can result from reducing the amount of gas that’s flared from drilling projects. Another critical energy topic at Davos — [...]

Shock and awe: GE unveils arc flash explosion blocker

Arc flashes — which are electrical discharges that can explode from one high voltage source to a nearby conductor — can reach temperatures as high as 35,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The bright fireballs that erupt not only melt metals and damage circuits, they cause more than 2,000 people a year to [...]

Getting smarter about the smart grid

Whether it was the rollout of Miami’s massive new smart grid initiative, a look inside GE’s smart grid lab, or new concepts such as the zero-energy home, GE Reports has lately been filled with smart grid-related news. While the term gets thrown around a lot, it can still be difficult [...]

GE’s OLED research: I saw the light – and it bends!

A revolution in lighting is on the horizon with the bendable, paper-thin technology known as OLEDS, or organic light-emitting diodes — and the sky’s the limit when it comes to bright ideas on how to use them. So, GE asked industrial design students from the Cleveland Institute of Art to [...]

GE’s new KY deal marks a great time to be in hot water

GE’s Consumer & Industrial division announced today that it will make its energy efficient hybrid electric water heaters in Louisville, Kentucky, at the Company’s Appliance Park facility — creating about 400 jobs. The new hybrid patented technology will make GE the first manufacturer to introduce a water heater that will [...]