Water
With $1 Billion in N. American Gas Turbine Orders in 2011, GE Unveils Advanced Turbine Tech in Houston that Leads in Speed, Flexibility & Efficiency
GE launched a new gas turbine option in Houston today, the 50-megawatt (MW) FlexAero* LM6000-PH, that responds quickly and flexibly to fluctuations in demand without sacrificing efficiency, meaning it’s particularly well suited to work in tandem with renewable energy sources like wind and solar. How fast is the new turbine? [...]
GE Unveils Innovative, More Efficient Water Treatment Tech
Water can be easy to take for granted. Despite our often cavalier attitude towards using (or wasting) water, though, H20 remains a finite resource: if we continue to withdraw fresh water at today’s rates, more than two thirds of the world’s growing population will lack access to clean water by [...]
In a Water-Scarce World, GE Tech Saves Millions of Gallons
As the global population continues its inexorable climb, demand for clean water is becoming one of the biggest problems of our age. Not many people know that twenty percent of all water consumed is used for industrial purposes – and the bulk of it is returned to its source in [...]
Water Reuse Gains as Urban & Industrial Demand is Set to Double
With Saudi Arabia facing an increasing demand for water to support its rapid population and economic growth, GE just wrapped up its two day “Used to Useful” Water Reuse Summit in the country. The goal was to explore water reuse solutions that can support Saudi Arabia and the region in [...]
Cities and Water Use: Three Data Visualizations
In 2008, the world passed an historic milestone: for the first time, more than half the planet’s people lived in cities. Today the urban landscape continues to grow — some 3.3 billion of us now live in urban hubs.
While cities can spur innovation and creativity, many of the world’s metropolitan [...]
A Q&A with Jack Barker on Solar Powered Water Purification
Our recent story about the Sunspring water filtration units that are solar powered, operational in just three hours after arrival at a site, and able to process up to 5,000 gallons per day for up to ten years, drew a wave of reader response.
Using GE’s ecomagination certified Homespring water filtration [...]
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