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The Energy Fixers: ARPA-E and Energy's Future

Tue, 01 May 2012 15:35:47 GMT

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, the Department of Energy's incubator for solutions to energy challenges, is making low cost bets on ideas that could change the energy landscape.

GE at The SAE 2012 World Congress

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:01:39 GMT

Imagine reversing the flow from your electric car batteries to power your home in a blackout. The technology to do just that was on display this week at GE’s joint showcase with Nissan at the SAE 2012 World Congress in Detroit.

The Energy Fixers: Seaweed Power

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:01:40 GMT

BAL Chief Technology Officer Richard Bailey talks about his company’s efforts to prove seaweed’s viability.

The Energy Fixers: Bug Oil

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:46:50 GMT

Arun Majumdar, director of the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E explains how bug oil could change the future of transportation.

The Energy Fixers: Windmills in the Sky

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:40:21 GMT

Makani Power CEO Corwin Hardham explains how his technology could meet our future energy needs by taking to the sky.

Innovation at work: Building a sustainable community

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:47:13 GMT

GE teamed up with the developers at the Lake Nona community in Orlando, Florida to provide products and services that make making the community healthier and more sustainable.

How Refrigerator Recycling Works

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:57:18 GMT

Check out a nifty animation of the URT system in action.

Cultivating Innovation

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:21:41 GMT

David Prend, Managing General Partner of RockPort Capital, Bre Pettis, Founder of Makerbot, Nathaniel David, Venture Partner at Arch Venture and Andy Spade, Co-founder of Partners & Spade, discuss nurturing creativity. Moderated by Jason Tanz, Sr. Editor of Wired Magazine.

Innovation in Society and The Birth of an Idea

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:24:43 GMT

Tim O’Reilly, CEO of O’Reilly Media and Yves Behar, designer and founder of fuseproject, discuss the role of innovation in society and how ideas come to life. Moderated by Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired Magazine.

Nurturing Innovation

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:02:33 GMT

Part 2: Jeffrey Davis, NASA Director of Space Life Sciences, talks about how to overcome challenges and develop a culture of innovation.

Bringing Innovation to Life

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:59:52 GMT

Audrey Zibelman, President & CEO of Viridity Energy and Jim Balthazar, President & CEO of Nuventix, discuss how they brought their green ideas from concept to fruition and the impact on consumers and the environment. Moderated by Lora Kolodny, Green.

Ask Anything: eco Challenge Powering Your Home Thank You

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:51:49 GMT

GE CMO Beth Comstock, Director of ecomagination Tore Land, and VP of ecomagination Mark Vachon congratulate eco Challenge winners and thank the entire eco Challenge community.

Birth of an Idea

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:51:02 GMT

Joel Babbit, CEO and Co-Founder of Mother Nature Network, talks about the development of ideas and the role of innovation in business.

Challenge Winner: Suntulit

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:53:51 GMT

Vinesh Mehta, Head of Business Development at Suntulit, explains the company’s ambience intelligent home technology solution, what it means to be an ecomagination Challenge winner and what’s next.

Challenge Winner: Pythagoras Solar

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:52:09 GMT

Gonen Fink, Founder and CEO of Pythagoras Solar, explains and shows the company’s innovative solar window and shares what it means to be an ecomagination Challenge winner, and what’s next.

Challenge Winner: e.quinox

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:48:56 GMT

Roger Liew, Chariman of e.quinox, explains how this non-profit organization created an energy kiosk, how winning the ecomagination Challenge supports their goals around the world and what’s next.

Challenge Winner: Xergy Inc.

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:47:51 GMT

Richard Williams, Co-Founder of Xergy Inc., shares the company’s winning green refrigeration solution and their goals to grow the product moving forward having won the ecomagination Challenge.

Technology Innovation and Reaching the Market

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:40:48 GMT

Moderated by Sheeraz Haji. Lisa Gansky, Mark Hatch, Edward Fenster, and Steve Vassallo discuss how technology has influenced and changed the innovation process.

Ask Anything - Kickoff

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:10:59 GMT

Beth Comstock, SVP & CMO of GE, Mark Vachon, GM of ecomagination, Tore Land, Director of ecomagination, and David Prend, Managing Partner of Rockport Capital, announce the day’s news including the ecomagination Challenge: Powering Your Home winners.

Speed Bumps on the Road to Success

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:37:50 GMT

James Hanusa, New Initiatives for Burning Man, and Dale Dougherty, Co-Founder of O’Reilly Media, talk about how to take the unexpected in stride and still find success. Moderated by Andy Smith, Co-Author of The Dragonfly Effect.

Winner Presentations & Roundtable

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:21:54 GMT

Learn about the five ecomagination Challenge: Powering Your Home winning products and hear from the winners on what this opportunity means to them.

Realities of Innovation

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:29:59 GMT

PART 2: Theodore Roosevelt IV, Managing Director of Barclays Capital talks about how to walk the line between pure innovation and the realities that all ideas must face in moving beyond being just a creative idea.

Nurturing Innovation

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:27:19 GMT

PART 1: Jeffrey Davis, Director of Space Life Sciences at NASA, talks about what it takes to nurture innovation within one of the largest and most innovative organizations in the US.

Symphony of the Heliostats

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:48:10 GMT

Check out our time-lapse video of construction and operation of eSolar's Sierra SunTower Plant.

Increasing Renewables With Natural Gas

Wed, 18 May 2011 18:07:29 GMT

GE's new FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant can rapidly ramp up when the wind is not blowing or the sun is not shining and efficiently ramp down when they are available.

GE Aviation Fellow Steve Fulton discusses the practical benefits of efficient flight path navigation.

Tue, 10 May 2011 16:25:28 GMT

GE Aviation Fellow Steve Fulton reviews some of the big savings – in fuel costs, flight time and emissions – that can be achieved by switching to GE’s Required Navigation Performance (RNP) system at 46 mid-sized airports across the United States.

GE Aviation Fellow Steve Fulton offers a pilot’s perspective on more efficient flight path navigation

Tue, 10 May 2011 16:17:13 GMT

GE Aviation Fellow Steve Fulton talks to GE Reports about smarter navigation flights paths, comparing the existing, more inefficient system to taking a different, out-of-the-way route home from work in your car every day.

GE's Solar Breakthrough

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:15:23 GMT

Danielle Merfeld, Director of the Solar Technology Platform at GE, explains GE's thin film solar efficiency breakthrough.

Carousolar

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:46:05 GMT

This amazing all-white carousel is powered by 100 solar panels and lit up by GE's very cool and colorful TETRA Countour LED lights.

Citrus Bowl Treasure Hunt

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:50:35 GMT

See how GE and the Environmental Defense Fund helped Orlando's famed stadium identify ways to cut its energy bill in half.

Powering the Grid - Full Replay

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:56:57 GMT

GE names ecomagination Challenge winners; invests in leading power grid tech companies. Full replay

Powering the Grid

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:59:13 GMT

GE names ecomagination Challenge winners; invests in leading power grid tech companies.

None of Us are as Powerful as All of Us

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:14:45 GMT

Ecomagination Challenge: None of Us are as Powerful as All of Us.

Consumer Innovation Award Winners

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:13:56 GMT

As part of the Ecomagination Challenge : Power the Grid, the Consumer Innovation Award was developed in response to the great ideas submitted in the consumer space that GE wanted to recognize and reward.

Innovation Award Winners – Winflex

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:10:52 GMT

WinFlex: Inflatable Wind Turbines, Kiryat Yam, Israel

Innovation Award Winners – ElectricRoute Systems

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:10:14 GMT

ElectricRoute: Secure Communications Network for the Electric Grid, Salem and Hollis, New Hampshire

Innovation Award Winners – Capstone Metering

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:08:26 GMT

Capstone Metering: Intelligent Water Meters – Carrollton, Texas

Innovation Award Winners – GridON

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:08:00 GMT

GridON: Controlling Power Quality in Electric Grids, Givatayim, Israel

Innovation Award Winners – IceCode Technology

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:07:10 GMT

IceCode: Wind Turbine Blade Anti-Icing and De-Icing, West Lebanon, NH

GE to buy 25,000 electric vehicles

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:35:35 GMT

GE CEO Jeff Immelt talks about the company’s purchase of 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 for its own fleet and through its Capital Fleet Services business - the largest-ever single electric vehicle commitment.

Making Data Centers Smarter

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:12:47 GMT

SynapSense CEO Pete Van Deventer and Maryrose Sylvester of GE Intelligent Platforms explain how technology is helping data centers consume less energy.

Tech That Cuts Carbon

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:01:59 GMT

GE's Alison Seward explains how GE’s refrigerator plants in the U.S. are being retooled to use cyclopentane, which is better for the environment.

Tranforming GE's Appliance Business

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:01:17 GMT

Jim Campbell, President & CEO of GE Appliances & Lighting, explains the more than $1 billion investment that's making GE's U.S. plants competitive globally.

The ABC’s of Lean

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:59:59 GMT

GE's Rich Calvaruso explains how GE is putting Lean manufacturing principles to work.

Scott Brusaw on Solar Roadways

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:31:19 GMT

Listen to an audio interview with Scott Brusaw, co-inventor of Solar Roadways, a technology that embeds solar panels in highways.

Designer Yves Behar discusses the new GE residential WattStation

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:36:21 GMT

The first GE WattStation was designed for public sidewalks, now the residential version for your home is here. Charging electrical vehicles in your garages means no more trips to the gas stations, something that surely no one will miss!

WZLX Boston - Ecomagination Challenge Radio Spot

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:38:53 GMT

Sage talks about embedding new transmission lines in the material we paint on roadways.

WBOS Boston - Ecomagination Challenge Radio Spot

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:38:49 GMT

Ann talks about an in-vehicle energy management system that utilizes excess energy stored in the batteries of electric and hybrid cars.

WXGC Atlanta - Ecomagination Challenge Radio Spot

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:21:14 GMT

Mike talks about turning 50 pounds of garbage into hydrogen energy to power 20 homes.

GE’s Flight Management System…Ready For A Smooth Landing

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:18:02 GMT

See how GE is helping airplanes save time and fuel every time they land.

GE's On The Right Track With Rail Edge

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:48:14 GMT

Watch and see how GE is using ecomagination to teach trains new tricks.

The GE Show Episode 2: Electric Vehicles - The Quiet Revolution

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:31:36 GMT

The changeover to electric vehicles has already begun. We're witnessing a revolution that could mean more to our future - and that of our children - than any in our lifetime. Explore the past and future of the EV ecosphere.

The GE Show Episode 2: Electric Vehicles - Living the Life Electric -Testimonial

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:34:54 GMT

Electric vehicles sound great in theory, but how will they fit into my life? The infrastructure that supports EV's is already being built. We'll show you where we are today, and what's coming very soon. And then we'll take it higher.

The GE Show Episode 2: Electric Vehicles - Living the Life Electric - Design

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:34:52 GMT

The GE Show Episode 2: Electric Vehicles - Living the Life Electric - Installer

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:34:50 GMT

The GE Show Episode 2: Electric Vehicles - Living the Life Electric - Introduction

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:34:47 GMT

The GE Show Episode 2: Electric Vehicles - Living the Life Electric - Roll Out

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:34:45 GMT

Affordable Modernization

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:51:31 GMT

GE's sponsorship of Maker Faire Africa centers on encouraging local innovation to help solve some of Africa's toughest challenges.

Landing in Bradley

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:15:04 GMT

This animation shows how the new high-tech flight path at Connecticut's Bradley airport compares with the old-fashioned system.

A new airspace era

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:56:39 GMT

GE's Steve Fulton explains how new flight path technology that cuts fuel and flying time is going public in the U.S.

Treasure hunting at Roosevelt Hospital

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:17:42 GMT

As part of a partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund, GE teams are helped NYC's Roosevelt Hospital identify $2.1 million in energy savings.

GE Healthcare "Treasure Hunt"

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:56:07 GMT

See how GE's treasure hunt team went on a three-day search for wasted energy at our Healthcare plant and identified $3 million in savings.

The origin of WattStation

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:56:57 GMT

GE's Michael Mahan explains how his team came up with the idea for the sleek new electric vehicle charger.

Powering up Indiana

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:18:36 GMT

Hoosier Energy shows how they’re using GE’s Jenbacher engines to convert landfill gas in Indiana into electricity.

Having a gas in Michigan

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:37:31 GMT

Hoosier Energy explains how their new complex in Michigan will capture landfill gas and convert it to energy for the power grid using GE’s Jenbacher engines.

Ecomagination Challenge (full program)

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:47:29 GMT

Watch a replay of the full July 13 ecomagination program including Jeff Immelt's talk on GE's new $200M innovation challenge and the two panel discussions that followed focused on innovation, collaboration and clean energy deployment.

Antoine Harary, Strategy One, discusses GE Innovation Barometer

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:13:15 GMT

Antoine Harary, Director at Strategy One, discusses the preliminary outcome of the GE Innovation Barometer.

GE ecomagination Showcase

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:12:46 GMT

Steve Fludder highlights the technologies showcased during the July 13th Create, Connect, Use event.

Ecomagination Challenge

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:51:57 GMT

Watch a replay of Jeff Immelt's July 13 talk in which he outlined GE's new $200M innovation challenge.

GE's $200 Million Ecomagination Challenge

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:23:09 GMT

GE announces a $200 million challenge to find and implement ideas that can modernize the power grid, right now.

GE WattStation: Charging the electric vehicle

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:04:11 GMT

Fuseproject founder Yves Behar describes the design of GE WattStation, an easy-to-use electric vehicle charger.

Ecomagination at 5

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:18:31 GMT

Advanced GEnx jet engines, more efficient locomotives, and water technologies are just a few of the ecomagination products spotlighted in this fifth anniversary video.

Unlocking the Smart Grid secret

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:34:31 GMT

A who's who of smart grid experts from Harvard, Google, The Economist and GE Energy explain the impact that smart grid technologies will have.

Hello, Dallas!

Tue, 25 May 2010 14:41:43 GMT

GE's wind blade, now covered in signatures, arrives in Dallas, Texas for the country's largest wind energy trade show.

Louisville steps up for wind

Tue, 18 May 2010 18:53:22 GMT

Employees at Louisville’s Appliance Park showed their support for wind power when GE’s giant blade rolled into town.

Top gun

Mon, 10 May 2010 13:57:26 GMT

See GE's Reporter at Large Vivek Kemp climb to the top of a 280-foot wind tower in Ransom, Illinois.

Columbus' Clean Air Fair

Mon, 10 May 2010 12:13:59 GMT

GE's wind blade helped promote clean energy along with displays featuring electric cars and even a bike that powered light bulbs.

Lean and mean

Fri, 07 May 2010 20:32:14 GMT

See how GE is using manufacturing techniques pioneered at companies such as Toyota to build it's new water heater in Kentucky.

GE at the World Expo in Shanghai

Tue, 04 May 2010 13:22:31 GMT

Mark Norbom, President and CEO of GE China, gives an overview of GE's exhibits in the USA Pavilion in the massive expo.

On the road again

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:15:45 GMT

GE's Capture the Wind tour gets underway as a giant wind blade becomes a traveling green energy petition signed by the public.

Wind energy equals jobs

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:14:17 GMT

South Dakota Lt. Governor Dennis Daugaard explains the huge impact that green energy jobs are having on his state.

Sign, sealed and delivered

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:32:53 GMT

GE reporter-at-large, Vivek Kemp, and multimedia producer, Ryan McAfee, along with approximately 250 locals, put their signature on the blade before it hit the road, as they pledge to be a part of America's energy future.

GE Appliances Help Consumers Get "SMART" About Energy Costs

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:44:30 GMT

Mike Beyerle explains how smart grid-enabled appliances can give consumers more control over home energy costs.

Target lights up with LEDs

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:13:32 GMT

See how Target Corp. is cutting its energy use by 60 percent with GE Lighting's LED refrigerated display cases.

Solar work shines in four GRCs

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:42:55 GMT

See how GE's labs in New York, Munich, Shanghai and Bangalore are working together on thin film solar technology.

The next generation grid

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:54:26 GMT

GE is teaming up with power utility AEP to bring Smart Grid technologies to market.

Building the largest wind farm in the U.S.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:55:01 GMT

GE's Steve Bolze explains the $1.4 billion contract that was just awarded to it by Caithness Energy to build a giant wind warm in Oregon.

Flipping New Jersey's smart grid switch

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:53:06 GMT

GE's Daniel Walsh explains how the new smart grid transformers now operating in Linden, NJ allow the NY and NJ grids to "talk" to each other.

Advanced coal technology in action

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:58:43 GMT

The Polk Tampa Electric IGCC plant in Florida uses GE’s advanced coal technology to produce electricity with lower emissions – and helped demonstrate the commercial feasibility of IGCC technology.

The science of capturing carbon

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:38:41 GMT

The animation from GE Energy explains how IGCC power plants – which use advanced technology to burn coal with lower emissions – are also designed to capture up to 90 percent the carbon dioxide that’s produced.

The ABCs of IGCC

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:54:37 GMT

The animation from GE Energy explains how the use of “integrated gasification combined cycle” technology, known as IGCC, can produce electricity with lower emissions than conventional coal plants.

GE's Trip Optimizer in Action on Canadian Pacific Locomotive

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:22:39 GMT

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reports on the fuel-saving software package in use in Canada on GE's Evolution locomotives.

Patent Pending Series: The Next-gen Locomotive

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:16:42 GMT

Take a ride on GE's hybrid bus with Technologist Lembit Salasoo and find out why we're so excited about the future for battery-powered hybrid locomotives.

Blade Running across the U.S.

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:27:24 GMT

A giant wind turbine blade made in Iowa makes its way to GE's NY plant, turning heads along the way.

On the Road with GE's Wind Blade

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:38:57 GMT

In an audio slide show, driver Chris Lewis chronicles his journey as he hauls a 134-foot wind turbine blade from it's Iowa factory to a GE plant in upstate New York.

Food, Fuel and the Future

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:24:10 GMT

One of the owners of the Craves Brothers Farm in Wisconsin talks tells how biogas energy production fits into the mix.

Meet the Jenbachers

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:24:05 GMT

Karl Crave gives an overview of how GE's Jenbacher engine burns biogas at their dairy farm.

Into the Deep

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:24:00 GMT

Dan Nemke of Clear Horizons, an energy firm explains how the manure digester helps create energy with the biogas produced.