The GE Brief: April 25, 2022
The Long Ridge Energy Terminal in Ohio, the first purpose-built power plant in the United States to generate power with hydrogen fuel, used a fuel blend of natural gas and hydrogen to produce electricity this month. Hydrogen does not emit any carbon when it burns. Using the gas to generate electricity could be an important tool for the energy industry to reduce emissions and meet its decarbonization goals. The plant has enough capacity to supply the equivalent electricity needed to power 400,000 U.S. homes. The beating heart of the facility is GE Power’s 7HA.02 gas turbine, one of the world’s most advanced gas turbines. GE Reports has the story?here.
In Bergen, New York, employees from GE Renewable Energy are using one of the world’s largest 3D printers to form the bases of wind turbine towers from high-tech concrete. Their success could help the wind industry break through bottlenecks that today limit the size and power of onshore wind turbines and also lead to more efficient wind farm designs. Read the story?here.
Software from GE Digital is helping accelerate the energy transition and making it possible for utilities to bring more renewables online.?We sat down with Jim Walsh, general manager of the grid software business at GE Digital, to talk about the challenges the energy industry is facing and where data and algorithms can help. “You can’t just scrap the grid as it exists today,” he says. “You need to transform the way that the grid operates, and the only way to transform the grid is through software.” Read more on GE Reports?here.
GE engineer Christine Andrews is working with NASA to develop a technology demonstration of a hybrid electric engine for commercial aircraft. The project could help GE Aviation reach its goal of net-zero emissions for its products by 2050. GE Aviation has been working on hybrid electric systems for more than a decade. The goal is to put everything together by the mid-2020s for ground and flight tests of a megawatt-class hybrid electric propulsion system. Read Andrews’ story?here.
In 2020, GE made a commitment to become carbon-neutral in its own operations by 2030, and last summer the company announced that it is going even further. It plans to be net zero by 2050 — including the Scope 3 emissions that result from the use of sold products. For Earth Day, the company pulled together a map listing some 60 global GE projects that can help reduce carbon emissions. They involve the use of hydrogen fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, small modular nuclear reactors, sustainable aviation fuel and other technologies. Take a look at the map?here.
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GE Aviation has a long history of innovation.?In 1941, the U.S. government tapped GE’s engineering expertise and asked the company the complete the development of a project that would lead to the country’s first jet engine. World War II was raging in Europe, and the engineers working on the project, known as the “Hush-Hush Boys,” had to work in complete secrecy. Eighty years ago this week, on April 18, 1942, they fired up their engine for the first time. Their story is?here.
Jim Walsh and other GE Digital executives describe the role software plays in the energy transition and how it is helping utilities bring more renewables online. Learn more about GE Digital at?ge.com/digital.
1.?A metal alloy that can withstand temperatures over?2,000 degrees.
2.?Blasting tumors with?sound waves.
3.?Flinging?payloads into space.
4.?Making skin cells?decades younger.
5.?Your cat?knows what you are saying.
?—?Quote Of The Day?—
“Our employees are innovating breakthrough technologies that will be the key to meeting global decarbonization commitments, enabling precision health and creating a smarter and more efficient future of flight.”
—?Roger Martella,?chief sustainability officer, GE
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