The GE Brief: October 17, 2022
The Great Retrofit
GE has more natural gas turbines installed in the U.S. than any other company. Could they ultimately burn up to 100% carbon-free hydrogen? The Department of Energy recently awarded $6.6 million in funding to GE to study such a transformation. The prize would be dramatic: hundreds of gigawatts of global capacity migrating from natural gas to hydrogen. Read more here.
A Powerful Statement
A different class of GE gas turbine, the aeroderivative LM6000, has already been operating on blends of up to 40% hydrogen in a pilot project at the New York Power Authority’s Brentwood plant on Long Island. Tests revealed a clear link between increases in hydrogen and decreases in CO2 emissions, which bodes well for further development of green hydrogen at other sites. Find out more.
Problem Solver
Gail Thompson has worn many hats in her 45 years with GE. Now a lead engineer at GE Aerospace’s Systems business in Grand Rapids, Mich., she is one of the first people new workers meet and has been a beacon of stability over a series of transitions. She’s also optimistic about the upcoming changes at GE Aerospace: “You have an opportunity to help shape things,” she says. Read more about Thompson here.
The 5 Coolest Things On Earth ??
1. How oxytocin might help mend an actual physical heart.
2. A compact cooling system that doesn’t use electricity.
3. The role that fungi play in cancer.
4. An all-electric seaplane.
5. Rewriting the timeline on plant evolution.
— Quote of the Day —
“NYPA’s hydrogen blending demonstration is uncovering new insights with implications well beyond New York.”
— Neva Espinoza, VP–energy supply and low-carbon resources, Electric Power Research Institute