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The French Connection: Why GE and EDF Click
French energy giant EDF is a well-known nuclear-power-generation company, but now it wants to diversify its energy mix by expanding into renewable energy. Antoine Cahuzac, the CEO of EDF Énergies...
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Give and Take: How GE Aviation is Profiting from the GE Store
GE Aviation, one of GE’s largest and most profitable units, generated $24 billion in revenues in 2014. Talking to investors this week just before the Dubai Air Show, David Joyce, its chief executive,...
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What America’s First Offshore Wind Farm Reveals About GE’s Alstom Deal
Block Island is a teardrop-shaped piece of land some 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, U.S. It’s best known for its beaches, wind-swept bluffs and summer vacation homes. But a new attraction is...
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Amb. Michael Froman: If We Don’t Write the Rules of the Global Economy,...
America is at a crossroads in the world economy. If we don’t take the lead in writing the economic rules of the road through trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), other countries...
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Power Play: How GE and Alstom Can Shore Up Brazil’s Giant Power Grid
When it comes to electricity, Brazil deals with unique challenges. The fifth largest nation in the world has some of the planet’s longest electricity transmission lines, and its customers face some of...
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Engines of Inference: Peter Tu’s Tech Uses Computer Vision to Understand...
If Peter Tu’s technology takes off, an airplane could know when pilots get distracted in the cockpit and offer suggestions to help them make better decisions. Similarly, doctors could receive important...
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The World’s Largest Passenger Plane and Other Highlights from Day One at...
The 2015 Dubai Air Show opened for business on Sunday. Cities in the United Arab Emirates like Dubai and Abu Dhabi have become major aviation hubs over the last two decades and carriers based in the...
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Will Artificial Intelligence Do Great Harm or Great Good? — Interview with...
We must consider the key moral and policy questions around artificial intelligence and cyborg technologies to ensure our innovations don’t destroy us. How much do we really know about the impact of...
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GE Signs $2.6 Billion Deal to Supply 1,000 Locomotives to India’s Vast...
A recent five-year transportation study found that more than half of the trains running on India’s vast rail network didn’t leave on time. What’s holding them back? A lack of locomotives.Not...
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The Art of Engineering: The World’s Largest Jet Engine Shows Off Composite...
Nick Kray is no Picasso, yet his work is on display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. A decade ago, MoMA’s design collection picked up a composite fan blade from the GE90 jet engine that Kray helped...
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Under the Tuscan Sun: The World’s Largest Jet Engine Was Born in...
The seaside Tuscan town of Massa defies the Italian stereotype of vineyards and sun-soaked hilltops. True, Michelangelo got stone for David from nearby marble quarries, but today Massa is best known...
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In It for the Long Haul: Big Jets Will Keep Powering Middle East’s Airline...
Few places have seen more growth in the airline industry than the Middle East. Carriers that barely registered on the radar three decades ago have grown into powerful global players.That picture won’t...
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Honey, I Shrunk the Steam Turbine: We Could Drink from the Sea With This...
Scientists at GE Global Research (GRC) are working with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a super efficient desalination machine that fits in the palm of the hand.This innovative solution...
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Let’s Get Digital: Aviation Software Center Takes Flight in Dubai
GE Aviation’s latest technology center sits tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Dubai International Airport, inside the Dubai Airport Free Zone and just steps away from the executive jet...
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Cruising at Altitude — Q&A with Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group
After a dozen years of growth, the aviation industry has hit cruise control. But advances in Big Data, 3D printing and biofuels mean innovation will continue in the sector. The aviation industry has...
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Slush Helps Startups Get Flush: Plucky Finnish Tech Conference Draws Global...
In 2011, a group of students at Aalto University in Helsinki grew frustrated that startups in the Finnish capital were having a hard time finding each other. “There was no ecosystem for them and for...
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GE Signs $16 Billion Deal to Service Emirates’ Next-Gen Jet Engines
There is no region in the world with a higher concentration of large GE jet engines than the Middle East.The Dubai-based airline Emirates alone has 131 GE90-powered 777s in service and their engines...
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Steve Gullans: To Be Human Is To Adapt
The pace of innovation may be accelerating, but our ability to adapt to the latest technologies remains undeterred. Technology is not an obstacle to humanity. Humans evolve — behaviorally, physically,...
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