MARKHAM, ONTARIO—February 8, 2012 GE (NYSE: GE) announced today the availability of the Multilin™ B95Plus Bus Protection for protection of large power system buses. The B95Plus system is the first large bus protection relay to use the Multilin HardFiber Brick IEC 61850 process bus merging unit in a distributed bus protection architecture. Learn More
MARKHAM, ONTARIO—February 8, 2012—GE (NYSE:GE) today announced the release of three new innovative Multilin technologies that provide advanced metrology and communications for submeters and Ethernet switches. The new EPM 6100 and EPM 7100 energy submeters and the ML810 managed compact Ethernet switch are the latest Multilin technologies from GE Energy - Digital Energy's Grid Automation business. Learn More
ROCHESTER, NY- January 24, 2012 - GE (NYSE: GE) announced today the new MDS Mercury™ 5800, an industrial-grade wireless network communications platform for mission critical applications. Designed for ruggedized environments, the MDS Mercury 5800 meets customers' expanding needs for data intensive applications by providing higher throughput for increased network reliability, quality of service for data prioritization, enhanced security features, and extended range to reduce network infrastructure costs. Learn More
ATLANTA, GA- January 18, 2012 - GE (NYSE: GE) announced today the availability of its new SGM3000™, a family of IEC smart energy meters designed specifically for utilities facing growing energy demands. GE's new IEC smart meter will lay the foundation to help Australia and the Middle East overcome 21st century energy challenges, building a more efficient, sustainable and reliable electric grid. Learn More
LEESBURG, FL.- December 19, 2011 - The city of Leesburg is modernizing the city's electric grid with a new set of advanced technologies designed to power 21st-century economic growth, increase energy efficiency, improve power reliability and empower its consumers. GE's new Grid IQ™: Solutions as a Service offering, an integrated grid modernization solution specifically designed for small to mid-sized utilities, that will enable the City to expand its current capabilities to deliver an array of energy services to better meet residents' energy needs. Learn More
NORCROSS, GA.—November 9, 2011—The city of Norcross, Electric Cities of Georgia (ECG) and GE Energy (NYSE: GE) today announced they are working together to deploy advanced technologies to modernize the city’s electric grid to power 21st-century economic growth. As a part of GE’s Grid IQ™: Solutions as a Service offering, these technologies will enable the city to expand its current capabilities to deliver an array of energy services to more efficiently meet residents’ growing energy needs.
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MARKHAM, Ontario — November 7 2011 — GE Energy (NYSE: GE) today announced the release of its new revenue class power quality meter, the Multilin EPM 7000. With high accuracy disturbance recording capabilities and large memory capacity, the EPM 7000 is ideal for monitoring industrial power and motor control centers, as well as power distribution networks in critical infrastructures such as data centers.
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CHICAGO, ILL.—October 24, 2011—GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that it is supporting ComEd's plans to modernize the electric grid and build the infrastructure to power 21st-century economic growth. As a world leader in grid-modernization technology, GE believes ComEd's efforts are vital to delivering efficient, reliable power to meet the area's growing energy needs.
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ATLANTA, GA. — Aug 25, 2011 — GE Energy today announced the release of GE's Smallworld*Water Office software solution, a suite of data models, applications, and integration products designed to help water supply & drainage utilities meet their current and future spatial asset management needs. Smallworld Water Office's network model provides structure to meet customer demand for a full water supply production, transmission and distribution company.
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MARKHAM, ON — July 28, 2011 — GE Energy today announced the release of its new platform of Multilin Distribution Automation (DA) Controllers; Voltage Regulator Controller, Capacitor Bank Controller and Field RTU, key building blocks of GE’s (NYSE: GE) advanced distribution automation solutions.
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Atlanta, GA — July 26, 2011 — GE’s Mike Carlson introduced a plan for a new smart grid solution in an address at the Municipal Smart Grid Summit in Florida today. Increased productivity, reduced operational expenses and minimal integration risks were touted as key benefits of a solution tailored specifically for small to mid-market utilities. Carlson outlined the dramatic changes facing municipal utilities, the resulting challenges that must be overcome to thrive in the 21st century and GE’s planning of a “wing-to-wing” solution for meeting those challenges.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom.—July 21, 2011 — GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it has finalized the acquisition of Ireland-based FMC-Tech, a leading provider of smart grid technology equipment providing real-time power line monitoring capabilities. The acquisition, first announced in May, marks another milestone in both GE’s dedication to smart grid excellence and its commitment to smart grid development in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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IRELAND—June 23, 2011—GE Energy is using its expertise and passion for grid modernization to promote the development of a smart grid pilot network in Northern Ireland. The pilot would allow for a greater number of renewable energy sources such as wind, wave and solar energy to be connected to the existing electrical network—reducing carbon emissions and ensuring energy security and reliability.
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SÃO PAULO—June 14, 2011—GE, Trilliant and AES Eletropaulo are collaborating in a smart grid research and development project—bringing the benefits of smart meters to the city of Sao Paulo and setting the stage for a more reliable and efficient energy infrastructure in Brazil. The first-of-its-kind project for the utility connects GE smart meters’ advanced technology through Trilliant’s wireless communication network to AES Eletropaulo’s meter data management center—improving system monitoring, identifying problems before they occur and reducing the duration of interruptions in energy supply.
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Rochester, N.Y.—June 13, 2011—GE Energy announced today the release of MDS WiYZ, an industrial, field hardened, wireless data acquisition product for remote sensors, transducers and I/O. With WiYZ battery powered remotes, MDS WiYZ allows users to reliably automate data collection from remote locations even when they lack power. MDS WiYZ implements the ISA100.11a standard combined with serial and IP/Ethernet communication featuring cellular, WiFi and MDS backhaul options. All WiYZ devices are NEMA 4X, IP65 rated for field installation without any additional enclosure, accessory or integration costs making them exceptionally cost-effective for remote monitoring requirements.
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Markham, On.—June 2, 2011—GE Energy today announced the new Multilin Stator Ground Protection
module and the Field Ground Protection module that provide a complete generator monitoring,
protection and control solution when used in conjunction with the industry leading Multilin G60
generator protection relay. The advanced stator and field ground protection modules provide easy
system configuration, minimizes life-cycle costs and increases system uptime.
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ATLANTA, GA.—May 24, 2011—GE announced today that it intends to acquire Ireland-based FMC-Tech, a leading provider of real-time power line monitoring to accelerate the commercialization of power grid technology. FMC-Tech is one of the dozen investments resulting from GE’s 2010 ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid.
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CAMBRIDGE, UK—May 12, 2011—Today, GE launched the new Grid IQ™ Transformer Analytics Service as part of its Grid IQ solutions portfolio. Grid IQ is GE's company-wide commitment to solving customers’ toughest challenges in innovative ways with more efficient, reliable and sustainable energy solutions. The Grid IQ Transformer Analytics Service uncovers potential problems and helps proactively reduce unplanned outages by identifying transformer failure conditions before conventional alarms are raised. The utilities using this service will benefit from minimized regulatory penalties, revenue loss and product waste associated with unexpected failures.
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CAMBRIDGE, UK—April 28, 2011—GE announces the Smallworld Physical Resource Assignment solution—GE's next step to strengthening the value of Smallworld solutions for customers operating in the new telecommunications industry landscape. An integral part of GE's Smallworld Network Inventory portfolio, the Smallworld Physical Resource Assignment solution takes a customer service request and assigns the required physical resources needed to support that request.
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ATLANTA, GA—March 29, 2011—GE announced today the Intellix™ GLA 100, a cost-effective transformer warning solution using Dissolved Gas-in-oil Analysis (DGA), specifically tailored for monitoring less critical transformers. With the Intellix GLA 100, utilities, operators and industrial users can now cost-effectively extend their transformer monitoring strategy to include a broader range of transformer assets—further decreasing the chance of unplanned outages and improving network reliability.
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MARKHAM, ONTARIO—March 9, 2011—Today GE and the Government of Ontario announced a new $40 million Grid IQ™Innovation Center, the first center of its kind for GE in Canada, to be located in Markham, Ontario. Grid IQ is GE’s company wide commitment to solving customers’ toughest challenges with more efficient, reliable and sustainable energy solutions. The 200,000 square foot center will develop and manufacture grid modernization technologies and will encompass a global testing and simulation laboratory. The building is expected to open in July 2012.
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CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM—January 25, 2011—GE announced today it has published the “ROI Handbook for geospatial network infrastructure management solutions: A structured approach to quantifying and delivering business value.” The ROI handbook is designed to help network operators make fact-based decisions about investments in network infrastructure management solutions, gain buy-in by making the right level and pace of investment and support their business objectives based on a quantifiable return-on-investment (ROI).
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ATLANTA, GA.—February 2, 2011—GE today announced the release of the Smallworld* Enterprise Gateway solution. This new software product enables users of GE’s geospatial solutions to directly use Smallworld data for applications operating on Oracle® Spatial technology.
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ATLANTA, GA.—February 1, 2011 — GE and Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd. today announced a joint venture to design, build, market and service a new generation of electric meters, supporting Japan’s advancement to a smart grid infrastructure. The newly formed joint venture, GE Fuji Meter Co. Ltd, builds upon GE’s proven smart meter technology and Fuji Electric’s leading Japan-based manufacturing and sales network to provide quality, cost-effective meters to the country. Smart meters provide utilities and consumers with information to help them better monitor, understand and control energy usage.
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ATLANTA, GA.—November 8, 2010—The evolution of a smarter power grid in the United States and the resulting impact it could have on the economy and environment were highlighted in a keynote address by GE’s Bob Gilligan at the Advanced Energy 2010 Conference today. Gilligan explained how even conservative adoptions of technology solutions could enable Americans to sustain and improve their energy-dependent lifestyles.
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ATLANTA, GA.—October 29, 2010—GE has launched its Grid IQ™ Demand Optimization System, a new solution relying on GE’s advanced demand response management system software to deliver comprehensive demand-side management support. This holistic solution helps utilities and consumers increase efficiency, lower their carbon-footprint and even reduce operations and energy costs. Grid IQ is GE’s company wide commitment to modernizing the world’s electrical infrastructure.
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ATLANTA, GA.—October 28, 2010—Luke Clemente, general manager, metering and sensing systems—digital energy for GE Energy Services, issued this statement today on how smart grid technologies assist in storm situations. “Managing the inconvenience and danger of power outages caused by storms like the ones we’re experiencing this week is a great challenge for the utility industry,” said Luke. “As Mother Nature turns out the lights across the country, we are reminded of the broader impact that a smarter grid can have on consumer."
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ATLANTA, GA.—Sept. 9, 2010—The Hydrogen Assisted Renewable Power (HARP) project in Bella Coola, British Columbia is now officially installed and operational. This state-of-the-art energy storage project securely powers the remote community of Bella Coola with less environmental impact. The HARP system is expected to reduce Bella Coola’s annual diesel consumption by 200,000 litres – lowering greenhouse gas emissions by 600 tons annually.
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Sept. 8, 2010—Many utilities unveiled their smart grid plans, and even broke ground over the past year, and we've started to see headlines move beyond smart meters to encompass more game-changing smart grid efforts such as renewables integration, grid automation, system optimization and electric vehicle preparation. In addition, we've become smarter about how to increase energy efficiencies and utilize cleaner energy sources more effectively thanks to new R&D efforts and market trials.
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ATLANTA, GA.—August 2, 2010—GE made a major step forward with its worldwide commitment to improve the ways we make, move and consume electricity with the acquisition of SNC-Lavalin's Energy Control Systems (ECS) business and its network management and control software. ECS software is already improving the reliability, efficiency and carbon profile for 300 million people on six continents.
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ATLANTA, GA.—July 21, 2010—60,000 consumers in south-central Pennsylvania won’t notice any
immediate changes—because nobody notices when the lights stay on—but their electric service is
about to become more efficient, reliable and consumer-friendly as PPL Electric Utilities launches a
smart grid project that includes GE’s world-class distribution management system. GE’s
network management software gives PPL Electric Utilities new ways to “see” and control the status,
performance and interaction of equipment throughout its grid.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, - July 13, 2010 – GE today introduced the GE WattStation, an easy-to-use electric vehicle (EV) charger. Designed to help accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles, GE WattStation significantly decreases time needed for vehicle charging and, using smart grid technology, allows utility companies to manage the impact of electric vehicles on the local and regional grids.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, - July 13,2010 - CEO Jeff Immelt announced GE’s Ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid, a $200 million open innovation challenge to find and fund the best ideas for bringing our power grid into the 21st century. Co-funded by four venture capital firms, the challenge aims to leverage GE’s scale, technical expertise and client relationships to bring new ideas to market quickly. WIRED magazine’s Chris Anderson also weighed in on the importance of this challenge calling it “the biggest of its kind”.
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ATLANTA, GA. - June 22, 2010 - In a national survey commissioned by GE, 79 percent of Americans said they would adjust their energy consumption habits and behaviors in the short term to effect change long term, quite possibly because most of them (72 percent) believe that how they generate and use energy today could actually harm the economic growth of the country. Sixty-three percent noted they would work with their power company to influence change in consumption habits.
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Dublin, Ireland - May 10, 2010 - Today’s smart grid technologies can help Ireland’s ambitious plans to increase
renewable energy. This is the message Bob Gilligan, vice president - digital energy for GE Energy Services, will
deliver today to delegates at the Inter-Government conference, “Marine Energy and Smart Grid Technology.”
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Atlanta, GA - April 22, 2010 -The leading worldwide resource for clean, reliable, efficient energy delivery will
be headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., with the opening of GE’s Digital Energy business’ new Smart Grid Technology
Center of Excellence (COE), the company announced today. The Smart Grid Technology Center of Excellence (COE) is another
demonstration of GE’s commitment to discovering and deploying clean, sustainable and economically viable energy solutions
to satisfy ever-increasing worldwide energy demand.
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Atlanta, GA - April 22, 2010 - The GE Field Force Automation (FFA) toolset that utilities rely on for
optimizing field worker activities has earned GE’s ecomagination™ status for the significant environmental benefits the
solution delivers, GE announced today.
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Yangzhou, China - April 19, 2010 - GE is working with the city of Yangzhou, China, to become a worldwide
destination for energy efficiency, reliability and sustainability by supporting the grand opening of Yangzhou’s state-of-the-art
Smart Grid Demonstration Center. With worldwide adoption of smart grid technologies growing as a way to ensure adequate clean,
affordable energy, solutions showcased at the center will serve as a model of smart grid success for utilities across China.
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Erding, Germany - March 29, 2010 - The 33,000 citizens of Erding, Germany will benefit from the environmental
advantages of GE smart grid technologies in a major step toward managing energy and water consumption. Stadtwerke Erding,
the city’s public works department, is implementing a ground-breaking pilot installation that will consolidate and report
data to homeowners on energy and utility usage, including electricity, gas, water and heating.
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Atlanta, GA - March 23, 2010 - Even though many U.S. consumers are in the dark when it comes to knowledge about
smart grid innovations, those who are enlightened about the technology’s capabilities are ready to upgrade — especially when
their lights are out.
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Columbus, OH - February 17, 2010 - GE and Juice Technologies announced a joint development agreement
to create intelligent plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging devices for U.S. and global markets. The chargers integrate
GE’s smart meters with Juice Technology’s Plug Smart™ engine to help consumers charge their cars during low-demand, lower
cost time periods.
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London, UK - February 8, 2010 - Technology available today can be employed to create viable, sustainable,
smart cities. That will be the message that Bob Gilligan, vice president — transmission and distribution for GE Energy
Services, will deliver to delegates at the Chatham House conference, “The Future of Cities.”
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Atlanta, GA.- January 22, 2010 - John D. McDonald, general manager of marketing for GE’s transmission
and distribution business has been selected to head the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology’s
Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Governing Board (SGIPGB). The unanimous choice of governing board members, McDonald will
leverage his decades of grid automation experience to help organize the group’s agenda and activities. He also will serve
as the board’s chief spokesperson.
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Yangzhou, China - January 8, 2010 - The City of Yangzhou and GE will be working together to help bring
the benefits of smart grid technologies to China. GE is building an extensive smart grid demonstration center in the Yangzhou
New Economy and Development Zone that will verify how GE technologies deployed throughout the world can help China improve
the reliability, efficiency and carbon footprint of its energy delivery. Yangzhou is located on the Yangtze River in China’s
Jiangsu province.
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Atlanta, GA - January 8, 2010 - GE is introducing an in-home, multi-function energy information panel that will give
consumers insight and control to help them manage energy usage and understand costs. The sleek, touch-screen panel will wirelessly connect
to a household’s smart meter, appliances and thermostats, via ZigBee® or Wi-Fi®, to gather information, manage usage and deliver the
real-time knowledge that empowers smarter energy choices.
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GE teams up with utility AEP to bring smart grid technologies to the market. Now customers can make smarter decisions
about how they use their power. Better communications between the meter and the grid helps AEP improve the quality and reliability of their
services for residential and business customers.
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Oklahoma Gas & Electric is deploying 6,600 GE Smart Meters to bring real time energy usage data into homes,
enabling power consumers to reduce usage during peak hours and save money.
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Energy Smart Florida, an energy efficiency initiative, is spurring a $200 million investment in smart grid technology and
renewable energy over the next two years. This joint effort among GE, Florida Power & Light, Cisco Systems and Silver Spring Networks,
has the potential to be the most extensive, holistic smart grid city implementation in the US.
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GE enables CenterPoint Energy's Advanced Metering System by providing a wireless communications network that supports the transmission of
electric utility meter data to CenterPoint's existing private network.
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London, ON - November 5, 2009 - The Innovation Lab will give students and faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering (ECE) hands-on experience with the latest power system protection and communications technology used to improve the resiliency
and responsiveness of the electrical grid.
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