Comments on: GE Growing Their Green Side http://climateprogress.org/2008/02/03/ge-growing-their-green-side/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:20:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tony Welsh http://climateprogress.org/2008/02/03/ge-growing-their-green-side/#comment-8392 Tony Welsh Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:25:56 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/02/03/ge-growing-their-green-side/#comment-8392 GE, like much of US business but sadly not it's government, is serious about this. They are also working for example with Boeing on biofuel powered jet engines and separately on much more efficient incandescent bulbs based on photonic gap band technology. More on my blog, tonysclimateblog.blogspot.com. GE, like much of US business but sadly not it’s government, is serious about this. They are also working for example with Boeing on biofuel powered jet engines and separately on much more efficient incandescent bulbs based on photonic gap band technology. More on my blog, tonysclimateblog.blogspot.com.

]]> By: Eric http://climateprogress.org/2008/02/03/ge-growing-their-green-side/#comment-8391 Eric Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:12:02 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/02/03/ge-growing-their-green-side/#comment-8391 GE is a major customer of mine. GE Energys investment in wind energy is substantial and growing. Parts are sourced globally to build wind turbines. GE Transportation is investing in hybrids locomotives as Earl pointed out and is introducing new models of high speed locos in Europe as we speak. Its very exciting to be involved with General Electric as the company puts its many, many resources toward this worthy goal of "green". Eric GE is a major customer of mine. GE Energys investment in wind energy is substantial and growing. Parts are sourced globally to build wind turbines. GE Transportation is investing in hybrids locomotives as Earl pointed out and is introducing new models of high speed locos in Europe as we speak.

Its very exciting to be involved with General Electric as the company puts its many, many resources toward this worthy goal of “green”.

Eric

]]> By: Earl Killia http://climateprogress.org/2008/02/03/ge-growing-their-green-side/#comment-8385 Earl Killia Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:54:08 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/02/03/ge-growing-their-green-side/#comment-8385 GE is also developing hybrid locomotive: http://ge.ecomagination.com/site/index.html#hybr Locomotives have been diesel-electric for a long time, and even use the electric motors for both traction braking, but current designs don't store the braking energy; they instead just turn it into heat. Of the new design, the website says "The energy dissipated in braking a 207-ton locomotive during the course of one year is enough to power 160 households for that year." Rail freight is already 3 to 10 times the efficiency of trucking. This may widen the gap for a while, though hybrid class 8 trucks are in the works too. GE is also developing hybrid locomotive:
http://ge.ecomagination.com/site/index.html#hybr
Locomotives have been diesel-electric for a long time, and even use the electric motors for both traction braking, but current designs don’t store the braking energy; they instead just turn it into heat. Of the new design, the website says “The energy dissipated in braking a 207-ton locomotive during the course of one year is enough to power 160 households for that year.”

Rail freight is already 3 to 10 times the efficiency of trucking. This may widen the gap for a while, though hybrid class 8 trucks are in the works too.

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