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OVERVIEW

Ecomagination is a competitiveorce or growth across GEs businesses.

With more than $85 billion in salesand services through 2010,

ecomagination is a business strategythat represents an area o continued

strength or the company. GE iscommitted to continuing that success.

In this section

Strategic Overview, Letter to Stakeholders, Advisory Board, Our Progress,Commitments and Product Portolio


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aircraft engineselectric vehicles

electric vehiclecharging stations

solar energy

water purificationtechnology

wind turbines

advanced materials

efficient lighting

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$85

2010

Our Missio

In 2005, GE launched ecomagination to address critical challenges, including

the need or cleaer ad more-efciet sources o eerg,reduced emissiosand abudat sources o clea water. Since then, weve been using our

unique energy, technology, manuacturing and inrastructure capabilities

to develop solutions.


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ecomagiatioproduct=

Customer &Ivestor Value

EvirometalPerormace

Our Products

To qualiy or the ecomagination portolio, oerings must signicantly and

measurably improve customers operatig perormace or value propositioand evirometal perormace. These oerings also provide value to

our investors:

The ecomagiatio Product Review(EPR) process ensures that:

oerings meet necessary criteria

associated marketing claims are clear,

compelling and substantiated

GreenOrder, an LRN advisory group

ocused on sustainability strategy,

veries the oerings claims.

22 2010


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think multi-local

We expect ecomagiatio sales to grow two times

aster ta te rest o te compa, and or GEs eorts

to be more exteral ad more global. Customers in

emerging countries are demanding aordable, ecient

and environmentally responsible products. To identiy

and understand local needs, we must partner with local

organizations and institutions.

think full-service

To increase sales, GE is creating ull-service solutios

through a network o partners. We are in a uique positio

to create product ecosstems, such as nding partners

to supply power inrastructure, batteries and nancing to

support electric vehicle development and use.

think beyond our four walls

GE is reaching beyond our our walls to fd te best ideas,

ad is udig tem through GE Capital and our venture

capital partners. In 2010, we started the ecomagination

challenge through a Web-based platorm to crowdsource

ideas or a smarter electric grid. In 10 weeks, we

received nearly 4,000 ideas and created a community

o74,000 people across150 coutries.

GE

partners

equipment services

customer

GE

Our Strateg

To bring exceptional value to our investors and other stakeholders, our strategy

includes: partnering with local organizations around the globe to meet localneeds; creating ull-service solutions; and going beyond our our walls to nd

and und the best ideas.


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Jere R. ImmeltChairman o the Board& Chie Executive Ocer, GE

Mark L. VacoVice President,ecomagination

Ecomagiatio isGEs busiess strategto create ew valueor customers,ivestors ad societ

b solvig eerg,efciec ad watercallegestoda.

At GE, we are well positioned to take on

the worlds most important problems.

Through the companys business strategy,

ecomagination, we are answering the

important questionhow will we grow

the economy and GE, and manage nite

resources while improving lie or an

expanding global population?

Ecomagination is GEs business strategy to

create new value or customers, investors

and society by solving energy, eciency and

water challengestoday. It is the belie and

commitment that we have been presented

with a alse choicegreat economics or

great environmental perormancethe real

answer is that through innovation we can

design and deliver both. And as a result, GE

will grow aster and win. And its working.

We believe we can lead in this era. We have

deep and practical technical knowledge

honed by more than a century o experience;expertise across the entire energy and water

value chain; capital to invest; and strong

channels to market.

In 2010, we both looked back over the ve

years o ecomagination and looked ahead.

Since our launch, ecomagination has met or

exceeded every goal we set:

$5 billion o clean-tech research and

development

$85 billion in revenue rom ecomagination

products and solutions

22 percent reduction in greenhousegas emissions

30 percent reduction in water use

$130 million in energy eciency savings

ecomagiatio 2010 Annual Report

To our investors, customers and other stakeholders:

A new global industrial revolution is transorming howwe create, connect to and use power and water.


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View tis stor olie:http://www.ecomagination.com/progress/overview/letter/

In 2010, we paused, and although we had

every opportunity to set modest goals given

the global recession, we accelerated our

ambitions or the next ve years:

Double clean-tech research and

development to $10 billion

Grow ecomagination revenue at twice

the rate o overall GE revenues

Reduce energy intensity by 50 percent

and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by

25 percent

Reduce water use by 25 percent

But we also committed to a greater role

or partnerships in this global transorma-

tion with the view that partnerships are

an accelerator.

In 2010 specically, we:

Continued to lead in clean-tech innovation

by committing nearly $2 billion to research

and development and by launching

the ecomagination Challenge, a record-

breaking $200 million partnership with

top venture capital rms to drive and und

open innovation or clean tech

Helped drive adoption o electric vehicles

(EVs) by purchasing 25,000 EVs, the largestsingle commitment ever; launching the

user-riendly WattStation charging solution;

and building total EV systems or customers,

rom the battery to the grid

Kept our ecomagination portolio ocused

on only GEs most innovative technologies,

such as: the rst FAA-approved Required

Navigation Perormance (RNP) solution,

which helps reduce uel costs and emissions

or fights, and Nucleus, a smart meter

technology that helps homeownersmanage energy use

Launched 22 new ecomagination products

and solutions, bringing the total portolio

to 110

Reduced GHG emissions by 24 percent

compared to 2004, ahead o our goal,

and water use by 22 percent compared

to 2006

In 2011, well drive innovations that increase

protability, create new markets and delivergreater competitiveness to GE, customers,

investors and consumers.

We will deploy the most ecient and fexible

gas turbines on the market, allowing power

plant operators to deliver cleaner energy

to homes and businesses. Well make solar

energy more aordable and accessible with

the most ecient thin lm solar panel o

its kind, to be produced at the largest solar

panel plant in the United States.

Our 300,000 employees are proud to build

this reliable and aordable energy uture

with the strongest pipeline o total clean

energy solutions since the launch o

ecomagination. Through our eorts to drive

open innovation, we are propelling this vision

with more partners in more countries than

ever beoreturning global challenges into

business opportunities that contribute to a

more prosperous world. This is ecomagination.

Join us.

Sincerely,

Jere R. Immelt

Chairman o the Board

& Chie Executive Ocer, GE

Mark Vaco

Vice President,

ecomagination

June 20, 2011
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James CameronVice Chairman,

Climate Change Capital

Eileen Claussen

President,

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Richard Edelman

President & CEO,

Edelman

Jonathan LashPresident,

World Resources Institute

Mindy Lubber

President,

Ceres

Thomas Kuhn

President,

Edison Electric Institute

Ernest Moniz

Proessor o Physics,

MIT

Orville Schell

Arthur Ross Director o Asia Societys

Center on U.S.-China Relations

ecomagination advisory board

Advisor Board

Ricard EdelmaPresident & CEO,Edelman

Egagig Stakeolders ora Better World

Electriig Adaptatio

Eilee ClaussePresident,Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Iovatig Eerg DespitePolitical Ucertait

Tomas KuPresident,Edison Electric Institute

Energy is essential to human progress. Societies

depend on it to maintain and improve quality

o lie, keep industries competitive and create

jobs. But despite energys importance, we

are not moving ast enough to make sure

we can meet our uture energy needs in ways

that are aordable, sustainable and secure.

The status quo is not the answer. We need

to move past the policy disputes o today

and take bold action to build a clean energyeconomy or tomorrow.

Fortunately, a handul o leading companies

such as GE have committed themselves

to doing their part to achieve this goal. But

these businesses need more certainty rom

government. They need to know that their

investments are aligned with public policies

that infuence and shape domestic and world

energy markets over time.

I am proud to see GE taking action on these

issues despite todays uncertainty and

the mixed signals business is receiving rom

governments around the world. GE knows

that transorming how we generate and

consume energy is essential to protecting

both the environment and our economic

competitiveness. Its time or others to ollow

GEs lead so we can see dramatic growth

in new clean energy technologies in the

years to come.

Over the last decade, companies have expe-

rienced a seismic shit in how and where they

engage. The marketplace has shited rom

a shareholder to a stakeholder model, with

new societal expectations o business. The

media now operates in a our-lea clover o

Mainstream, New, Social and Owned. Finally,

we are in the center o a global economic

transormation, where the dening challenge

o our time will be to do more with less.

As an Advisory Board member, I have seen

how GE is creating innovative technologies

that are ecient, reliable and cost-eective.

One way GE is accomplishing this is by

engaging innovators through an open model

o collaboration.

Through the ecomagination Challenge,

GE asked or new ideas to solve our global

energy problems. GE engaged various

stakeholders, rom GEs investment partners

like Foundation Capital to thought leaders likeWireds Chris Anderson to a group o students

in India, ultimately generating nearly 4,000

ideas rom 150 nations, 80,000 comments

and hundreds o media hits.

By embracing the complexity o collaborative

ideation, companies like GE are working with

ecosystems o innovators to introduce more

clean technologies that are helping to create

a better, more prosperous world.

Electric transportation has progressed urther

in the last decade than it has in the last

century. Innovation in design, advanced

battery technologies and greater consumer

interest and education are all making clean

technologies an increasingly desirable

choice or consumers.

Working closely with manuacturers, technical

partners and communities, electric utility

companies nationwide are adapting electricvehicles or their own feets and supporting

the development and deployment o inra-

structure to put more electric vehicles on

the road.

At Edison Electric Institute, we are helping to

educate constituents about the need to invest

in new generation, transmission and distribu-

tion inrastructure enhancements, and we are

optimistic about what the uture holds.

Like GE, we see electric vehicles as having the

potential to redene transportation, reducing

CO2

emissions signicantly as well as our

dependence on oreign oil. Even better, they

are un to drive; I, like many o GEs feet

operators, proudly drive an electric vehicle.

These are among some o the most exciting

times to be in our industry. The transormation

o the way the world thinks about energy will

not be a quick or an easy task. But it already

has begun.


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Deployed $1.8 billion to developinnovative technologies,delivering both operationaland environmental benets

Made strong progress towarda total $10 billion investmentbetween 2010 and 2015

$1.8BInVESTED In R&D

Since the launch o ecomagination in May 2005, GE has made sigifcat

progress on our commitments. In 2010, we:

22nEW PRODUCTS

24%REDUCTIOn In GhG EMISSIOnS

Reduced our water use by22% rom 2006 baseline, withan increase o 11% rom 2009

Using our own water recyclingand reuse technologies, weestimate additional reductionsin the uture

22%IMPROVEMEnT In WATER REUSE

Improved transparency via thisannual report, a Web site anda separate citizenship report

Engaged communitiesin collaborative ideationand partnerships

publicEnGAGED

CO2

1 2 3 4 5

PLEDGED TO DOUBLE OURInVESTMEnT In R&D

InCREASED REVEnUES ROMECOMAGInATIOn PRODUCTS

REDUCED GhG EMISSIOnSAnD EnERGy InTEnSITy

IMPROVED WATER REUSE KEPT ThE PUBLIC InORMED

Added 22 new productsand solutions to theecomagination portolio

Generated $18 billion inecomagination revenues

Reduced operationalgreenhouse gas emissionsby 24% rom 2004 baseline

Reduced energy intensity bynearly 33% rom 2004

Our Progress


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In 2010, GE Energy Financial Services hit

its multiyear target o investing $6 billion

in renewable energy. Nearly 30 percent

o the business units overall portolio is

now in renewable energy, up rom about

6 percent in 2006. Over the past two years,

the business unit invested, or committedto invest, more than $1.5 billion in wind

arms, closed transactions in solar and

hydroelectric power generation, and made

venture capital investments in smart grid

and renewable energy companies. The

investments span 14 countries across a

wide spectrum o capital.

Double our investment

in R&D

1

2006 2010

GE ENERGY

FINANCIAL

SERVICESPORTFOLIO

Dollars invested in Renewable Energy

30%6%

Our venture capital team oered customers

the insights o GE Global Research and GE

Energy, along with commercial collabora-

tion opportunities or GE businesses. This

two-way fow o innovation, through 2010investments, included:

Ciris Energy, whose biological technology

greatly accelerates the conversion o coal

to methane or cleaner energy

SynapSense Corporation, whose technol-

ogy improves energy eciency and cuts

power and cooling costs in data centers

CoolPlanetBioFuels, whose technology

converts low-grade biomass into high-

grade uel at dramatically lower costs

than current technologies

Soladigm, developer o energy-ecient

dynamic glass that switches rom clear to

tinted on demand in buildings, saving energy

and reducing cooling and heating costs

In energy project investing, GE Energy

Financial Services has supported thousands

o green collar jobs worldwide, helped

grow the multibillion-dollar U.S. renewable

energy manuacturing industry and

according to U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency methodologyavoided more than

23 million tons a year in global greenhousegas emissions. Project investments and

milestones in 2010 included:

The Toba-Montrose hydroelectric power

project, British Columbias largest

independent run-o-river hydro project

The Dokie Wind Project, British Columbias

largest wind arm

The 22.5-MW Sares and 10-MW Karadag

wind arms, GE Energy Financial Services

rst wind energy projects in Turkey

Idahos largest wind power project, a

183-MW cluster o wind arms using

GE Energys turbines

Investments such as these demonstrate

the powerul combination o GEs capital and

energy industry expertise, through which

were helping the renewable energy industry

continue to grow and innovate.

Reewable Eerg ad Clea Tec Ivestig

landmark project

$2 Shepherds Flat wind arm nowunder construction in Oregon

Completed project expected to supplyenergy to more than 235,000 U.S. homes

1.5 o CO

2emissions avoided on the

U.S. grid per year


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Increase revenues rom

ecomagination products

2

JAN 10 DEC 10

Technology Inrastructure Energy Capital Home and Business Solutions

ACCESS

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2010

Product Portolio

High-Efciency CT RequiredNavigationPerormance(RNP) Services

JenbacherAssociatedPetroleumGas Engine

QL Ultra-EfcientTransormer

GE Hitachi NuclearEnergy AdvancedRecycling Center

(ARC)

ePTFE Membranes& Preveil FiltrationProducts

ProfcySotwarePlatorm

DurathonBattery

VolusonCompactUltrasound

DVS Pumps or LiquidPipeline Applications

ArdenACCESS

DC Data CentersInspired byecomagination

Field ForceAutomationSotware System

WattStation

FuelEx NGLRecovery Skid

Smart Meters

Jenbacher J920

Large Gas EnginePowerHaulLocomotive

L250 6- & 8-Cylinder Engine

RailEdgeMovement Planner

Fuel & CarbonSolutions

C30-ACi(South Arican)

Locomotive


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In 2010, GE lowered its GHG emissions to

5.7 million metric tons, a reduction o

24 percent rom our adjusted 2004 base-

line.* In addition, our installed base o windturbines helped avoid GHG emissions o

45.4 million metric tons o CO2

equivalents

in 2010. In other words, the ossil uel

emissions our wind turbines helped to avoid

last year represent approximately eight

times the amount o the emissions rom our

business operations.

In 2010, our GHG emissions intensity

reduction was 37.4 percent better than in

2004. (Although we exceeded our goal o

30 percent GHG emissions intensity rom anearlier yearmeasured as CO

2-equivalent

emissions/revenue in millions o U.S. dollars

we continue to track this metric.)

In 2010, GEs energy use was 50.8 million

MMBtu, an 18 percent reduction rom the 2004

baseline year. This reduction is attributable to

7.4

5.7

GE OPERATIONAL

GHG EMISSIONS

(million metric tonsof CO

2-equivalent

emissions)

2004 2010

61.8

50.4

2004 2010

GE OPERATIONAL

ENERGY USE

(million MMBtu)

60.0

37.6

2004 2010

GE OPERATIONAL

GHG INTENSITY

(million metric tonsper $ million revenue)

2004 2010

498.7

335.4

GE OPERATIONAL

ENERGY INTENSITY

(MMBtu per$ million revenue)

or more iormatio,available in the online GE 2010Citizenship Report to be releasedJuly 2011, please visit www.ge.com/citizenship/ghginventory/.

Reduce greenhouse gasemissions and energy

intensity

3

our ocus on improving our energy eciency,

and to improving economic conditions

throughout 2010.

GEs energy intensity (measured as MMBtu/

revenue in millions o U.S. dollars) in 2010

improved by 32.8 percent since 2004.

In 2010, GE recognized 35 o its acilities

as CO2e award winners. These sites

had at least a 5 percent reduction in

GHG emissions versus the baseline year,

independent o changes in production

levels. In the aggregate, the sites reduced

their emissions by more than 200,000

metric tons o CO2 equivalents since2004. In addition, several sites in the U.K.

were recognized by the Carbon Trust

or their progress on carbon emissions

reduction eorts.

* Each year GE adjusts its 2004 baseline to account or

divestments and acquisitions. We measure our progresstoward our commitments against this adjusted baseline.

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In 2010, GE recognized 35 oits sites as CO

2e award winners,

all o which had at least a 5%reduction in GHG emissions.

200,000 o CO2

equivalents since 2004

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Factors contributing to the increase over last

years results:

Increased attendance at our NBC Universal

(NBCU) theme parks in the United States

(increase in potable water use)

Product-testing campaigns (increase in

once-through cooling water use)

Our original goal was to reduce our resh-

water consumption by 20 percent in 2012

rom our 2006 baseline. In early 2009, we

modied the goal to a 25 percent reduction

by 2015. (GE annually collects water data or

those sites consuming more than 15 million

gallons a year.)

GE also anticipates an additional 5 percent

reduction in our water use by using our

own Water & Process technology equipment

to recycle and reuse water. We anticipate

the new U.S. plant, where this technology will

be installed, to be operational by 2015.

Reduce water use andimprove water reuse

4

2006

15.3B galtotal

8.9B galonce-through

cooling

2010

11.9B galtotal

6.5B galonce-through

cooling

In 2010, GEs water use was 11.9 billion gallons,a 22 percent reduction rom our 2006 water baseline.

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Every now and then, the right mix o ideas,

people and passion comes together

and magic happens. New thinking comesorward, sparking real action.

2010 was a year o action. As an advisor

and judge or GEs ecomagination

Challenge, I was able to witness rsthand

the new ideas born through collaborative

ideation. The Challenge connected a global

network o innovators and revealed that,

when you bring great thinkers together, you

think bigger. When you cross-pollinate good

ideas, they become better. And when you

put rigor and scale behind those ideas, youunleash thinking that is both transcendent

and grounded in real business.

The value derived rom problem solving

with a network o ideas is undeniable.

This has shown us a clear path orward,

where industry collaborates with academia,

venture capital and entrepreneurs around

the world, in an open environment.

Last July, GE announced its $200 million

ecomagination Challenge: Powering the

Grid, an open call or the best ideas totransorm how we create, connect and use

power. Knowing we could not tackle these

challenges alone, GE partnered with our

leading venture capital frmsRockPort

Capital, Foundation Capital, Kleiner Perkins

Caufeld & Byers (KPCB) and Emerald

Technology Venturesto fnd and und

promising technologies. In 10 weeks, the

Challenge emerged as one o the largest

initiatives o its kind, generating nearly

4,000 ideas and creating a community

o 74,000 people across more than150 countries.

To date, we have:

Announced 12 strategic partnerships

Presented ve $100,000 Innovation

Awards

Invested $85 million with our VC partners

to develop and commercialize break-

throughs in energy storage, utility security,energy management sotware and electric

vehicle charging services

For GE, this Challenge was more than

a contestit was real business, backed

by signicant commitments through

investments and partnerships in a combined

market worth $20 billion.

The strategic partnerships chosen through

the Challenge are well positioned to yield

signicant returns on investment in the uture.

For instance, energy storage and intelligent

sensor technologies will both play critical

roles in building the grid o the uture. With

investments in Sentient Energy and SustainX,

GE will help commercialize advanced

technologies that solve our digital energy

challengestoday.

Additionally, Challenge partner Consert

Inc. recently announced that it had signed

a commercialization agreement with

Wake Electric Membership Corporation to

provide the companys Energy ManagementSolution. Conserts innovation will help to

improve the eciency, reliability and saety

o electricity delivery and use or Wake

Electrics members.

In January, we announced the second phase

o the ChallengePowering Your Home

to nd the best home-energy-management

technologies. GE and its partners believe

this space is ripe with opportunities or growth

and innovation; te eerg-efciet ome-

improvemet market is orecast to icreaserom $38.3 billio i 2009 to $50.2 billio

b 2014.

The ideas and technology exist today.

Investing in innovation has helped us

uncover them, and thats not just good

business or GE, its good business or the

global energy economy.

Cris AdersoEditor-in-Chie, Wired,and ecomaginationChallenge AdvisorB Tore Lad

Director, ecomagination Challenge

Ecomagiatio Callege

A Process Perspective

Networking Ideas


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200jobs

GE manuacturing acility inBloomigto, Idiaa

130jobs

GE Center o Excellence inBucrus, Oio

400jobs

Smart Grid Technology Center oExcellence in Atlata, Georgia

2,650jobs

Across the United States, supportedby a $750 million deal with

Reliance Power Ltd.or turbines

Job Creatio

At a GE manuacturing acility in Bloomington,

Indiana, that was once slated or closure,

were investing $161 million, designating it

a rerigeration design and manuacturing

Center o Excellence, and creating 200

new jobs. Most o the new products at the

Bloomington actory will be smart-grid

enabled to save energy and cut costs.

In Bucyrus, Ohio, we have invested more

than $60 million to expand the towns

lighting actory, designating it a GE Center

o Excellence, and doubling its workorce

by adding 130 new jobs.

In Atlanta, Georgia, we have created a

new Smart Grid Technology Center o

Excellence that will create more than

400 new jobs over the next three years.

Our new acility will serve as a smart

grid customer experience center, a

smart grid live testing laboratory and

worldwide headquarters o GEs Digital

Energy business.

Across the United States, an estimated

2,650 jobs will be supported by a

$750 million deal with Reliance Power Ltd.

in India or turbines, as GE purchases

equipment rom 240 domestic suppliers

an estimated 14 percent o which are

small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Through our continued investment in R&D and manuacturing, GE is helping to make

our compa,our people and our ecoomies more competitive. These investmentsdeliver sustainable growth and spur job creation.

In 2010, we accelerated our eorts to drive innovation, manuacturing and productivity

in a number o ways, ad over te past two ears, we aouced te creatio o

earl 7,000 ew U.S. mauacturig ad related-egieerig jobs:


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Ecomagination is GEs strategy to

help tackle the worlds biggest energy,

environmental and economic

challenges.

In this section

Examples o our latest developments in innovation, renewables, cleanpower generation, water purication, smart homes, e lectric vehicles,eciency and digital energy.

INNOVATION

OVerVIew INNOVATION


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with th incasing intst in lctic

vhicls, consums nd to kno thy

can div om point A to point B ithout

unning out o po. Ge is oking ith

utilitis and municipalitis in th Unitd

Stats and aboad to addss th nd

o a idly distibutd ntok o lctic

vhicl (eV) chaging stations.

In 2010, GE introduced the WattStation

electric vehicle charging station, a ast, easy-

to-use, award-winning charging solution

or the new electric vehicles now hitting the

nations streets and highways. WattStation

is designed to help enable an electric vehicle

owner to charge an EV aster compared

to standard (level 1) plug-in charging. By

enabling aster charging, GEs WattStation

(level 2) oers EV owners greater conve-

nience and fexibility in managing their dailyschedules. For example, an EV with a 24 kWh

battery will take between our and eight

hours to charge by using GEs WattStation,

instead o approximately 12 to 18 hours with

standard plug-in charging or a ull charge.

Its unctional, user-riendly design will allow

WattStation to be installed in a wide range

o convenient locationsretail stores, oces,

parking lotsanywhere a driver might park

a vehicle while engaging in shopping, work

or recreational activities. WattStation canalso help utilities manage the impact o EVs

on the local and regional grids.

WattStation is part o GEs commitment to

help build a total EV ecosystem, including

circuit protection equipment, transormers

and charging stations. With more than

100 years o experience in electrical distribu-

tion products, GE is uniquely positioned to

improve and upgrade the entire back-end

electric system to support chargingrom

the power plant, to the electric outlet, to the

car charger.

GE is also helping to develop cutting-edge

technology or EVs themselves. In act, more

than 70 percent o the hybrid electric vehicles

on the road today rely on GE innovations.

Working with industry partners, we are devel-

oping both more-ecient battery technology

and smarter battery nancing. For example,

through a partnership with Better Place, we

are pioneering a battery nancing program,

starting with a pilot project to nance

10,000 car batteries in Israel and Denmark.

With WattStation, complementary grid

technologies, better EV batteries and

nancing solutions, GE is providing a clear

road map or the large-scale deployment

o electric vehicles.

View this story online:http://www.ecomagination.com/progress/innovation/electric-vehicle/wattstation/

Power Sources

Smart Grid

Electricvehicles willbe poweredby energyfrom traditionalandrenewable sourceslike solar,wind.

Commercial Charging Stations Home Charging StationsWhile you can plug an EV into any standardhousehold120V outlet,youll geta signicantlyfastercharge andoptionalinternet connectivityif you installa chargerlike GEsWattStation.

Charging Stationswillbe available oncity streets,retaildestinations andotherparking facilities.

Asmarter gridwill transmitinformationbetween utilitiesandcharging stations,helpingto create additionalcapacity,andenablingconsumersto manage vehicle charging costs.

Better Batteries Up to 100 Miles On A Full Charge

Reduced Emissions*EVscan reduce CO2 emissionsover 30%

given the currentUS gridmix.*Source:EDTA(Electric Drive Transportation Association)

Afull charge with aLevel2 chargerlike GE'sWattstationstakes4-8 hoursandcan take acarfor upto 100 miles.

Enable longerranges withdecreasedcharging times.

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Financing SolutionsGECapital willprovide solutionsforbusinessesto nance electric

vehiclesfortheir eets.

$

Lightweight MaterialsAutomotive design havemade EVsmore powerful

andecientt han ever

InfrastructureGEprovidesinfrastructure solutions,liketransformers,submeters,and loadcenters,thatsupport the roll-outofelectricvehicles.

WattStation Driving Progress withElectric Vehicle Charging Stations

Convenient, user-riendly charging stations are designed toaccelerate the adoption o plug-in electric vehicles.
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OVerVIew INNOVATION

Qantas Aiays, Austalias lagst

ailin, is committd to opating in an

nvionmntally sponsibl mann.

Bcaus 95 pcnt o Qantas cabon

missions a du to ul consumption

duing nomal ight opations, th ailin

ndd a solution to duc ul bun, CO2

missions and nois, as ll as a liabl

ay to accss ath-challngd aipots.

GE Aviations PBN Services group wasenlisted by Qantas to implement Required

Navigation Perormance (RNP) systems that

would deliver signicant environmental and

economic benets. RNP technology allows

aircrat to fy extremely precise, curved fight

paths without relying on ground-based

radio-navigation signals. This accuracy

helps to reduce track miles, CO2

emissions

and aircrat noise, while conserving uel and

increasing airspace capacity. Because o

RNPs precision and reliability, it can help

air trac controllers reduce fight delays

and ease air trac congestion.

Qantas implemented its rst RNP procedure

in 2004 in Queenstown, New Zealand, an

airport that is highly vulnerable to fight

delays and diversions due to challenging

weather and terrain conditions. The RNP

procedures improved Qantas operationsinto Queenstown, signicantly reducing uel

burn and emissions rom fight diversions,

and increased saety in navigating the

airports mountainous terrain.

GE has since partnered with Qantas

and Airservices Australia, an air navigation

service provider, to deploy RNP at

17 Australian airports.

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QANTAS AirwAyS

120 rNP/daapproximate number o RNP proceduresby Qantas a day

22 mlln+ passngscarried as o April 2011 on RNP fights

50,000+RNP departures perormed as o April 2011

80,000+RNP approaches perormed as o April 2011

$20 mlln+estimated savings in uel and other costsper year with RNP deployed

RNP Services A Flight Path to Fuel Savings

Innovative GE technology enables a more uel-ecient approach toaircrat navigation and landing.
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$200 mllnestimated savings in capital andoperating expenses annually withRailEdge Movement Planner

I ight-moving tains abl to

incas thi vlocity by to mils p

hou, a aiload ith 20,000 mils o tack

could potntially sav appoximatly

$200 million in capital and opating

xpnss annually. And hn tains

mov ast and mo fcintly, ul

us, missions and nvionmntal impact

a all ducd.

GEs RailEdge Movement Planner sotwaremakes it possible or trains to move more

reight aster and more eciently on existing

rails, increasing capacity without laying

a single new track. Norolk Southern, the

rst U.S. railroad to implement Movement

Planner, is seeing dramatic improvements

in rail corridors where the sotware is

being used.

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RailEdge Movement Planner Enabling More-Ecient Freight Trains and Reducing Emissions

GEs RailEdge Movement Planner sotware enables trains tomove more reight more eciently, similar to an air traccontrol system, thereby saving costs and reducing emissions.

RailEdge is like an air trac control system

or trains. The sotware takes into account

train schedules, trac control systems

and train movements relative to one

another across an entire network. The

result is an optimized operating plan or

any given day, down to the optimal speed

at which a particular train should travel.With Movement Planner, railroads can

expect velocity increases o approximately

10 percent. That is typically equal to three

or our miles per hour in increased speed.

As with automobiles, a train traveling

aster with ewer stops and starts consumes

less uel. Unlike automobiles, however, a

train can move a ton o reight an average

o 480 miles on a single gallon o uel.

GE and Norolk Southern have implemented

Movement Planner in six o the companys

11 divisions, and expect to have it running on

all 21,000 miles o Norolk Southern track by

the end o 2012.

[The RailEdge MovementPlanner] is a great exampleo how ecomagination helpsour customers improve their

operations while reducingtheir environmental impact.Lonzo Simonlli

GE Transportation President and CEO
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OVerVIew INNOVATION

In Dcmb 2010, Ge sachs st a

old cod o 12.8 pcnt o thin ilm

sola panl icincy. This achivmnt

as mad possibl in a shot tim by ou

global tam o tchnologists, oking

aound th clock acoss th continnts.

We were ortunate to start rom a great

oundation. In 2007, GE Energy invested in

a small thin ilm solar start-up, Primestar

Solar, Inc. Primestars cadmium telluride (CdTe)

technology matched up well with GEs

diverse research capabilities.

By 2010, our research activities were in ull

swing. While scientists and engineers in GEs

Global Research headquarters in Upstate

New York slept, their colleagues in China and

India were perorming in-depth research to

nd the right material conguration.

As the Asian workday came to a close,

GE scientists and engineers in Munich,

Germany, the heart o the solar industry,

were just getting started. Using state-

o-the-art solar testing acilities, they

assessed the overall system perormance

o our panels to see i what we had was

scalable into a best-in-class product.

As the sun reached its peak in Munich,

researchers at GEs Global Research

headquarters in Upstate New York madetheir way to work. In the lab, they developed

cell sample ater cell sample. They tested

thousands o dierent congurations, with

each one telling them how to push eciency

and perormance ever higher. Throughout

the process, the Upstate New York team

Thin Film Solar Panel Increasing Solar EnergyEciency and Aordability

GEs global team o technologists works around theclock across three continents on the best technologies toincrease solar energy eciency and aordability.

worked seamlessly with Primestars team

as cell designs were replicated in moduleson their 30MW pilot manuacturing acility

in Colorado.

GEs record-setting solar panel was a

tting close to the chapter o research in

2010, but the work goes on. With ambitious

commercialization plans and the solar

industry more competitive than ever, GE

researchers already have second, third,even ourth generations o solar panels in

their sights. The sun never sets. The research

never stops.

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Pofcy sota is an comagination

tchnology platom o masuing and

managing th fcincy o manuactuing

opations. It nabls companis to

duc costs and manuactuing ast

and to div continuous impovmnt

outcoms. Optimizing manuactuing

pocsss is ssntial in th ood industy,hich acs th constant challngs o

balancing limitd soucs and maximizing

poduction output.

Clistar Corporation, a division o Cott

Corporation, is one o the largest producers

o private-label juice products in the United

Stateswith more than 145 blends and

a customer base that includes prominent

national and regional retailers. Based on

its continuous-improvement philosophy,

which values data-driven decisions, Clistarimplemented GE Intelligent Platorms

Procy production sotware suite in 2010.

Clistar believed there were signicant

opportunities to improve their operational

perormance and protability by ocusing

on product quality, production eciency

and material usage, and to gain visibility into

real-time operations management through

Procy sotware.

The goal o the tool is to have greater

insight into the process, said Don Enstrom,Senior Director, Manuacturing & Engineering

Services or Clistar. There are a lot o

people who believe they know the process,

but they dont really know it. They have

learned a lot by looking at real data.

In a ew short months, Procy sotware

enabled rapid gains in production eciency

in its packaging operations by highlighting

areas where equipment tuning, procedural

changes and training could be used to

address the underlying causes o all aspects

o inecient resource usageincluding

equipment, materials and labor. As a result,other Clistar plants are considering using

this sotware so that they can achieve these

kinds o results.

The use o manuacturing inormation to

drive rapid benecial change in methods,

machinery and manpower is critical

to maintaining Clistars competitive

advantage. In act, the company is using

the eciency gains delivered by Procy

sotware as a sales tool. By relaying their

measurements to potential customers, theydemonstrate their commitment to being an

ecient operator in the beverage industry,

and thereore a more cost-eective supplier.

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Profcy Sotware Unlocks Data to OptimizeOperations

GE Intelligent Platorms Procy Sotware Solution helpscompanies improve eciency and competitivenessthrough data visualization, tracking and optimizingmanuacturing processes.
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Smat City San Digos patns a oking

to solv issus o ngy fcincy and

liability, and to fnd sustainabl ngy

solutions o thi community.

GE has teamed up with the City o

San Diego, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E),

CleanTech San Diego and University o

CaliorniaSan Diego to launch the initiative to

move the city toward greater sustainability.

Smart City San Diegos rst project is to over-

see one o the largest early deployments o

electric vehicles in the United States. The rapid

rollout is expected to serve as an economic

boon or the city.

In the short term, the initiative will spur signi-

cant investments in home and public charging

outlets, clean energy sources and rigorous

studies in consumer behavior. Down the road,electric vehicles stand to save drivers 25 to

30 percent per mile in overall operating costs.

By banding together, the group looks to

overcome many o the challenges the mass-

scale adoption o electric vehicles has aced

in the past and to ensure smooth, ecient

integration. We are working together with

our customers and the community to create

an innovative and sustainable energy uture

with the utility as the platorm or reliability

and customer inormation, said JessieKnight Jr., chairman & CEO o SDG&E. By

doing this, we provide our customers with

the ability to use new technologies that

will help them save energy while providing

environmental benets or all.

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Smart City San Diego Prepares to Plug In

Caliornias second-largest city is taking the lead on the massadoption o electric vehicles.

This is the rst o many initiatives that our partnersthroughout the region will undertake to make SanDiego the oremost resource-conscious communityin the United States.Jy Sands

Mayor o San Diego
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Ge has patnd ith Land Tjas Companis

to povid building tchnologis and high-

pomanc poducts and appliancs,

cating an nti community o homs

that pomot ngy and cost fcincy.

Discovery at Spring Trails, located in Houston,

Texas, is a master-planned residential com-

munity o more than 1,000 homes being

developed by Land Tejas. GE worked with

Land Tejas to design a communitywide

standard that requires home builders to

use ultra-energy-ecient construction and

appliances, plus a minimum o 1 kW o

rootop solar panel. Land Tejas estimates

that this combination will make it possible to

reduce energy consumption by approximately

40 percent versus comparable new code-

built homes.

The new community is just one example o

GEs Homes Inspired by ecomagination

initiative, which is designed to lower overall

household energy, emissions and indoor

water consumption. A key to lowering energy

consumption is better use monitoring, which

can be accomplished with GEs Nucleus

energy manager system in conjunction with

a smart meter and in coordination with ones

local utility service. Research has proven that

when consumers have more inormation

about their energy use, consumption isreduced by an average o 10 percent.

Homes Inspired by ecomagination has

earned two industry classicationsthe

Environments For LivingCertied

Green classication rom Masco, and

the ENERGY STAR Qualied New Home

designation rom the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency.

GEs partnership with Land Tejas Companies

is one initiative among many that benet the

environment and provide homeowners withenergy and cost advantages.

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Homes Inspired by ecomagination Smart DesignBenets the Environment and the Homeowner

By combining building science with high-perormance appliancesand products, new home construction can signicantly reduce ahomes environmental ootprint and a homeowners expenses.
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On Mathas Vinyad, th Vinyad engyPojct (VeP) and Vinyad Po Co-Op

tund to Ge o hlp ith thi long-tm

vision: to povid 100 pcnt o th

communitys po ith ind and sola

ngy duing th o-sason, hn th

dstination is hom to 16,000 sidnts.

Duing th summ, hn appoximatly

110,000 popl might b on th island at

a givn tim, Mathas Vinyad ould

puchas po to supplmnt ind and

sola. Smat gid and dmand-spons

nabld tchnologis could hlp th island

balanc its ngy supply and dmand,

and maximiz th bnft o its sustainabl

ngy soucs.

In a pilot program, GE outtted more

than three dozen households on Marthas

Vineyard with GEs Nucleus energy manager

and GE Prole appliances equipped with

Brillion technology to help them more

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Nucleus Energy Manager Helping HomeownersMonitor Energy Use

GE smart grid technologies help Marthas Vineyard achievegreater energy independence.

Demand-response programs and technologies have proven eective in helpingutilities maximize the resources they currently have. As we look to create a more

sel-sustained and energy-independent island, GEs Prole appliances, equipped

with Brillion technology and Nucleus energy manager, could play a critical role

in helping us achieve a more sustainable electric grid.Td Bayn

Vineyard Energy Project

eciently manage their energy use andcosts. VEP, a nonprot organization that

promotes the use o clean and sustainable

energy, received nearly $800,000 rom the

U.S. Department o Energy to implement

smart grid technologiesincluding

smart appliances.

Nucleus, when used with a smart meter,

provides a wireless home energy monitor

that plugs into any standard electrical outlet.Once installed, Nucleus energy manager

communicates with the smart meter to

collect and store household electricity

consumption and estimated pricing data.

To help utilities manage peak demand, the

Nucleus and Brillion technologies can receive

and respond to price and demand-response

signals rom power companies to lower or

delay power consumption o enabled devicesand appliances during certain hours o the

day. Demand-response programs also can

help utilities avoid building more power

plants by incentivizing consumers to lower

their demand during peak hours. Reducing

energy use during peak hours also reduces

the communitys need to purchase backup

power to meet demand during energy spikes.
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In July 2010, Ge opnd its Gid IQ

expinc Cnt in Atlanta.

The Center provides perspective on current

energy consumption habits and potential

strains o projected demand. Tours o the

Center introduce visitors to new technologies

that can modernize our electrical grid,

and educate them on how to integrate

good decisions about energy use into

their liestyles. The Experience Center also

eatures in-depth technical demonstrations

so utility engineers can learn about GEs

proven energy solutions or increasing

eciency and reliability.

Global electricity demand is expected to

increase 75 percent by 2030, said Bob

Gilligan, vice president, Digital Energy or

GE Energy Services. We must take

action to modernize the grid to meet our

growing capacity, environmental and

security needs.

GE and the Grid IQ Experience Center have

been good or the local economy, employing

upwards o 200 people, a number that is

expected to double by 2012.

The Smart Grid Center o Excellence was

made possible through a public-private

partnership consisting o Georgia govern-

ment, energy industries and academia.

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As a source or energy education and innovation, theExperience Center will have a positive impact on the cityand our state or years to come.Govno Nathan Dal

Georgia

Grid IQ Experience Center Opens in Atlanta

GEs new exhibition space is helping raise awareness aboutenergy consumption.
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walmat undstands that maximizing th

fcincy o lighting systms is a su path

to ducing high ngy and maintnanc

costs. Thi putation as a tail industy

innovatoin aas such as opational

fcincy and sustainabilityis basd on

th ability to adopt and dploy tchnology

solutions. Lighting is an aa o paticula

ocus, givn that naly on-thid o a

walmat stos ngy consumption is

attibutd to lighting.

Over the past several years, Walmart

has engaged GE around the world or LED

lighting systems that have transormed how

retailers light their storesrom rerigerated

display cases to outdoor signage and

parking lot lighting.

In Puerto Rico, Walmart has made a

22-store, islandwide move to GE Evolve

LED Area Lights or its parking lots. Because

the LED lights consume less energy, thecompleted project is expected to save up

to 48 percent o the electricity traditionally

required to light the parking lots. In addition,

the long-lasting LED lights cut maintenance

costs approximately 75 percent by

providing an estimated 10-year service

lie (50,000-hour rated lie), which is our

times the recommended service interval o

a traditional high-intensity discharge (HID)

lighting system such as metal halide.

Consuming rom 97 to 220 watts, the

GE Evolve LED Area Light system replaces

traditional 400-watt to 1,000-watt HID

systems that can spill and waste light.Light-level uniormity improves signicantly

with the LEDs because they more eectively

throw light where it is intended, reducing

hot spots and dark spots. The result is

less refected light and glare at all viewing

angles, and improved utilization or a

positive impact on property appearance,

security and pedestrian visibility.

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GE Evolve LED Area Lights Walmart Puerto

Rico Improves Visibility and Eciency

LED area lights, which provide an estimated 10-yearservice lie, are rolling back energy and maintenancecosts or lighting parking lots.

The normally high costs o outdoor lighting canbe turned into an energy-eciency bellwether orthe company and the industry as a whole.Chals Zimmman

Vice President o International Design

and Construction, Walmart
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overview innovation

Bcaus o its apidly going population,

Clackamas County in noth-cntal Ogon

ndd to xpand and upgad its Kllogg

Ck wat Pollution Contol Plant. In

addition to potcting public halth and

th nvionmnt, county ofcials antd

to nsu that th impovmnts to th

astat plant ould b asthticallyplasing and occupy a minimal amount

o land in this havily ostd aa. Th

county as also committd to contolling

odo om th plant.

GE worked with the county to design a new

treatment acility using the ZeeWeed 500

Hollow-ber Membrane. The ZeeWeed 500

enables an advanced ltration process

that would meet Oregons Class A water

reuse standards, which are among the most

stringent in the United States.

The ZeeWeed 500s system works by

pulling wastewater through reinorced

hollow-ber membranes that separate

and remove particulate matter, resulting in

clean, high-quality water. This technology

has a record o outstanding perormance

in dicult-to-treat water sources, such as

municipal and industrial wastewater. The

ZeeWeed membrane ber has an extremely

small pore size so that it acts as a barrier to

biomass, bacteria and viruses, and retainsthese substances in the process tank.

ZeeWeed 500 Advanced Wastewater Filtrationor Growing Communities

As communities grow, high-quality water treatmentservices are critical to protecting public health andthe environment.

Because the ZeeWeed 500 eliminates

the need or other types o lters, the

improvements to the Kellogg Creek plant

occupied a reduced ootprint and required

very little high-value land. The new acility isalso cost- and energy-ecient.

With the ZeeWeed 500 and other advanced

technologies, GE is helping communities

achieve consistently high-quality water,

reduce the ootprint o water treatment

acilities and operate more economically.

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overview innovation

rlying on claifd iv at to cool a

plants pocss quipmnt can lad to

difcultis ith uctuating at quality,

as on Midstn Unitd Stats company

xpincd. Poductivity stalld bcaus

th plant sta constantly adjustd its

cooling-at systm to manag at-

contamination poblms. To solv ths

opating infcincis and cut costs, th

company tund to Ge.

Industrial acilities consume large volumes

o water to cool process equipment, which

requires cooling-water systems that can

repeatedly use the same water. Corrosion

and microbiological contamination must

be controlled to ensure sae, reliable and

ecient operation o these cooling systems.

Understanding the pressures that rising

energy costs and strains on capacity place

on industrial acilities, GE recommended

upgrading the plants chemical program with

its GenGard 8000 alkaline technology. An

extension o GEs existing GenGard product

line, the equipment helps acilities improve

eciency and reduce operating costs by

providing greater production output and the

ability to use alternative water resources.

With GenGard 8000, customers can treat low-

quality water. In many cases, the technology

can also eliminate the need or suluric acid in

pH control. Incorporating the most advanced

deposit and corrosion additives available,

GenGard 8000 is helping acilities trim acid

usage ahead o any industry regulations

requiring such a reduction.

The plant was able to resolve its water

contamination challenges through the use

o GenGard 8000. GE helped the plant control

corrosion and microbiological contamination

ensuring sae, reliable and ecient operation

throughout the cooling process.

GE also replaced the plants chemical eed

and control program with a TrueSense

Online Integrated Control Center to auto-

matically monitor and adjust water quality,

reeing workers rom the time-consuming

task o making manual adjustments in the

cooling process.

By improving operating eciency, reducing

acid use and enabling the use o lower-qualitywater, GE helped the power plant achieve

responsible, cost-eective water management

practices and provided substantial savings in

both water consumption and operating costs.

GenGard 8000 Advanced Water TreatmentThat Saves Money

A water treatment system designed or high-alkalineconditions helps a Midwestern power plant improve

eciency and realize operational savings.

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90M galreduction in water usage,

an estimated annualsavings o

more than $80,000
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iN oNe yeAr:

25 mlln ltso water saved

50%reduction o particulatematter emissions

150 mllnmetric-ton reduction o aldehydeemissions during the trial period

Ptobas, Bazils national ngy company,

sought Ges hlp in divsiying its ngy

soucs, hil alloing gat xibility in

po plants and building a oundation o

utu tchnology and innovation.

The result was the worlds rst sugarcane-

based ethanol power plant, powered by GEs

LM6000 PC aeroderivative gas turbines.

The Juiz de Fora Power Plant, serving 150,000

people in southeastern Brazil, is a simple-

cycle, natural gas plant with a total capacity

o 87 MW. The plant has two LM6000 PC gas

turbines, with GE-modied combustors that

enable the use o ethanol as well as natural

gas. This dual-uel capability enhances

the plants energy security and reliability byproviding a valuable alternative uel source.

Petrobras selected the aeroderivative gas

turbine or this project because o its

demonstrated reliability and high eciency,

and its ability to accommodate alternative

uels, including biodiesel, naphtha and

many others.

LM6000 Gas Turbines Modifed or EthanolSweet Success or Brazil

Worlds rst sugarcane-based ethanol power plants bringcleaner power to Brazil.

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overview innovation

Gat Nothn Hydoponics bgan a sach

o an altnativ po souc o its

55-ac tomato gnhous in Kingsvill,

Ontaio, six yas ago. Du to changs

in th gnhous industys conomics,

as ll as ising ossil ul pics, Gat

Nothn sa th nd o a cost-ctiv

and clan po souc o long-tm,optimizd ngy gnation.

Ater considering alternatives such as coal

and biomass, Great Northern opted or

a cogeneration solution and selected a GE

Jenbacher system that includes a CO2

ertilization option or greenhouses. Great

Northerns decision coincided with an

initiative by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA)

to expand the local grid with 1,000 MW o

cogeneration power. With GEs help, Great

Northern prepared an application to OPA orits cogeneration projectand won approval.

The 12-MW power plant, with our Jenbacher

JM620 units, began operation in July 2009,

and was GEs rst North American green-

house cogeneration installation. The plant is

expected to cut Great Northerns greenhouse

energy costs by at least 50 percent over a

20-year period and divert 15,000 tons o CO2

away rom the atmosphere and into crop

ertilization. It also will supply enough surplus

power to the grid to light 12,00015,000Canadian homes each year. Last year it was

also used to provide cooling to the ware-

house at the site.

As a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, the

Great Northern acility uses less uel with the

same power output compared to t raditional

greenhouses. This can lower regional industrial

emissions rom energy production. Jenbacher

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greenhouse CHP plants have eciency levels

o up to 95 percent.

The GE solution was ideal or Great Northern.

Greenhouse plants thrive in a CO2-enriched

atmosphere. Jenbacher cogeneration systems

create electricity or lighting that helps plants

absorb CO2. GEs advanced environmental

technology uses special catalytic convertersto puriy the engine exhaust gas, and then

the exhaust CO2

is recycled as ert ilizer. The

result is a bumper crop.

Jenbacher JM620 Gas Engines Bumper Crops romGreenhouse Cogeneration

GEs Jenbacher gas engines are giving a Canadian greenhouseoperator dependable, cost-ecient on-site power and a ready supply

o CO2 to ertilize its tomato crop.
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Abu Dhabi Gas Industis (GASCO), hich

manags onsho gas pocssing and

tanspotation in Abu Dhabi, as committd

to an initiativ by th Unitd Aab emiats

govnmnt to mt th ising dmand

o ngy. At th sam tim, GASCO sought

to maintain th highst-possibl standads

o nvionmntal stadship acoss allaspcts o its opations.

GASCO decided to partner with GE Oil &

Gasa natural choice, as GE gas turbines

represent more than 70 percent o its

installed feet.

This initiative was launched in 2010 by

GASCO CEO Mohammed Sahoo Al Suwaidi

and GE Oil & Gas CEO Claudi Santiago. In one

o the key activities under the partnership, a

technology-sharing seminar was attended

by 75 operational and engineering sta

at the Habshan natural gas complex in

February 2011.

The seminar introduced relevant products

and services rom across the GE Oil & Gas

ecomagination portolio. Discussion topics

included gas turbine emissions management,

the potential eciencies and environmental

benets o GEs Integrated Compressor Line,

and the compression and pumping o CO2

or enhanced oil recovery and carbon capture

and storage. The session also explored

options or upgrading existing equipment

or better availability and uel eciency.

GASCO and GE are ollowing up on actions

agreed to at the seminar and will reconvene

early next year to review progress and to

plan the next steps. Among the areas beingevaluated are new technologies to improve

eciency and reduce CO2

emissions per MW

generated, and increasing the reliability and

MTBT (mean time between trips) o existing

machines, thus reducing the occurrence

o faring.

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gasco-partners-with-ge/

GASCO Partners with GE Technology Solutionsor the Natural Gas Industry

GE Oil & Gas partners with Abu Dhabi Gas Industries tomeet growing energy needs with more-ecient technology.
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Allianc Piplin tanspots natual gas

though a 3,719-km (2,311-mil) piplin

systm, dliving mo than 1.6 billion

cubic t p day o natual gas to th

Chicago makt. Allianc is ddicatd to

bing a sa, liabl, comptitiv and

nvionmntally conscious Noth Amican

tanspot o natual gas.

In 2010, Alliance asked GE to solve the

problem o the rich-mix turbine uel gas,

used to power the pipelines compressorunits, consuming high-value natural gas

liquids (NGLs) in the process. GE engineers

and design teams worked along with

Alliance to create a new solution to lter

the NGLs and make them available or

storage and sale, creating signicant

nancial opportunities while simultaneously

reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The result was GEs FuelEx NGL Recovery

System, which separates heavier

hydrocarbons rom uel gas, to deliver a

predominantly methane-based gas turbine

uel while reducing CO2

emissions. FuelEx

makes available a stream o clean gas or

ueling the gas turbine, while the separated

NGLs are returned to the pipeline or to a

storage acility. The purer gas that travels

the length o the pipe as the result o

the FuelEx technology also improves the

perormance o the dry gas seals in the

pipelinereducing even urther the chance

o CO2

escaping in transit.

The rst installation o the FuelEx system is

scheduled to take place in the all o 2011.

Upon successul verication, as many as

14 skids could be installed along the entire

Alliance pipeline.

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FuelEx NGL Recovery SystemRecapturing Liquids Reduces Costs and Emissions

GEs pipeline o ideas leads to an innovativeapproach to recovering valuable natural gas liquids

and reducing emissions.

This technology allows us toenrich the pipeline, providing adirect benet or the end usero the pipeline. This reduction ingreenhouse gases also leadsto a direct nancial return, asthere are incentives in some othe Canadian jurisdictions inwhich we operate to reduce our

overall GHG emissions.Jim walsh

Vice President, System Optimization and

Eectiveness at Alliance
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235,000U.S. hmsare projected to receive energy generatedrom the Shepherds Flat project

260,000vhclsAbout 1.5 million tons o carbon dioxidecould potentially be avoided per yearequivalent to the amount produced byroughly 260,000 passenger vehicles

Caithnss engy and Ge a building th

olds lagst ind am, th 845-Mw

Shphds Flat pojct. Sttching acoss

30 squa mils in noth-cntal Ogon,

th pojct ill gnat nough ngy

to supply a pojctd 235,000 avag

U.S. homs.

To meet the needs o this expansive project,

Shepherds Flat will rely on 338 high-eciency

GE Energy 2.5-100 wind turbines. Representing

GEs most advanced wind turbine technology

in terms o eciency, reliability and grid

connection capabilities, the 2.5-100 is a

2.5-MW onshore wind turbine. It is designed

Caithness Shepherds Flat Using GEs AdvancedWind Turbine Technology

Proven in Europe and Asia, GE Energys 2.5-100 wind turbines

are now being installed in the United States, where they willpower the worlds largest wind arm.

to yield the highest annual energy production

in its class, and builds on the success o

GEs 1.5-MW wind turbinethe worlds most

widely deployed wind turbinewith more

than 16,000 now installed.

Shepherds Flat will be the rst large-scale

installation o 2.5-100 wind turbines in the

United States; however, they have already

been proven in projects across Europe and

Asia. Currently, 500 o the 2.5-100 wind

turbines are operating in countries such as

Romania, France, Holland, Turkey, Germany,

Belgium, Spain, Italy, Poland, Japan and

China. Key components o the 2.5-100

will be manuactured at GEs acility in

Pensacola, Florida.

The rst phase o the Shepherds Flat wind

arm is scheduled to begin operation in 2012.

Construction o the project involves not only

the installation o wind turbines, but also the

development o 95 miles o roads and 167

miles o transmission lines. Shepherds Flat is

owned by developer and managing memberCaithness Energy, along with GE Energy

Financial Services, Google and subsidiaries

o ITOCHU and Sumitomo Corporation.

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