Photographer Chris New captures a beautiful shot of the full breadth of Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island. While the five GE Haliade turbines tower 600 feet above the water, there’s a lot going on under the surface. Photographer David Doubilet captures a lion’s mane jellyfish gliding underneath a turbine during our #OffshoreBlockParty — one of many marine creatures, native to Block Island, that have begun using the turbines’ steel supports for shelter. Read more about our latest InstaWalk at GE Reports.
We’ve officially cruised out to our #OffshoreBlockParty — with five photographers— to get a closer look at Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm.
The farm brings together five impressive GE Haliade wind turbines that are twice as high as the Statue of Liberty, holding a 400-ton power-generating nacelle in each of their towers. The blade tips tower 600 feet above the water, and GE’s innovative gearless permanent magnet generators can each produce 6 megawatts of power. That’s a combination that has the potential to transform the renewables business both in the U.S. and abroad.
What if light could measure athletic performance? GE Lighting answered that question by attaching biosensors to brilliant LEDs to measure the biometrics of Olympic athletes and hopefuls. The result was a beautiful visual of these Olympians writing their performances in the language of light.
As the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil come to a close next week, GE is proud to have been a global sponsor, helping power the sounds, images, and technology that bring the world’s largest and most-watched sporting event to life.
While our GEnx engines normally power the Dreamliner, GE Aviation’s latest version, the GEnx-2B, is optimized for Boeing’s brand new 747-8 freighter. The plane carries a quartet of these GEnx engines which can generate 66,000 pounds of thrust, along with an aluminum and composite body which allows it to travel the length of two football fields in one second. It’s also 16 percent more fuel efficient and able to lift 24 more tons than its predecessor. Now that’s a seriously powerful machine.
Learn more about the GEnx-2B and follow our progress at the 2016 Farnborough International Air Show here.
GE is going under the microscope to celebrate the life sciences and feature some cool nanongrams. Here, we can see a low-magnification image of the upper body region of a common fruit fly, which can carry serious diseases and destroy crops. But they can also be useful: housefly larvae feed on a wide range of decaying matter and waste. Research suggests that this adaptation could be used to combat ever-increasing amounts of waste and trash. Does that make them a friend or a foe?
Scientific practice can never
exist in a vacuum and must always work in
conjunction with everyday life. Rosalind
Franklin was best known for her role in
pioneering the use of X-ray diffraction, which
later aided her discovery of “the secret of
life” — the structure of DNA.
Last summer, Drone Week brought new perspectives on how our technology impacts the world. This year we’re taking it a step further with LIVE looks at the rarely-seen GE technology that’s powering Brazil, home of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Drone Week Rio takes off this Monday, June 13th. Tune in to our Facebook page for more details and updates.