As shown here, the past 18 years haven’t been kind to investors in U.S. industry icon General Electric–but exactly what went wrong? The common wisdom is that the enterprise was simply so diverse and far-flung that it had become unmanageable.
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Consumerism: A Double-Edged Sword
A colleague sent me an email explaining the “Centennial light,” noting, “They used to make bulbs that lasted forever, but they conspired to downgrade.” He went on to describe “The Phoebus cartel,” comprised by, among others, Osram, Philips, and General …
Those Who "Follow the Money" See That the World’s Industrial Giants Are Embracing Renewables
There are those who think that renewable energy is overhyped, won’t scale, is doomed if federal incentives get whacked, etc. Just don’t tell Siemens. One of the world’s 50 largest companies, Siemens shows no signs of curtailing its commitment to wind; …
Tagged with: ABB, General Electric, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Renewable Energy, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Wind Energy
Good News in Renewable Energy
Here’s an article that points to a further reduction in the cost of wind energy, based on collaboration between General Electric, Virginia Tech and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory that could fundamentally change how wind blades are designed, manufactured …
COP-18 Meetings in Qatar on Global Climate Change
I just participated in a real-time webinar, a live broadcast from the COP-18 meetings in Doha, Qatar. Here are my notes: • In the past few years, over 30,000 peer-reviewed papers have been published on global climate change, only 24 …
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Tagged with: alternate fuel transportation, carbon tax, clean energy, COP-18, Doha, energy efficiency, fossil fuels, General Electric, global climate change, human activity and global climate change, low-carbon economy, oil companies, Qatar, renewables, Siemens, world’s energy from renewable resources
General Electric Moving Away from Nuclear Energy
I write often on the folly of nuclear energy. If it were cheap, I guess we could have a conversation about how we could deal with the safety issues. But it isn’t; it’s fantastically expensive. Apparently General Electric CEO Jeffrey …
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Humanity Faces Crisis: A Quick Analysis
Scientists tell us that the threat of climate change (not to mention the other issues associated with the depletion of natural resources in the face of population growth) is the most important event facing mankind in the entire history of …
[The Vector] Renewable Energy – All Eyes on GE
…..continued from earlier post These same wind turbines have been chosen for the world’s largest wind farm, the 845MW Shepherd’s Flat project in north central Oregon. 338 turbines will be installed; GE says that this turbine yields the highest energy …
[The Vector] Clean Energy News from Around the Country: GE Goes Solar
On April 7th, General Electric (GE) announced it was purchasing PrimeStar Solar Inc., a thin-film solar panel manufacturer based in Colorado. GE also announced that it would build the nation’s largest solar panel manufacturing plant. The thin-film products developed by PrimeStar …
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Renewable Energy and Job Creation
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’m in the process of studying the size and shape of job creation that will come as a welcome by-product of the migration to renewables. How this sits in the constellation of benefits to …
Tagged with: capital formation, China, Congress, General Electric, India, job creation, mid-term elections, Siemens, subsidies, venture capital
