November 19, 2012 - GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions business has unveiled its Ecomagination-approved WattStation and WattStation Connect, an electric vehicle (EV) charging station and software platform. The solution allows WattStation owners to manage charging stations remotely, along with the ability to manage and set customer pricing for EV charging, provide access control at their facilities and generate reports. EV drivers can also view and locate GE’s WattStations, obtain directions to EV charging stations, access pricing details and determine whether a unit is available for charging. In addition to global positioning systems (GPS), the GE WattStation Connect data will be available through the Internet, mobile app/device and future in-vehicle (built-in navigation) systems. Now available, GE’s customizable WattStation pedestal EV charger features a retractable cord.

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October 18, 2012 - EBMag has learned the upcoming 5th annual Corporate and Community Social Responsibility (CCSR) Conference—being held November 6, 2012, at Algonquin College in Ottawa—will feature a special session entitled “Emerging Priorities: Managing Sustainability in the Electrical & Electronics Industry”.

October 10, 2012 - GE Energy has released its Multilin D400 Advanced Substation Gateway with Distributed I/O Controller for consolidating and optimizating substation monitoring, control and communications. GE’s Multilin Advanced Substation Gateway provides an Automated Record Retrieval Manager (ARRM) tool, enabling users to retrieve and store records from devices connected to GE’s substation gateway, archive information locally and automatically distribute to user-selected locations within the enterprise network.

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July 9, 2012 - GE has introduced its PowerXpand portfolio, which features several GE technologies designed for customers looking to address temporary power needs or in search of permanent power “in a pinch,” it describes. The portfolio consists of GE’s TM2500 and TM2500+ mobile aeroderivative gas turbine generator sets, the Jenbacher J320 containerized gas engine generator set and the V250/V228 diesel engine generator sets. According to GE Energy, PowerXpand technologies offer start-up times of less than 10 minutes, allowing providers to ramp up quickly to meet peak demand and ramp down to avoid energy waste.

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Electrical Business caught up with GE Energy’s Electric Odyssey Tour when it stopped at the Canadian Assembly Centre. On hand were GE’s Ajay Gupta, director, channels (Canada) and Michel Roy, Eastern Region sales director, to take us through the vehicle that’s on a six-month road show highlighting product and service offerings from the Industrial Solutions business.

EBMag recently attended the 5th anniversary celebration of GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions’ Canadian Assembly Centre. It involved a cake-cutting with Richard Attwood, plant manager, GE Canadian Assembly Centre, and Michel Roy, GE sales director, Eastern Region.

EBMag was there as GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions business celebrated the five-year anniversary its Canadian Assembly Centre (Mississauga, Ont.), saying the centre exemplifies “the company’s commitment to providing timelier, cost-effective service to its customers operating in Canada”. CLICK HERE for VIDEO.

May 25, 2012 - Join in the festivities as GE Energy celebrates the fifth anniversary of its Canadian Assembly Centre. Offering a range of distribution product solutions, including power panelboards, switchboards and lighting panelboards, the Assembly Centre services all Canadian provinces.

May 1, 2012 - GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions business kicked off the “Electric Odyssey Tour”—a six-month road show that highlights “innovative product and service offerings”. Attendees can experience the technologies that touch all parts of the electrical infrastructure, including low- and medium-voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, transformers, arc flash mitigation products and lifecycle service solutions.

March 22, 2012 - Now available is GE's Grid IQ Network Communications Platform, an end-to-end, industrial-grade networking communications platform that supports AMI, SCADA and other mission critical grid automation communication applications. Designed for ruggedized environments, the Network Communications Platform meets customers’ expanding needs for a single network that can support multiple grid applications, says GE. The platform also supports utilities’ critical needs to simplify operations, lower overall operating and capital expenses, as well as providing the capability to leverage legacy networks and end devices, it adds.

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