Recent News: Solar, Water, Ecomagination, Bloomington, GE Money, New Facility, and Biffa.

Low cost, nano-based solar cell from GE
January 22, 2008 GE Global Research, has demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar cell, which has the potential to achieve up to 18% efficiency. The breakthrough by the lab’s Nano Photovoltaics (PV) team is a promising new development in making PV systems more economically viable for consumers than conventional solar options...

Student accused of theft from GE plant claims he got busy and didn't send cheque to finance office
An Oshawa co-op student has been charged with theft after equipment from GE Canada was stolen and sold, city police said...

Water business helps spur GE results
Water treatment was among the “big-ticket” businesses that helped General Electric Co. (GE) report record fourth quarter and full-year 2007 financial results, news organizations and the company reported over the weekend...

Pilgrim’s Pride Earns GE Ecomagination Award for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Waste Solids and Water Use
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (NYSE:PPC), the largest chicken company in the U.S., today received a 2008 ecomagination leadership award from GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), for achieving reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, waste solids, and water usage at its El Dorado, Arkansas facility. Presented at a general meeting of Pilgrim’s Pride executives in Atlanta, Georgia, the ecomagination award honors the company for achieving nearly $500,000 in annual operational savings and numerous environmental benefits...

Nonprofit organizations would be hit hard by loss of GE
The potential loss of Bloomington's General Electric plant may have repercussions throughout the area nonprofit community...

UK Biffa has approach from GE-backed fund: sources
British waste-collection firm Biffa has received a counter-approach worth around 1.5 billion pounds ($3 billion) from a fund backed by General Electric, said sources familiar with the matter...

GE Money Reports 650,000 Customers’ Data Lost
GE Money representatives officially announced on Friday that a backup tape containing the personal data of 650,000 customers has been reported missing since October2007 from an Iron Mountain storage facility. According to Iron Mountain representatives, no personal data appears to have been compromised so far, and this could just be a case of misplacement...

GE Opens New Facility in Skaneateles, New York
Today, GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies opens its new facility at 721 Visions Drive, Skaneateles, N.Y. An estimated 165 GE employees will be employed in the plant, which designs and manufactures remote visual inspection equipment for non-destructive testing in the aerospace, oil & gas and power generation industries...

UK Biffa has approach from GE-backed fund -sources
British waste-collection firm Biffa has received a counter-approach worth around 1.5 billion pounds ($3 billion) from a fund backed by General Electric, said sources familiar with the matter...