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Brief Introduction to LIEP, especially EMC
General Electric a global power generation technology and services company, along with petroleum giant ExxonMobil and Stanford University have joined together on a multi-million dollar collaborative research project to identify and develop alternative and next-generation energy technolo gies including wind and solar.
The Global Climate and Energy Project (G-CEP) is unique in that the research results will be shared globally with scientists, governments and other private institutions in order to accelerate the development of these technologies, according to the groups. Recent reports from scientists have stressed the need for immediate research in alternative energy sources to avoid an extremely serious energy shortage in the future.
"The challenge before the world is to find energy systems that will meet rising demand and at the same time lower greenhouse gas emissions," said Scott Donnelly, Senior Vice President of GE Global Research. "There is no one organization or institution that can meet this challenge alone. It will take unprecedented partnerships, such as G-CEP, to discover the technologies that will power the world in the future. We are proud to be involved in this very important collaboration, which is a natural extension of the critical research we have been conducting in hydrogen, fuel cells, solar and wind technologies." |