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Director Debora Frodl as “ creating innovations which make both economic and environmental sense for customers .” In the last 10 years , GE has amassed over $ 230bn in revenue and reduced its emissions worldwide by 12 percent , with a goal to reduce this further by up to 20 percent . With an additional $ 10bn placed within research and development operations , GE continues to push the use of renewables and has put aside $ 13bn in energy assets to develop this objective further .

Consequently , approximately 40 % of electricity generated in the Middle East is produced by wind power as a result of GE ’ s persistent drive within the renewable sector . The company has provided over a thousand turbines in the Middle East , which will be further expanded through a recent agreement by GE Renewable Energy and Fina Enerji in Turkey . GE is set to provide 150 new

wind turbines in the region , which will be situated within nine wind farms .

Additionally , the new wind farms will become digital . Incorporating GE ’ s Predix cloud software , which enables companies to analyse large volumes of data through an integrated service , the turbines will produce significant data analytics and high-quality insights in realtime , increasing overall energy production and detection of any issues , therefore reducing costs . Becoming a platform-as-a-service ( PaaS ), Predix also works with a number of industrial apps , and allows users to access information , anytime , anywhere .

GE ’ s success with wind energy has seen the company recently sign a cyber security agreement with Invenergy in the US to secure its fleet of turbines , becoming one of the largest cybersecurity deals in history , totalling $ 13mn over 10 years .

The implementation of GE ’ s digital platforms has enabled an

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