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=== Environmental initiatives ===
[[File:GE Schenectady.JPG|thumb|right|GE facility in [[Schenectady, New York]]]]
[[File:EVChargingMarkham.jpg|thumb|upright|A General Electric EV charging station in North America]]
The environmental work and research of GE can be seen as early as 1968 with the experimental Delta electric car built by the GE Research and Development Center led by Bruce Laumeister.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Electric Delta Electric Car |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/general-electric-delta-electric-car-general-electric-company/OAFn1AJaAYWvrA |website=Google Arts & Culture |publisher=Museum of Innovation and Science |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528124155/https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/general-electric-delta-electric-car-general-electric-company/OAFn1AJaAYWvrA |url-status=live }}</ref> The electric car led to the production shortly after of the cutting-edge technology of the first commercially produced all-electric [[Elec-Trak]] garden tractor, which was manufactured from around 1969 until 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elec-Trak: A New Concept in Home Ground-Care | date=October 14, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kP4g57Ycw |publisher=General Electric |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528134840/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kP4g57Ycw |url-status=live }}</ref>

On June 6, 2011, GE announced that it had licensed solar thermal technology from California-based eSolar for use in power plants that use both solar and natural gas.<ref>Martin LaMonica, CNET. "[http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20069472-54/ge-invests-in-esolar-for-combined-solar-gas-plants/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 GE invests in eSolar for combined solar, gas plants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212032507/https://www.cnet.com/news/ge-invests-in-esolar-for-combined-solar-gas-plants/ |date=February 12, 2022 }}." June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2011.</ref>

On May 26, 2011, GE unveiled its EV Solar Carport, a [[carport]] that incorporates solar panels on its roof, with electric vehicle charging stations under its cover.<ref>Candace Lombardi, CNET. "[http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20066460-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Solar power carport charges cars in Connecticut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202083822/https://www.cnet.com/11128_3-20066460-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 |date=February 2, 2021 }}." May 26, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.</ref>

In May 2005, GE announced the launch of a program called "Ecomagination", intended, in the words of CEO Jeff Immelt, "to develop tomorrow's solutions such as solar energy, hybrid locomotives, fuel cells, lower-emission aircraft engines, lighter and stronger durable materials, efficient lighting, and water purification technology".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002669.html |title=Ecomagination: Inside GE's Power Play |publisher=Worldchanging.com |date=February 22, 1999 |access-date=April 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519111651/http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002669.html |archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> The announcement prompted an op-ed piece in ''The New York Times'' to observe that, "while General Electric's increased emphasis on [[clean technology]] will probably result in improved products and benefit its bottom line, Mr. Immelt's credibility as a spokesman on national environmental policy is fatally flawed because of his company's intransigence in cleaning up its own toxic legacy."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/opinion/nyregionopinions/talking-green-acting-dirty.html|title=Opinion &#124; Talking Green, Acting Dirty|first1=Ned|last1=Sullivan|first2=Rich|last2=Schiafo|work=The New York Times |date=June 12, 2005|access-date=August 11, 2019|via=NYTimes.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811113232/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/opinion/nyregionopinions/talking-green-acting-dirty.html|archive-date=August 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

GE has said that it will invest $1.4&nbsp;billion in clean technology research and development in 2008 as part of its Ecomagination initiative. As of October 2008, the scheme had resulted in 70 green products being brought to market, ranging from halogen lamps to biogas engines. In 2007, GE raised the annual revenue target for its Ecomagination initiative from $20&nbsp;billion in 2010 to $25&nbsp;billion following positive market response to its new product lines.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/1804493/ge-cleantech-sales-usd17bn |title=GE cleantech sales to top $17 billion this year |publisher=Businessgreen.com |date=October 27, 2008 |access-date=April 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313084634/http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/1804493/ge-cleantech-sales-usd17bn |archive-date=March 13, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, GE continued to raise its investment by adding $10&nbsp;billion into Ecomagination over the next five years.<ref>VentureBeat, Camille Ricketts. "[https://venturebeat.com/2010/06/24/ge-pumps-10b-more-into-green-technology-rd/ GE Pumps 10B More Into Green Technology R&D] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726180146/https://venturebeat.com/2010/06/24/ge-pumps-10b-more-into-green-technology-rd/ |date=July 26, 2017 }}." June 24, 2010.</ref>

GE Energy's [[renewable energy]] business has expanded greatly to keep up with growing U.S. and global demand for [[clean energy]]. Since entering the [[renewable energy industry]] in 2002, GE has invested more than $850&nbsp;million in [[renewable energy commercialization]]. In August 2008, it acquired Kelman Ltd,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2008/08/ge-energy-acquires-kelman-limited-53356 |title=GE Energy Acquires Kelman Limited |publisher=Renewableenergyworld.com |date=August 18, 2008 |access-date=April 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618220502/http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2008/08/ge-energy-acquires-kelman-limited-53356 |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> a Northern Ireland-based company specializing in advanced monitoring and diagnostics technologies for transformers used in renewable energy generation and announced an expansion of its business in Northern Ireland in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insideireland.ie/index.cfm/section/news/ext/generalelectric001/category/1084|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120703134817/http://insideireland.ie/index.cfm/section/news/ext/generalelectric001/category/1084|url-status=dead|title=Inside Ireland|date=July 3, 2012|archive-date=July 3, 2012|website=Archive.today}}</ref> In 2009, GE's renewable energy initiatives, which include [[solar power]], [[wind power]] and [[GE Jenbacher]] [[gas engines]] using renewable and non-renewable methane-based gases,<ref>[http://www.gepower.com/about/press/en/2008_press/120208e.htm GE's ecomagination, Certified Clarke Energy Jenbacher Power Plant Commissioned at Australian Coal Mine to Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212032435/https://www.ge.com/gas-power/about |date=February 12, 2022 }}, 2008, Gepower.com, Accessed April 14, 2011</ref> employ more than 4,900 people globally and have created more than 10,000 supporting jobs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reliableplant.com/Read/17126/ge-illustrates-broad-spectrum-of-alternative-energy-projects |title=GE illustrates broad spectrum of alternative energy projects |publisher=Reliableplant.com |access-date=April 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311061301/http://www.reliableplant.com/Read/17126/ge-illustrates-broad-spectrum-of-alternative-energy-projects |archive-date=March 11, 2012}}</ref>

GE Energy and [[Orion New Zealand]] (Orion) have announced the implementation of the first phase of a GE network management system to help improve power reliability for customers. GE's ENMAC Distribution Management System is the foundation of Orion's initiative. The system of [[smart grid]] technologies will significantly improve the network company's ability to manage big network emergencies and help it restore power faster when outages occur.

In June 2018, GE Volunteers, an internal group of GE employees, along with the Malaysian Nature Society, transplanted more than 270 plants from the Taman Tugu forest reserve so that they may be replanted in a forest trail that is under construction.