Editing General Electric (section)

===Power generation===
{{main|GE Power}}
{{see also|GE Wind Energy}}

Led by [[Sanford Alexander Moss]], GE moved into the new field of aircraft [[turbosupercharger]]s. This technology also led to the development of industrial [[Gas turbine|gas turbine engines]] used for power production.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hinds |first1=Conrade C. |title=Made in Ohio |date=2023 |publisher=History Press |isbn=9781467152945 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5W2pEAAAQBAJ&dq=Sanford+Alexander+Moss+GE+turbo+superchargers&pg=PA100 |access-date=14 June 2023 |archive-date=September 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918044853/https://books.google.com/books?id=5W2pEAAAQBAJ&dq=Sanford+Alexander+Moss+GE+turbo+superchargers&pg=PA100 |url-status=live }}</ref> GE introduced the first set of superchargers during [[World War I]] and continued to develop them during the [[interwar period]]. [[Supercharger]]s became indispensable in the years immediately before [[World War II]]. GE supplied 300,000 turbosuperchargers for use in fighter and bomber engines. This work led the U.S. Army Air Corps to select GE to develop the nation's first jet engine during the war.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/93760-general-electric-pioneers-jet-engine-manufacturing|title=General Electric Pioneers Jet Engine Manufacturing|last=Weber|first=Austin|date=March 28, 2017|work=Assembly Magazine|access-date=January 5, 2018|publisher=BNP Media|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704173947/http://www.assemblymag.com/articles/93760-general-electric-pioneers-jet-engine-manufacturing|archive-date=July 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> This experience, in turn, made GE a natural selection to develop the [[Whittle W.1]] [[jet engine]] that was demonstrated in the United States in 1941.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whittle |first1=Sir Frank |last2=Golley |first2=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W6HcngEACAAJ |title=Jet |edition=illustrated |editor-last=Gunston |editor-first=Bill |publisher=Datum Publishing |year=2010 |pages=181–182 |isbn=978-1907472008 |access-date=January 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205124418/https://books.google.com/books?id=W6HcngEACAAJ |archive-date=February 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> GE was ranked ninth among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts.<ref>[[Whiz Kids (Department of Defense)|Peck, Merton J.]] & [[Frederic M. Scherer|Scherer, Frederic M.]] ''The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis'' (1962) [[Harvard Business School]] p. 619</ref> However, their early work with Whittle's designs was later handed to [[Allison Engine Company]]. GE Aviation then emerged as one of the world's largest engine manufacturers, bypassing the British company [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce plc]].

Some consumers [[boycott]]ed GE light bulbs, refrigerators, and other products during the 1980s and 1990s. The purpose of the boycott was to protest against GE's role in [[nuclear weapon]]s production.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.transparency.org/research/gcr/gcr_private_sector/0/ |title=Global Corruption Report 2009, Corruption and the Private Sector |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320054022/https://www.transparency.org/research/gcr/gcr_private_sector/0/|archive-date=March 20, 2012 |publisher=[[Transparency International]] |date=2009 |page=148}}</ref>

In 2002, GE acquired the wind power assets of [[Enron]] during its bankruptcy proceedings.<ref name="Business Wire">{{cite news|title=GE Completes Enron Wind Acquisition; Launches GE Wind Energy |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_May_10/ai_85689772/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328074132/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_May_10/ai_85689772 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 28, 2008 |date=May 10, 2002 |publisher=[[Business Wire]] |access-date=August 9, 2010 }}</ref> [[Enron Wind]] was the only surviving U.S. manufacturer of large wind turbines at the time, and GE increased engineering and supplies for the Wind Division and doubled the annual sales to $1.2&nbsp;billion in 2003.<ref name="ieGE">Fairly, Peter. [https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-greening-of-ge The Greening of GE]  ''[[IEEE Spectrum]]'', July 2005. Retrieved: November 6, 2010.</ref> It acquired [[ScanWind]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=GE to build £99m UK wind turbine plant |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ge-to-build-16399m-uk-wind-turbine-plant-1928159.html |work=The Independent |location=UK |access-date=December 20, 2010 |first=Sarah |last=Arnott |date=March 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922022349/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ge-to-build-16399m-uk-wind-turbine-plant-1928159.html |archive-date=September 22, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2009/09/ge-closes-acquisition-of-scanwind.html|title=GE Closes Acquisition of ScanWind|website=Renewableenergyworld.com|date=September 15, 2009 |access-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310010641/http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2009/09/ge-closes-acquisition-of-scanwind.html|archive-date=March 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, GE Power garnered press attention when a model 7HA gas turbine in Texas was shut down for two months due to the break of a [[turbine blade]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ge-power-exclusive/exclusive-ges-push-to-fix-power-turbine-problem-goes-global-idUSKBN1O60F4|title=GE GE's push to fix power turbine problem goes global: sources|work=reuters.com|date=December 7, 2018|access-date=June 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531051321/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ge-power-exclusive/exclusive-ges-push-to-fix-power-turbine-problem-goes-global-idUSKBN1O60F4/|archive-date=May 31, 2019|url-status=live|last1=Scott|first1=Alwyn}}</ref> This model uses similar blade technology to GE's newest and most efficient model, the 9HA. After the break, GE developed new protective coatings and heat treatment methods. Gas turbines represent a significant portion of GE Power's revenue, and also represent a significant portion of the power generation fleet of several utility companies in the United States. [[Chubu Electric]] of Japan and [[Électricité de France]] also had units that were impacted. Initially, GE did not realize the turbine blade issue of the 9FB unit would impact the new HA units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ge-turbines-focus/ge-urges-speedy-fix-for-power-turbine-blades-says-blade-broke-in-2015-sources-idUSKCN1PJ0DM|title=GE urges speedy fix for power turbine blades, says blade broke in 2015: sources|work=reuters.com|first=Alwyn|last=Scott|date=January 25, 2019|access-date=January 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125063123/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ge-turbines-focus/ge-urges-speedy-fix-for-power-turbine-blades-says-blade-broke-in-2015-sources-idUSKCN1PJ0DM|archive-date=January 25, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>