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GE Energy is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2006 it generated revenue of $19 billion. On its website GE-Energy states that it "works in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels."<ref>[http://www.ge-energy.com/about/press/en/2007_press/121907.htm "GE Energy Receives Largest Jenbacher Gas Engine Order: Projects Support Bangladesh Rural Electrification Initiative"], Media Release, December 19, 2007.</ref> GE Energy boasts that it hgas approximately 36,000 employees operating in over 100 countries. In a backgrounder on the company it states that over 10,000 gas turbines in both planes and energy plants have been installed as well as over 3,390 steam turbines, 6,000 gas engines, 8,650 wind turbines and 56 nuclear plants.<ref>GE Energy, [http://www.ge-energy.com/about/info/en/downloads/05_fact_sheet_global.pdf GE Energy], undated, accessed December 2007.</ref>
In September 2011 Keith White, director of GE Energy’s coal gasification business stated, "We make a majority of our money in China today. They use their coal for quality high-end products." White said that leaders in Wyoming should continue their support of coal-gasification and keep in mind the need to expand to additional markets like plastics and other refined products. He noted that a high volume of coal in China is refined into liquid byproducts "such as naphtha, and other products that are the feedstock of plastics and the Chinese garment industry."<ref>[http://wyofile.com/2011/09/ge-wyoming-coal-could-be-converted-to-shirts/ "GE: Wyoming coal could be converted to shirts" Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile, September 16, 2011.</ref>
==GE Energy’s nuclear business==
