Energy storage is critical to integrating renewable energy on the grid. Eric Gebhardt, VP at GE Power, talks about GE's launch of Reservoir. http://invent.ge/2HhwCzt

GE Energy Connections president and CEO Russell Stokes shares how his team is helping to bring the sights and sounds of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to millions of fans around the world.

Cutting cycle time by 75% in 4 days is nothing short of a quantum leap. Raj Thakkar, Vice President, Global Supply Chain and Sourcing for GE Energy Connections shares how his team achieved this in Apodaca Mexico. Read more here http://invent.ge/29XrijB

Electric grids around the world are like living organisms - constantly growing, shrinking and shifting - most of which weren't originally designed to accommodate wind and solar power. World-renowned renewables integration expert Nick Miller discusses how scientists and engineers are revolutionizing technology and practice to add renewables DNA into dynamic grids.

Europe's electric power markets are witnessing a significant evolution with the growing amounts of renewables on the grid, as well as growing demand side management across the continent. GE Energy Consulting Europe technical director Steve Pedder, discusses what all of this could mean for the future of European electric power industry.

Hawaii's experience integrating large amounts of renewable energy into its power system has been described as a "postcard from the future". The island state has some of the most aggressive renewable integration targets in the U.S. Because Hawaii's grid is literally "islanded" it can't rely on surrounding grids if there's a disruption to power on the system to prevent blackouts. The thinking goes if Hawaii's island can successfully integrate large amounts of renewables into its system, it should be possibly anywhere there are interconnected grid, like in mainland USA.

Against the backdrop of GE's Minds + Machines Europe 2016 event in Paris, GE Energy Connections' Chief Digital Officer Karim El Naggar shares how the company is leveraging digital to connect brilliant machines, grids and systems to turn the world on. Karim discusses the company's Intelligent Digital Substation which is showcased in the Minds + Machines Tech Hall, as well as other digitally-enabled products and initiatives.

With the rise of "the age of gas" and falling costs for renewable generation technologies, ensuring investments in new electric power projects are sound is critical. Bob Woodfield, Energy Financial Analytics manager for GE Energy Consulting talks about the role and importance of asset valuation in the electric power system, as well as what's likely to drive the economics of future power projects.

What's the future hold for integrating large amounts of wind and solar into electric grids around the world? The future is brighter than you might expect. Gene Hinkle, Managing Director for Power Economics at GE Energy Consulting discusses the economic and technical realities of integrating large amounts of renewables onto grid systems. The takeaway? Listen to find out!

Energy Consulting's Planning & Engineering manager Lavelle Freeman talks about the role of microgrids in the "utility of the future". Whether it's supporting resiliency, or enabling the integration of renewables, it's clear microgrids are going to play an important role in the future of electric power.

GE expert Jason MacDowell discusses the evolution of the Chinese electric power industry. China has some of the most ambitious renewable energy targets in the world. In this second episode of our EC Insights podcasts, MacDowell discusses how the Chinese electric power industry is rapidly shifting its generation mix from traditional fossil fuels to more renewable energy sources, and the impact it will have on grid planning and development in the country.