How Rising Global Energy Demand Bodes Well For GE’s Long-Term
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Share  GE’s (NYSE:GE) energy sector related businesses have
steadily constituted an increasing portion of its value over the
past few years. Revenues from GE’s energy infrastructure
division as a percentage of its total revenues increased from
around 20% in 2007 to 30% in 2011, and the strong performance
has continued in 2012. [1] This growth has been driven by GE’s
increasing focus on the energy sector which is expanding driven
by growth in global energy demand. Additionally, increasing
revenues in the energy infrastructure division have also helped
GE to partially offset the impact of the financial crisis on its
largest division, GE Capital.  GE manufacturers oil and gas
drilling equipment and systems, gas turbines, power generation
systems, wind turbines, provides solar technologies and several
other related services as part of its energy businesses. It
provides products and services