Lowering emissions now and into the future
With the innovative TAPS combustor, emissions are reduced well below 2008 standards. In fact, the GEnx engine is poised to meet emissions regulations, including stringent oxides of nitrogen (NOx) regulations, well into the future.
Lowering fuel consumption
The GEnx provides 15% better fuel consumption than the engine it replaces. This fuel consumption benefit translates into an estimated annual fuel savings of more than $2 million per year, per aircraft.
Lowering noise
Thanks in part to its unique high bypass composite fan design, the GEnx is the quietest large commercial engine in GE's history. The noise footprint area is up to 60% smaller than an aircraft powered by its GE engine predecessor.
Facts
• If today's worldwide fleet of 200–300 passenger aircraft were equipped with GEnx engines, annual CO2 emissions would be reduced by an amount equal to removing 800,000 cars from the road or adding 1.2 million acres of forest.
Source: Tons of carbon dioxide/acre absorbed by a forest.
• This same fleet could save nearly 500 million gallons of jet fuel each year—enough to fly more than 12 million people from New York City to London on Boeing 787 Dreamliner™ jets.
• GEnx engines projected to be sold in the next 20 years will emit an estimated 77 million fewer tons of greenhouse gases than comparable older engines.
