General Electric has announced it will be releasing the 7HA and 9HA air-cooled gas turbines, according to a report from Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide. The H-class gas turbine will be released in two versions for the 50 Hz market, the 9HA.01 and 9HA.02, and two versions for the 60 Hz market, the 7HA.01 and…
U.S. turbines to power wind farm in Mexico
A global provider of wind turbines will provide Comexhidro eight 2.75-MW wind turbines that will generate clean energy for public lighting in the municipality of Santa Catarina, Nuevo León. The wind farm will help Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the amount produced by 10,000 cars a year. Comexhidro, the Mexican…
Huge wind power warehouse celebrates one year anniversary
GE recently hosted a celebration to mark the first anniversary of its central logistics center for renewable energy components in Olive Branch, Miss. The facility distributes replacement wind turbine parts and solar technology components globally, including to renewable energy sites in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. In the year since it was established,…
Swedish engineers pick 2.75-MW units for coastal installation
GE says that Swedish energy developer Triventus Wind Power AB will use GE wind turbines to power a 27.5-MW wind farm being built near Falkenberg on Sweden’s west coast. The U.S. OEM will supply Triventus with 10, 2.75-103 wind turbines. It will be supported through the country’s green certificate support system. Most of Sweden’s domestically…
U.S. OEM’s 2.5-MW turbines top 2-GW world capacity
An advanced 2.5-MW series wind turbines has surpassed 2 GW of installed capacity worldwide. By year’s end, more than 2,000 GE wind turbines with 100+ meter rotors will be operating in 15 countries worldwide, including 12 in Europe. Nearly 1,000 of these turbines will be multi-MW 2.5 series machines. This equipment has been selected for…
Recently upgraded turbine gets an up-rating
It costs millions to develop a new turbine so it makes sense to push the bounds of existing models. GE Energy has done so with the recently introduced 4.1-113 wind turbine. It says the 4.1-MW class machine brings a higher level of reliability to the offshore wind industry. The design builds on the company’s recent…
AWEA Wind Power Supply Chain Workshop: Logistics
Moderator: Nikhil Amin, President, Trinity Logistics Group Panel: – Vikash Patel, Transportation & Logistics Manager, GE Energy Logistics – Sally Chope, Transportation & Logistics Manager, Siemens – Terrance Moore, Dir. Business Development, American Electric Power (AEP) River Operations 1:30p – Vikash Patel, GE Energy – Quality of logistics from OEM is key in earning business…
GE Energy joint ventures in India help expand market share
General Electric Co.’s energy unit, GE Energy, plans to increase its’ growth in India through some domestic alliances and localizing production in key businesses such as wind power. “We can do partnerships, we can do licensing, we can do this in many areas, and we are looking at all these different possibilities,” Kishore Jayaraman, GE…
General Electric recieves $1.4 billion wind turbine contract
GE announced earlier this month that it received a $1.4 billion contract from independent power producer Caithness Energy to supply wind turbines and provide services for an 845-megawatt (MW) wind farm project to be located in Oregon. The wind farm, called Shepherds Flat, has received the majority of the necessary government permits to operate and…
GE buys more than a 3.5-MW turbine manufacturer
GE says it has acquired ScanWind, a developer of advanced gearbox-free drive trains aimed at offshore deployment. The company manufacturers and markets direct-drive wind turbines from its headquarters in Trondheim, Norway and a design-engineering center in Karlstad, Sweden. Direct drives connect the rotor to a generator that operates at low rotational speeds creating a simpler…
GE designs an “overcoat” for 2.5 MW turbines
GE Energy says its most advanced wind turbine, the 2.5xl, is now available with a Cold Weather Extreme (CWE) package. It ensures that the wind turbine operates in temperatures as low as -30C, and in survival mode without operation, at temperatures as low as -40C. The CWE package is important for wind turbines that operate…
Recovery plan stimulates a 74-turbine addition
One of the first wind energy projects expected to benefit from President Obama’s stimulus plan (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) is being developed by Invenergy Wind in LaSalle County, Ill. GE Energy, Schenectady, N.Y. will supply 74 of its 1.5-MW wind turbines to begin the expansion of the Grand Ridge Energy Center. When completed,…