The GE Renewable Energy offshore wind turbine plant in Saint-Nazaire (France) is completing the manufacturing of its first commercial series of Haliade Offshore wind turbine nacelles.
The top 10 most stunning wind-farm images of the last few years
GE completes domestic compliance for wind and solar inverters in Brazil
The renewable energy sector in Brazil has high expectations for growth in the coming years. By 2024, solar power will account for 4% of Brazil’s energy matrix, and wind power will be the second-largest energy source by 2020, accounting for 12% of production. Following this trend, GE’s Power Conversion business has just completed domestic content…
GE Renewable Energy introduces new suite of digital wind farm apps
By shifting from unplanned outages to predictive maintenance, the Diagnostics and Prognostics apps can help wind farm operators reduce maintenance costs by up to 10%.
GE’s North American studies show no hard limit to renewables on a grid system
GE has performed numerous studies on renewable integration, and has launched a new interactive infographic consolidating the key findings from three of its North American studies to help provide valuable insight to those looking to add renewables to their power mix.
GE blog: Three key trends that will define the future of wind industry
Competing in the wind industry is like playing on a major league baseball team.
GE’s new 2-MW wind turbines score more than a gigawatt of U.S. capacity in first quarter
GE Renewable Energy announced its new 2-MW onshore wind turbines were responsible for significant growth throughout the first quarter of 2016. The new product platform was selected in contracts totaling more than a gigawatt of new wind capacity in the United States. “We continue to invest in wind technology because it drives growth,” said Anne…
Sky Global One plant in Texas features first GE J920 FleXtra natural-gas engines in US
Sky Global Partners, LLC’s “Sky Global Power One” power plant features six of GE’s Jenbacher J920 FleXtra gas engines representing the first 60-hertz, 8.6-megawatt units in commercial operation in the United States.
GE and Deepwater mark progress on first-ever U.S. offshore wind farm
GE says it is continuing to make progress with the assembly of the first tower parts to be used at the Block Island Wind Farm. This project will use five 6-MW GE “Haliade” turbines to generate 30 MW of power at America’s first offshore wind farm. That’s enough to produce around 125,000 MWh of electricity, thereby meeting approximately…
Renewable energy in China: moving into the next great dynasty
While the country looks on track to becoming a self-sufficient, clean energy superpower, there are some important issues it needs to tackle in order to rise to the challenge.
GE to evaluate renewable integration and energy storage possibilities in India
Last year, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and President Obama outlined numerous trade and investment initiatives with India at the U.S.-India Business Council Summit. Included in the plans was an initiative to invest nearly $2 billion for priority renewable energy projects in the country. Building off of this momentum, today, GE announced that…
Technology is letting us secure our energy
Due to the growing size and scope of wind turbines, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are increasingly looking to work with a partner that can provide multiple components as well as meet their servicing needs.
GE rolls out 6-MW offshore wind generator
GE Power Conversion has successfully completed manufacturing the first serial permanent-magnet generator (PMG) in GE Renewable’s offshore wind factory in Saint-Nazaire, France, which was inaugurated in late 2014. The factory is set up to have a capacity of manufacturing 100 generators per year. As part of the first series, 300 generators are to be manufactured on…
GE announces 1.4-GW of December wind orders
GE Renewable Energy has announced that it secured 1.4-GW of firm and unconditional wind turbine supply orders in the month of December. The agreements call for GE’s wind technology to supply more than 20 new wind projects across seven different countries. Approximately half of the planned 1.4 GW is scheduled to be installed outside the…
GE’s high-power density power electronics modules on the horizon
GE Power Conversion created the LV3 power stack which has increased density, reaching 1,250 amps compared to previous offerings of 1,000 amps.
GE to provide 1 GW of wind converters and become key technology partner to Sewind
Spinning high off the shores of Jiangsu and Fujian provinces in China stand the avant garde of China’s renewable energy future: wind farms that will enable the country to reach an installed wind-power capacity of 200 GW by the end of 2020*. Outpacing the Chinese government’s own projections, the rapid growth speaks of the immense…
Enel Green Power sells GE minority stake in two U.S. wind farms
Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA) has entered into two agreements with GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric. The agreements consists of EGPNA selling: Twenty-four percent of both its “Class A” interests in the 235-MW Chisholm View Wind in Oklahoma. Chisholm View is located in Garfield and Grant Counties, and has been operational…
GE signs its largest French onshore wind deal
GE Renewable Energy (GE) will provide 43 wind turbines and a full services agreement for two new wind projects in eastern France. The agreement marks GE’s largest French onshore wind deal to date and will include the largest installation of its 2.75-120 technology anywhere in Europe. The Rougemont and Vaite wind farms are being developed by…
GE reveals value of “connected utility” with the Predix-enabled digital power plant
GE has revealed that its Power business’s Digital Power Plant has led to the signing of 15 Predix customers over the past 90 days with software-related bookings of $100 million. The company says its Predix platform is a secure cloud-based platform built for and by industry experts to support the unique scale and requirements of…
From concept to construction: Building Berlin’s hybrid power plant
Germany aims to generate up to 60% of electricity from renewables by 2035, demonstrating a dramatic shift towards clean energy in Europe’s largest economy.