GE Energy ships 10,000th 1.5 MW wind turbine

subscribe

GE Energy, a supplier of power generation and energy delivery technologies and a business division of General Electric Company, announced the shipment of the company's 10,000th 1.5-megawatt wind turbine.

The milestone 10,000th unit was shipped to FPL Energy, a generator of wind power, for the Ashtabula Wind Energy Centre located in North Dakota.

GE said that, during the past ten years, its 1.5-megawatt machines have been installed in 19 countries and have accumulated over 130 million operating hours, producing over 78,000 gigawatt-hours of cleaner, wind-generated electricity.

Related News

texas power failure

Winter Storm Leaves Many In Texas Without Power And Water

DALLAS - Nearly 3 million homes and businesses in Texas remain without power, some for a third consecutive day, as severe winter weather continues to pummel the state, forcing some localities to issue boil-water notices and urge residents to reduce their electricity usage.

Heavy snowfall, ice storms and bitter temperatures continue to put an enormous strain on the state's power grid. This as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages roughly 75% of the Texas power grid, announced Wednesday morning that some 600,000 households had power restored overnight.

That still left another 2.7 million customers having to endure extreme cold…

READ MORE
europe pollution

European responses to Covid-19 accelerate electricity system transition by a decade - Wartsila

READ MORE

alberta-advances-electricity-plans-with-rate-of-last-resort

Alberta Advances Electricity Plans with Rate of Last Resort

READ MORE

Three New Solar Electricity Facilities in Alberta Contracted At Lower Cost than Natural Gas

READ MORE

rising-solar-and-wind-curtailments-in-california

Rising Solar and Wind Curtailments in California

READ MORE