- GE Wind Turbines to Power Projects in Michigan, Iowa
- Company's 1.6-100 Wind Turbine Nearing Milestone
- Production Based O&M Added to GE's Wind Services Portfolio
AWEA WINDPOWER 2012
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE (NYSE: GE), which is celebrating 10 years of leadership in wind energy, today made several announcements at AWEA WINDPOWER 2012, including new wind projects in Michigan and Iowa, an industry milestone and a new services offering.
Here are today's announcements. For more information on each release, please click on the links provided.
1. DTE Energy Taps GE Advanced Technology for Four Wind Project in Michigan: GE is supplying 137 wind turbines to the lower region of Michigan with a total capacity of approximately 220 megawatts of clean energy. DTE Energy's total investment in these projects is $500 million.
2. 180 Iowa Citizens Purchase GE Wind Turbines to Support Local Farm, Community Energy Needs: Eight GE wind turbines will power a 12.6 MW community wind initiative with the financial benefits from the project will assist local towns.
3. GE's 1.6-100 Wind Turbines Reach Nearly 3 Gigawatts : GE has received commitments over the past several months to provide its 1.6-100 wind turbine for projects that will add 1.8 gigawatts of capacity to the world's clean energy supply by end of 2012. Agreements for the 1.6-100, the highest capacity factor wind turbine operating in North America, have totaled $3.6 billion and approximately 2.8 megawatts since the technology was introduced a year ago, with projected volumes of more than 1,500 units installed globally by 2013.
4. GE Expands its Wind Services Portfolio with Production-Based O&M: GE introduces a new concept in operations and maintenance (O&M) agreements called "Production-Based O&M" which will further align the goals of GE and the customer to maximize energy yield from a site.
Since GE entered the wind industry by acquiring Enron Wind in 2002, it has installed 18,000 wind turbines and has built the business from 500 megawatts to 28 gigawatts of installed capacity. This year, GE expects its wind turbine installed base to exceed 20,000 worldwide
The company's global operating fleet produces enough clean energy each year to power the equivalent of New York City. Over the last decade, nearly one of every two wind turbines installed in the U.S. has been a GE wind turbine, and the company has introduced its wind technology into new markets such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Poland and Turkey.
"Our 10th anniversary is a time to acknowledge our achievements of the past decade and recognize this is only the beginning of our journey in the alternative energy sector," said Vic Abate, vice president of renewable energy for GE and former chairman of the American Wind Energy Association board of directors. "Our $2 billion in innovation investments over the past decade have transformed the wind industry and helped make wind a reliable, competitive, renewable source of carbon-free energy."
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