Handled With Care: A 529-Ton Odyssey Through Closed Down Europe Will Help Germany Keep Its Energy Transition In Motion

Like much of Europe and the U.S., Munich was under lockdown in late March. That didn’t stop local residents from opening their windows and taking a closer look at a colossal cargo festooned with a lengthy banner bearing a GE logo and inching its way through the Bavarian metropolis. “Hello, Munich – I am the new turbine, and I am driving the energy transition forward,” the banner said in German, referencing the country’s Energiewende, a project seeking to supply Europe’s largest economy with electricity coming chiefly from renewable sources by 2050.