GE recently celebrated its 25,000th wind turbine installation, an achievement with entire 38 gigawatts of installed wind turbines around the world.
GE’s 25,000 wind turbines generate the equivalent energy needed to charge 25 billion smartphones or provide the electricity needed for approximately 28 million European households for a year.
Through continued technology investment and collaboration with global developers like Energiekontor, wind will continue advancing as a competitive source of renewable energy around the world, said, Anne McEntee, president, chief executive officer, GE’s renewable energy business.
GE achieved this milestone with the installation of a 2.75-103 wind turbine for Energiekontor at the Uthlede wind farm in Germany, earlier this month.
The Uthlede wind farm will contain twelve 2.75-103 GE wind turbines and will generate the equivalent power needed for approximately 20,000 European households.
Energiekontor has nearly 25 years of experience in the wind industry, and the experience with GE at sites like Uthlede has been consistently positive, said, Günter Lammers, founder, board member, Energiekontor.
Across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, GE has announced a series of first wind energy orders in countries around the world.
According to an International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2014 scenario, global energy demand could grow by 37 percent, with renewable sources reaching 33 percent of global electricity generation, by 2040.
GE will supply 100 megawatts of wind for Kenya and Morocco to help with power generation portfolios expansion.
Additionally, GE plans 50 MW in Pakistan providing the country with 132 GW wind potential and overcome a six gigawatt general deficit.
Croatia will receive 34 MW of GE wind turbines to achieve a target of twenty percent of total power generation from renewable sources by 2020.
GE is committed to wind technology, investing $2 billion in research and development for renewable energy since 2002.
GE’s renewable energy business has helped reduction in production costs by more than sixty percent and increased turbine availability from 85 to 98 percent.
Additional results include 2.75-120 brilliant wind turbine, which controls the power of the Industrial Internet to provide power to the grid and help lessen the wind variability impact.
Another technology is space frame tower, a five-legged enclosed lattice tower making wind turbine construction more cost effective, allowing construction in difficult locations.
Using data technology, GE’s Wind PowerUp services can increase wind turbine production by up to five percent, depending on environmental and site conditions.
Sabeena Wahid
editor@greentechlead.com