GE has introduced new 2.75-120 wind turbine, a smarter and more powerful wind turbine, designed to provide 5 percent more annual energy production than GE’s 2.5-120 model.
The wind turbine is available with various tower technologies, ranging between 85-139 meters, and optional energy storage, GE said.
The technology makes GE’s wind turbines more customizable for developers and operators, said Cliff Harris, general manager of GE’s renewable energy business in Europe.
The new wind turbines were launched at the European Wind Energy Association’s annual conference. GE has been focusing on European wind markets extensively.
The 2.75-120 is available on a steel, hybrid or space frame tower, helping to tailor the turbine for unique site conditions and bring wind power to new places across the continent.
The range of tower height spans 85-139 meters tall.
Short-term or long-term energy storage is available with the 2.75-120, making wind power more predictable, flexible and fast responding through battery software applications, GE said. Short-term storage is integrated at the turbine level and long-term storage is centralized for the wind farm.
The 2.75-120 utilizes the power of the Industrial Internet to analyze tens of thousands of data points every second, driving higher output, improving services productivity and creating new revenue streams for customers, the company said in a statement.
The wind turbine is part of GE ecomagination—the company’s commitment to technology solutions that save money and reduce environmental impact for customers.
As part of its commitment to investing in new technologies, GE announced plans to invest $10 billion additional in research and development by 2020. Part of that investment will go to the work to reduce the cost and increase the output of GE wind turbines to lower wind power generation costs, the company said.