China’s MingYang Smart Energy Group has hoisted itself into the upper echelons of the offshore wind industry by unveiling a 16MW hybrid-drive offshore wind turbine with a 242 metre rotor. The MySE 16.0-242 will become the world’s largest offshore wind turbine when it enters commercial production...
GE’s renewable energy division has confirmed plans to open a factory in China that will build its 12MW Haliade-X wind turbine – the world’s most powerful offshore turbine. The manufacturing plant will be located in Jieyang’s offshore wind cluster in the province of Guangdong and will...
GE Renewable Energy has been chosen to supply its turbines to the 324MW Phoenix onshore wind project in the in the Aragón region of Spain. The company will install 91 units of its 3MW turbines across the 10 wind parks that comprise the project, which is...
GE has shifted its grids and renewable hybrids businesses from GE Power to its GE Renewable Energy unit, as the company ‘intensifies its focus on renewables’. GE’s combined renewables unit will now include onshore wind, offshore wind, hydro, grids, hybrid and storage solutions and solar power,...
GE Renewable Energy and GE Energy Financial Services (EFS) have agreed to provide technology and advisory support to an onshore wind project in Kenya. The companies will provide 60 turbine units to the Kipeto wind power project, a 100MW facility located South of Nairobi in Kajiado...
General Electric (GE) has revealed a plan to focus on renewable energy along with power and aviation under a new long-term strategy. The US conglomerate conducted a strategic review which has resulted in a new aim to create a simpler, stronger, high-tech Industrial company centred on...
The UK government-funded Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult facility and GE Renewable Energy signed a five-year deal to test the 350-foot turbines in Blyth, Northumberland. “This is an important agreement because it will enable us to prove Haliade-X in a faster way by putting it under controlled...
GE Renewable Energy and Green Investment Group (GIG) are joining forces to deliver a 650MW wind project in Sweden, which they have dubbed the largest single site onshore wind farm in Europe. The Markbygden ETT wind farm in Northern Sweden is set to begin commissioning by...
GE Renewable Energy has unveiled its newest and largest onshore wind turbine, which is capable of generating 4.8MW of electricity, the equivalent to powering 5,000 European homes. The turbine measures in at a height of 240 metres with a rotor diameter of 158 metres and is...
GE Renewable Energy has been nominated by Lincoln Clean Energy to develop its 250MW wind farm in Willow Springs, Texas. Lincoln Clean Energy, a portfolio company of private equity firm I Squared Capital, also announced it has secured construction and term financing for the US$330 million...