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...
General Electric (NYSE:GE) has revealed it will invest over US$400 million during the next three to five years developing the world’s biggest offshore wind turbine. The Haliade-X turbine will have a capacity of 12MW, producing enough power to supply the energy needs of 16,000 households. The...
Saudi Arabia has shortlisted 25 companies in a tender to develop the kingdom’s first utility-scale wind power project, a 400MW facility in the Dumat Al Jandal region. The Middle Eastern nation’s Ministry of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources’ renewable energy project development office (REPDO) issued a...
General Electric and power development company Invenergy will build the largest wind farm in the US, as part of a US$4.5 billion project to provide electricity to 1.1 million utility customers in the West South Central region of the nation. The 2GW farm, christened Wind Catcher,...
Russia is aiming to kickstart its renewables industry by auctioning off contracts to companies willing to purchase 1.9GW of clean electricity, in its biggest ever tender for renewable energy. The government tender will run from May 29 to June 9 in two stages, and has attracted...
General Electric (GE) and a leading university in Ethiopia will collaborate to develop educational programmes focused on renewable energy. GE and the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (AAiT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which outlines a collaborative approach to create further capacity development programmes based...
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems supplied 43% of the 8.2 GW of wind power capacity connected to the U.S. power grid last year, overtaking General Electric as the number one provider of wind energy infrastructure. Vestas also reported record global revenues for 2016, just...