GE Energy has received orders and commitments for 2005 that total 2,400 megawatts of new wind power capacity worldwide. These projects represent an anticipated increase in revenue of 300% over its first-year wind operations in 2002, the company reported recently at Windpower 2005.
From $500 million in revenue in 2002, GE Energy expects its wind energy revenue to grow to more than $2 billion this year.
Supply orders calling for 1,600 wind turbines to be installed worldwide include 1,100 wind turbines, or a total of 1,650 megawatts, for the
To support GE's wind energy growth initiatives, Robert Gleitz was named general manager of GE Energy's wind business earlier this year and will lead its new product development.
Recent milestones include the successful deployment of the industry's first offshore wind plant built by GE solely to demonstrate its offshore technology and to learn more about the rigours of wind energy installation and operations at sea.
Owned and operated by GE, the Arklow Bank Wind Park in the Irish Sea, the world's first offshore wind project to use turbines over three megawatts, has completed more than a year of successful operation.
Comprising seven GE 3.6-megawatt wind turbines, the plant will be officially inaugurated during a May 26 ceremony to be attended by Bertie Ahern, the Irish Prime Minister, and David Garman, Undersecretary of Energy for the US Department of Energy.
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