“Ugly Duckling” Wind Turbine From GE Could Produce Some Beautiful Numbers
The ecoROTR could be the world’s funniest-looking new wind turbine design, but GE could get the last laugh when the numbers come in.
The ecoROTR could be the world’s funniest-looking new wind turbine design, but GE could get the last laugh when the numbers come in.
The U.S. wind industry is soaring now that last year’s uncertainty over renewal of the federal production tax credit for wind power is ancient history. A last-minute shift in Congress resulted in renewal of the credit on January 1st, and leading wind turbine manufacturer GE has just credited the credit … [continued]
The new GE wind turbine is billed as the “world’s most efficient high-output wind turbine,” so even though this item hasn’t gotten past the prototype stage we’ve been keeping up with the latest developments. If it lives up to its promise, the new 2.5-120, which GE prefers to call a … [continued]
GE is billing its latest wind turbine design, the new 2.5-120, as the company’s “first brilliant wind turbine,” and while it’s no Einstein (Einstein was much shorter, for one thing) it is pretty darned smart. Aside from an integrated energy storage feature, the 2.5-120 includes a data-driven system that could … [continued]