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GE Unveils the World's Most Powerful Wind Turbine

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“The renewables industry took more than 20 years to install the first 17 gigawatt of offshore wind,” said Jerome Pecresse, CEO Renewable Energy. “Today, the industry forecasts that it will install more than 90 gigawatts over the next 12 years,” Pecresse aded.

GE Renewable Resources said it’ll spend as much as $400 million over the next few years to build an offshore wind turbine almost 100 meters taller than the Washington Monument.

The new turbine, dubbed Haliade-X, will measure 853 feet tall, the company said. The blades, manufactured by LM Wind Power, will be longer than a soccer field.

Continue here to read the full article on Industry Week  ||  March 05, 2018   |||