Smart Turbines, With Batteries, Will Feed Texas Grid

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Three of GE's new turbines with short-term energy storage will be installed at a wind farm in Texas, where wind's grid penetration is high. Read more →

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Helical Robotics Debuts Wireless Turbine-Climbing Robots

helical robotics wind turbine robot

Using five neodymium magnets to cling to the turbine's curved metallic surface, the HR-MP20 is able to ascend the turbine shaft with ease. Read more →

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Asia Seizing The Clean Energy Future

The recently completed Greenland Tower in Zhengzhou, China. (image via SOM)

The fifth edition of the Low Carbon Competitiveness Index shows China, Japan and South Korea beginning to outshine Europe. Read more →

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Way Big Wind: Try 10 MW Turbines On For Size

offshore wind turbines

GE wins a contract to build facilities in Denmark to test wind turbine nacelles with an output power up to 10 megawatts. Read more →

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Q&A With Mike Tinskey of Ford’s ‘MyEnergi Lifestyle’ Project

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Find out why MyEnergi Lifestyle is a potentially powerful tool, and why now is the right time for consumers to consider a home energy management system. Read more →

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GE Intros ‘Brilliant’ Turbine As Wind Fights To Improve

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Efficiency improvements are one way wind power can become cheaper, and GE says a new turbine brings the goods. Read more →

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AT&T, Ford Dip Toe In Home Energy Management Market

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What will set these new offerings apart from what's already available, and will they be able to succeed where others have failed? Read more →

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Fuel Cell Buses A New Clean Tech Toy For GE

GE Fuel Cell Bus

GE unveils it is testing its Durathon battery as part of a hydrogen fuel cell based energy system for buses with the hope of cutting carbon emissions even further. Read more →

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Europe’s Largest Wind Farm: Built Everywhere But Here

Fantanele-Cogealac wind farm, Romania

A new 630-MW wind farm in Romania used parts from all over the world, but not from the U.S., leading to the question: Whaddup with U.S. wind component exports? Read more →

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GE Experiments With Cloth-Covered Wind Turbine Blades

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With this new approach to making wind blades, components could be built and assembled on site, reducing costs while speeding deployment. Read more →

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