Green Technology

GE achieves sales milestone with its 1.5 MW wind turbine design and forecasts accelerated growth.  The Enron team was on the right track with this business.  The GE Six Sigma improvement culture continues to evolve the technology, and the company's focus on innovation is driving its design evolution.  The product line has been expanded with designs for low-wind situations and the rotor size can be varied to the situation.   

... "The first 1.5-megawatt machine was installed in 1996 in Germany. In 2002, GE gained ownership of the technology as part of its acquisition of Enron's wind business. Since then, GE has increased its wind engineering team three-fold and has applied experience from other business units such as GE Aviation, GE Transportation, GE Oil & Gas, GE Plastics and GE Global Research. Much of the surge in 1.5-megawatt orders has occurred in the United States, where the wind industry received a major boost with the extension of the federal production tax credit at the end of 2005. GE expects to ship more than 5,000 1.5-megawatt machines globally in 2006 and 2007, and anticipates that the total of 1.5-megawatt wind turbines operating worldwide could reach 10,000 by the end of 2008. " ...

Via GE: GE Announces Industry Milestone: More Than 5000 1.5-Megawatt Wind Turbines Installed ...