- GE's 1,500th Wind Turbine in Canada Installed at China Longyuan Canada's
Dufferin Wind Farm
- Canada's First GE 2.85-103
and 1.6-100 Wind Turbines Installed in 2014
MONTREAL, Oct. 28, 2014 /CNW/ - GE (NYSE: GE) today
announced it has achieved its 1,500th installed wind turbine in
Canada, bringing GE's total of
installed wind capacity across Canada to 2 gigawatts (GW)—or enough
equivalent energy to power over 435,000 Canadian homes. GE is
celebrating this milestone with wind industry peers at this week's
CanWEA 2014 Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition in
Montreal.
The landmark turbine is a GE 1.6-100 wind turbine for China
Longyuan Canada's Dufferin wind farm. Dufferin is the wind
developer's first wind farm in North
America.
"Longyuan Canada is proud to be a part of this landmark for GE,"
said Jeff Hammond, Senior Vice
President of Longyuan Canada Renewables Ltd. "The Dufferin wind
farm is the first wind farm developed by our company outside of
China, and we are grateful for
GE's assistance in making it a success."
GE also installed its first Canadian 1.6-100 and 2.85-103 wind
turbines in 2014.
Since its first wind turbine installation in Canada in 2004 in Alberta, GE's wind presence has expanded to
four provinces—Alberta, Nova
Scotia, Ontario and
Quebec. GE's installed base of wind turbines in Canada range from GE 1.5-77 to 2.85-103 wind
turbines, with the most units installed in Ontario.
"GE is thrilled to reach this landmark in Canada," said Anne
McEntee, president and chief executive officer of GE's
renewable energy business. "We see it as a testament to the success
of our customers in the country, and their success in bringing
renewable energy to Canadian citizens."
According to the Canadian Wind Energy Association, wind energy
supplies nearly three percent of Canada's electricity demand with over 8 GW of
installed wind capacity. CanWEA has set a goal to reach a target of
producing 20 percent or more of Canada's energy with wind energy by 2025, and
Canada ranked fifth overall in
global wind installations in 2013.
GE has a global wind turbine fleet installed base of more than
37 gigawatts (GW). Click here to see GE Canada's graphic
illustration of wind farms across Canada, and the potential of wind power in the
country.
Click here to watch a video on GE's participation in Canadian
wind energy, featuring McLean's
Mountain Wind Farm in Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
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